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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheWriterFantastic™" data-source="post: 6856259" data-attributes="member: 88534"><p>To be fair, the size of WotC's D&D staff has reduced quite a bit, and they're a business first -- their product line production schedule is relatively sparse now, likely due in part to their limited staffing -- pushing back one of the few products they plan to release could cut into Hasbro's expected profits per quarter, which in turn could affect their staffing levels in the long run. This likely is also why the Out of the Abyss supplement got "lost in the shuffle" and they've been passively sweeping the "all adventures playable with just the Basic rules" line under the rug, not even mentioning the Basic rules in the last three published adventure books. Granted, this is all speculation, but you may want to cut them some slack -- up until recently, they've been fairly generous with the free game material through Unearthed Arcana, but it shouldn't have come as a surprise to see them tighten their purse strings at some point. Loving to be in the business of being games doesn't prevent them from being in a business, and having to make a profit to warrant the staffing they have in place.</p></blockquote><p></p>