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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6271034" data-attributes="member: 37579">If it didn't matter WotC wouldn't be saying &quot;no comment&quot;. The thing is, WotC very much wants information released on their schedule. They very much want to be in control of what we know about their products and when. It's been that way since 4e when they slowly released information at certain times, like dragonborn being core, the changed planes, and the like. By continually teasing information there was always some new topic to talk about which kept the fanbase going for the six months of sparse content prior to release. And if they're in control of our infodumps, we keep going to their website for information and updates, and are exposed to their hype, their marketing. We visit to learn about the release and see teasers of content like, oh, the warlock and sorcerer. However, they suck at telling us things. And we've seen so much of 5e and have been in a holding patter for so long there much less they can tease us with.&nbsp; Because WotC is so terrible at this, we get our information elsewhere and the official site has slowly become old news. We all learned about the warlock about it after the Twitch game, before Mearls wrote his article. And everything he &quot;revealed&quot; about the sorcerer was kinda already known after the 24-hour Charity game a few months back. When I want to hear about D&amp;D news I go to ENWorld first, then ICv2, and a couple blogs. And most of the time I hear about news from Twitter first. There's no real reason to visit the D&amp;D site and thus I am unexposed to their hype. And they've kept us waiting for so long. We've heard &quot;we can't talk about products&quot; for two years. And we really want them to talk about products. And now someone else has come along and beaten them to talking about their own products. So now anything they say on the subject just won't feel as impressive or &quot;must read&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6271034, member: 37579"] If it didn't matter WotC wouldn't be saying "no comment". The thing is, WotC very much wants information released on their schedule. They very much want to be in control of what we know about their products and when. It's been that way since 4e when they slowly released information at certain times, like dragonborn being core, the changed planes, and the like. By continually teasing information there was always some new topic to talk about which kept the fanbase going for the six months of sparse content prior to release. And if they're in control of our infodumps, we keep going to their website for information and updates, and are exposed to their hype, their marketing. We visit to learn about the release and see teasers of content like, oh, the warlock and sorcerer. However, they suck at telling us things. And we've seen so much of 5e and have been in a holding patter for so long there much less they can tease us with. Because WotC is so terrible at this, we get our information elsewhere and the official site has slowly become old news. We all learned about the warlock about it after the Twitch game, before Mearls wrote his article. And everything he "revealed" about the sorcerer was kinda already known after the 24-hour Charity game a few months back. When I want to hear about D&D news I go to ENWorld first, then ICv2, and a couple blogs. And most of the time I hear about news from Twitter first. There's no real reason to visit the D&D site and thus I am unexposed to their hype. And they've kept us waiting for so long. We've heard "we can't talk about products" for two years. And we really want them to talk about products. And now someone else has come along and beaten them to talking about their own products. So now anything they say on the subject just won't feel as impressive or "must read". [/QUOTE]

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