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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 7668440" data-attributes="member: 59082">Yes, agreed, but...  As [MENTION=58401]doctorhook[/MENTION] pointed out, your memory is rather selective - there were a lot more releases for 4E. Actually, both 3.5 and 4E seemed to go with the basic idea of one major release in the form of a hardcover every month, and one or two minor products to go along with.Yes we do. I think we can say, with a good deal of certainty, that 5E won't see the same amount of support as 2E, 3E, or 4E - and that's probably a good thing. But the folks at WotC have essentially said as much.A couple things. One, doctorhook already pointed out how your numbers are a bit off - so these years don't really compute. I also think you're a bit cynical in there. Part of the reason people want some of the main sourcebooks to be published sooner than later is that certain styles of campaigns rely upon specific "secondary core books" - like Manual of the Planes, for instance. Even so, so what if they simply want to buy and read? This doesn't mean they aren't actually playing.I haven't been reading the boards that much so can't really speak to these alleged people spouting doom and gloom - I haven't seen much. Anyhow, what you say above exhibits a degree of the either/or fallacy. It doesn't have to be either bare minimalism or outright gluttony. There is a middle-ground possible, and given the lack of communication, I think it is a fair assessment to think that WotC is taking the bare minimalist approach in reaction to the outright gluttony of past editions. I personally think this is unfortunate if true, that a middle ground is the better route.Yes, very well said. My guess is that we get a major release at GenCon - either a FR campaign setting or a major splat or, more conservatively but also more likely, the next story arc.Yes, agree - yet for some reason many people seem stuck in the either/or view.I just can't disagree with you, good doctor <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />. Again...more agreement. That said, I will say that I've bought tons of Paizo product because they're just damn good, high quality, with lots of stuff for reading pleasure and idea-mining.</blockquote>

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