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<blockquote data-quote="Grydan" data-source="post: 5670577" data-attributes="member: 79401">Because, sadly, to a certain extent the settings are competing for resources. The designers only have so much time they can spend on any one thing, the budget for freelancers only goes so far, the publishing schedule only has so many openings. There's also the matter of post-book support in Dragon and Dungeon. How many settings can they actively support with additional material (further using up designer time and freelancer budgets), while still producing stuff that isn't setting-specific?Setting books also compete with each other for audiences and sales. Sure, lots of DMs and players will collect every setting-book that comes out, but there's also a large chunk of players who will pick one setting, buy that book, and ignore all other settings until they're tired of that one. I don't know which group is larger, but WotC either has an idea, or at least thinks they do.By spacing settings out, it (in theory) gives people a chance to have used the last one and grown tired of it.Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see more settings get published myself. Old ones brought back, new ones created, all of it. I'm just not sure it's feasible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grydan, post: 5670577, member: 79401"] Because, sadly, to a certain extent the settings are competing for resources. The designers only have so much time they can spend on any one thing, the budget for freelancers only goes so far, the publishing schedule only has so many openings. There's also the matter of post-book support in Dragon and Dungeon. How many settings can they actively support with additional material (further using up designer time and freelancer budgets), while still producing stuff that isn't setting-specific? Setting books also compete with each other for audiences and sales. Sure, lots of DMs and players will collect every setting-book that comes out, but there's also a large chunk of players who will pick one setting, buy that book, and ignore all other settings until they're tired of that one. I don't know which group is larger, but WotC either has an idea, or at least thinks they do. By spacing settings out, it (in theory) gives people a chance to have used the last one and grown tired of it. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see more settings get published myself. Old ones brought back, new ones created, all of it. I'm just not sure it's feasible. [/QUOTE]

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