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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7248665" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>Sorry, but you either have the patience of angel, or you've fallen for their holding pattern strategy hook, line, and sinker.</p><p></p><p>Everyone else understands that the game ain't 6-12 months old any longer. It's been three years and still nothing! What more evidence do we need?</p><p></p><p>No, the truth is that Hasbro has downsized the D&D team to only support what they need for their greater brand plans.</p><p></p><p>If WotC had meant to support more settings all they needed to do was to hire more developers - we know they can do it because they did so for EVERY previous edition.</p><p></p><p>It's possible you are content with waiting five years or so, but I find it preposterous to give them the benefit of the doubt all this time.</p><p></p><p>In any other edition; for any other game, the conclusion would have been clear for a while now: if there ever was a plan to support other settings, it would have been considered a total and utter failure.</p><p></p><p>Of course, since I believe Hasbro is putting the brand before the rpg community (at least the vocal minority not satisfied with the Realms), there is no failure, since they already from the beginning decided to skip settings as a concept, instead moving to incorporate the Realms into the D&D brand, as opposed to being one out of many setting choices.</p><p></p><p>I think their strategy has paid off. Not just because of apologist comments (not saying you belong to this group, only that the desire to find no fault with WotC is strong here at the forums), but because people are presumably content with the recycled old edition offerings for their chosen setting.</p><p></p><p>Tldr I guess all I want to say is how I loathe the idea that WotC should get away with saying they're planning setting support when they have achieved exactly jack skit during three full years. Imagine the skit-storm if WotC at launch had said "...and Greyhawk support is coming in only four years time, in the 2018-2019 time-frame"!</p><p></p><p>It boggles my mind that all they apparently needed to do was to... keep talking while doing nothing.</p><p></p><p>Sent from my C6603 using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=93205" target="_blank">EN World mobile app</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7248665, member: 12731"] Sorry, but you either have the patience of angel, or you've fallen for their holding pattern strategy hook, line, and sinker. Everyone else understands that the game ain't 6-12 months old any longer. It's been three years and still nothing! What more evidence do we need? No, the truth is that Hasbro has downsized the D&D team to only support what they need for their greater brand plans. If WotC had meant to support more settings all they needed to do was to hire more developers - we know they can do it because they did so for EVERY previous edition. It's possible you are content with waiting five years or so, but I find it preposterous to give them the benefit of the doubt all this time. In any other edition; for any other game, the conclusion would have been clear for a while now: if there ever was a plan to support other settings, it would have been considered a total and utter failure. Of course, since I believe Hasbro is putting the brand before the rpg community (at least the vocal minority not satisfied with the Realms), there is no failure, since they already from the beginning decided to skip settings as a concept, instead moving to incorporate the Realms into the D&D brand, as opposed to being one out of many setting choices. I think their strategy has paid off. Not just because of apologist comments (not saying you belong to this group, only that the desire to find no fault with WotC is strong here at the forums), but because people are presumably content with the recycled old edition offerings for their chosen setting. Tldr I guess all I want to say is how I loathe the idea that WotC should get away with saying they're planning setting support when they have achieved exactly jack skit during three full years. Imagine the skit-storm if WotC at launch had said "...and Greyhawk support is coming in only four years time, in the 2018-2019 time-frame"! It boggles my mind that all they apparently needed to do was to... keep talking while doing nothing. Sent from my C6603 using [URL=http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=93205]EN World mobile app[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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