Is there really any way to make June?

[jeffh]

My memory's a bit hazy from this time, but was this the version that had sorcerer spells divided by dragon color, or was that the preceding version? In the first quarter of 2000, I got a copy of the rules sent to me, with the sorcerer-as-dragon-blooded idea still firmly entrenched.

No such (official) version ever existed. That was a fan-made "guesstimate" of what 3E might end up looking like.

 

[Ranger REG]

I know a fair number of players who buy the MMs because they want to know creature stats in advance. On the other hand, few players buyer with the DMG. Such is life.

That is SO WRONG. *shakes heads in disappointment* :\

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I think WotC can make June. I'll be surprised if the books don't arrive on shelves by WotC's (re-)stated release date. When WotC initially changed the release date from May to June, I wondered why they didn't back the release date all the way up to GenCon. C'est la vie...now that they've gone with June, I feel like they'll come through.

 

[jodyjohnson]

I'm pretty sure they said they wanted to books out before Gen Con so people would be playing 4e at GenCon and not laying in the halls reading the books and only having 3.x events.

 

[Ranger REG]

I think WotC can make June.

Meh. They should take their time, get it absolutely right on the First Printing run.

IOW, they shouldn't rush the process. Quality is more important than deadline, even if that means they have to reschedule the printer appointment.

Honestly, which is more important to y'all customers? Quality or Deadline?

 

[The Little Raven]

Quality or Deadline?

I'm torn.

On the one hand, Duke Nukem Forever is going for "quality," I guess. But that seems to mean we'll never see it. And then, of course, there's Daikatana. Let's stop talking about that.

On the other hand, you've got stuff like Team Fortress 2, which went well past their original deadlines, but in the end ended up all the better for it.

 

[Ranger REG]

Well, I ain't in no rush to buy 4e. I may even wait patiently for the errata'ed Second Printing.

 

[The Little Raven]

Well, I ain't in no rush to buy 4e. I may even wait patiently for the errata'ed Second Printing.

"I would not touch this thing if it lay by the wayside."

Faramir strikes me as rather appropriate right now.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I work in publishing (on the acquisitions and editorial end) and, at the latest, we hand the edited manuscript over to production (the people that make the word document a book) between 3 and 4 months before the publication date.

Art, tables, charts, etc. are sometimes not handed off until as little as a month and a half before the book is set to hit shelves.

Additionally, there are times when production is working on formatting and stuff long before the manuscript is complete. In that case, the writers and editors have a lot more wiggle room.

Remember that having a June pub date in no way means 1 June. It's likely the books'll hit stores at the end of June.

Finally, if they're *going* to move the pub date, they'll need to do it sooner, rather than later. Their credibility isn't damaged too horribly if they do it well in advance.

 

[Ranger REG]

"I would not touch this thing if it lay by the wayside."

Faramir strikes me as rather appropriate right now.

Meh. 4e has plenty of time to change my mind (about 6 months). For 3e, I've already made up my mind earlier than 6 months before its release date.