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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 4024472" data-attributes="member: 467">I think we'll be seeing a lot more &quot;steak&quot; very soon, if fo no other reason than hundreds (or more?) of gamers will soon be exposed to actual play at D&amp;DE.&nbsp; Not only will we get (wildly divergent and cobtradictory) playtest reports from there, WotC themselves will want to head off certain misconceptions that could arise from these (probably) two hour, combat specific playtests and release crunch and info related directly to it either when it happens or shortly beforehand.&nbsp; Plus, it seems reasonable to assume that those people that were going to be sold by &quot;sizzle&quot; alone have been sold and if they want to sel anyone else, they are going to have to do it with steak.&nbsp; I predict that in addition to more crunch at a faster pace, though, we'll see a slow down, maybe even a grinding halt, of non-4E preview related D&amp;DI content.&nbsp; The &quot;magazines&quot; are already woefully behind schedule and with crunch time coming up -- even after the books go to press, a lot of support material needs to get produced, including adventures for GenCon -- I doubt they'll devote too many resources to the free online content.In any case -- more crunch is definitely good.&nbsp; I want to see an actual class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 4024472, member: 467"] I think we'll be seeing a lot more "steak" very soon, if fo no other reason than hundreds (or more?) of gamers will soon be exposed to actual play at D&DE. Not only will we get (wildly divergent and cobtradictory) playtest reports from there, WotC themselves will want to head off certain misconceptions that could arise from these (probably) two hour, combat specific playtests and release crunch and info related directly to it either when it happens or shortly beforehand. Plus, it seems reasonable to assume that those people that were going to be sold by "sizzle" alone have been sold and if they want to sel anyone else, they are going to have to do it with steak. I predict that in addition to more crunch at a faster pace, though, we'll see a slow down, maybe even a grinding halt, of non-4E preview related D&DI content. The "magazines" are already woefully behind schedule and with crunch time coming up -- even after the books go to press, a lot of support material needs to get produced, including adventures for GenCon -- I doubt they'll devote too many resources to the free online content. In any case -- more crunch is definitely good. I want to see an actual class. [/QUOTE]

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