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<blockquote data-quote="DM Howard" data-source="post: 7723062" data-attributes="member: 87131">The above is what I would have said if someone had asserted that D&amp;D might be entering a new golden age, and I think many of my concerns are still pretty valid, but they don't really reflect upon the quality of the game itself.&nbsp; 5th Edition is great, it strikes a good middle ground, and hopefully something like Xanathar's Guide to Everything will help out in this regard by illustrating ways that each group can further customize the skeleton of 5E to their own tastes while still feeling very recognizable to the random 5E player off the street.I would still love a proper DUNGEON and/or DRAGON magazine in digital format that had more of a focus on the tabletop rather than being a brand mouthpiece like DRAGON+, and I would like to see a little bit more transparency in terms of what the direction the game is going instead of being secret-squirrel-club like Games Workshop used to do with their release schedules.I think there is a lot to congratulate WOTC over, when it comes to 5th Edition, but there are also areas that are supremely lacking.&nbsp; I understand that many people enjoy the glacial release schedule, but it seems that they are trying to use the Dungeon Master's Guild as a substitute rather than an accessory to their own releases.&nbsp; It's like when a developer for a sandbox MMORPG excuses lack of content by saying that players are the content. *facepalm*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DM Howard, post: 7723062, member: 87131"] The above is what I would have said if someone had asserted that D&D might be entering a new golden age, and I think many of my concerns are still pretty valid, but they don't really reflect upon the quality of the game itself. 5th Edition is great, it strikes a good middle ground, and hopefully something like [I]Xanathar's Guide to Everything [/I]will help out in this regard by illustrating ways that each group can further customize the skeleton of 5E to their own tastes while still feeling very recognizable to the random 5E player off the street. I would still love a proper DUNGEON and/or DRAGON magazine in digital format that had more of a focus on the tabletop rather than being a brand mouthpiece like DRAGON+, and I would like to see a little bit more transparency in terms of what the direction the game is going instead of being secret-squirrel-club like Games Workshop used to do with their release schedules. I think there is a lot to congratulate WOTC over, when it comes to 5th Edition, but there are also areas that are supremely lacking. I understand that many people enjoy the glacial release schedule, but it seems that they are trying to use the Dungeon Master's Guild as a substitute rather than an accessory to their own releases. It's like when a developer for a sandbox MMORPG excuses lack of content by saying that players are the content. *facepalm* [/QUOTE]

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