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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6046067" data-attributes="member: 37579">I'll have to see more Next before I switch. I've played a little and done some playtesting but my ongoing campaign remains Pathfinder, and the following one will also likely be Pathfinder. Whether or not my group adopts Next really depends on the state of the game upon launch as well as the follow-through by WotC. I'll probably hold off adopting 5e until the first couple books are out.Let's face it, WotC as a company is a bit ADHD. If something isn't a solid instant hit they often rapidly change approaches, and with so many staff change regularly happening it's hard for planned content and released to come out as initially designed. With two Christmases with lay-offs between now and the release of 5e, there's plenty of time for some staff shuffling and creative turnover rapidly affecting the feel and tone of the game. I really don't want to buy into 5e and get the core books expecting certain modules that are released half-finished or never released at all. Or have content to never move past the "playtest" stage because they release it, tweak it, and then get busy with the next big thing leaving it half-finished. It also really, really depends on the state of the game following the playtest. So much has changed and so much will continue to change. But if they don't stop tweaking and tweaking and tweaking and move onto other projects they won't have the time before launch to test all the other needed content. Because they decided to completely change how fighters work they had to stop working on certain planned modules and possibly have not resumed work as they keep tweaking fights and now rogues. 1/4 of the way through the planned playtest period and they're already a couple months behind.</blockquote>

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