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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9375549" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Okay, I think I may have misunderstood your original point then. It is more like they know they are releasing the "Big Book of the Gods" in 2026 and so they plan to have a divine focused adventure at the same time? That is far less onerous to deal with. But they also are committing to making things long before they are relevant, so everyone knows for years when something they want will be available? That's a tricky model, with a lack of flexibility.It is fair that Paizo announcing a product three to five years before they release it is comforting to you. But I don't see the lack of that from WoTC as a problem. They announce things a year in advance, and they still get a lot of flak for things when something is or is not released, even though we all know what is being planned for the year. And, while it can be good for people to know that in five years they plan to release a set of rules for Canines and a set of dog-focused adventures... it is also equally good for them to not have solid plans locked in like that. To see where the market is, what is popular, what is planned. Dragonlance didn't get much traction, and they had a dispute with the authors. If they'd planned two years of Dragonlance content and locked that in... it could have been a major blow to the company. Either they need to pivot, and the schedule is unreliable, or they need to commit to two years of products that are not selling well and having a legal dispute. I am not here to say which style you need to like more than the other, I've followed companies that do both styles of announcements. What I am saying is that approaching their year to year flexibility, and desire to keep things under wraps, as a lack of vision or lack of plan seems uncharitable. After all, do we have any evidence that they DIDN'T have a five year plan, beyond simply saying "it doesn't look like it"? Perhaps they had multiple five year plans, and when one was showing signs of not working, they pivoted to a different one. I agree we do not know, but I also acknowledge that... this is not the kindest community. And I cannot blame them for not making themselves vulnerable to the community.</blockquote>

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