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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5688902" data-attributes="member: 82106">You may be entirely correct, but still it leaves the question of what he can actually DO for WotC at this point. 4e is 'mid-edition', and frankly the only way WotC is going to avoid a monstrous backlash and making its name crap forever in the book of a large amount of the fanbase is to stick with 4e and ride it to the end of its lifecycle, which is going to mean at least 4 or 5 more years at this point if they have any intention of being able to sell an edition of the game ever again that everyone won't assume is a bad investment.SO, what is Cook (or anyone else) going to do for WotC right now? They already know they need to focus on adventures and settings and related stuff. They already know there are certain issues with the play of 4e at the table that can't be fixed in a compatible way. What does that leave for Monte Cook (or WotC in general) to do? I guess he could come on as a producer of adventures. That might be his best role, but it seems like a fairly minor role for a guy with such a high profile. Maybe they can use him for PR value "Monte Loves 4e", "Monte's 4e Adventure Path X, Y, and Z!" etc. That wouldn't hurt, but I don't think it will have a HUGE impact.IMHO WotC is stuck with the bed they've made, they're going to sleep in it for a good while. Making some kind of big panic move now will only make things worse, and if they DO stick to 4e, support it well, and make as much of it as they can and loyally support the existing 4e fanbase for a few years, they can go a long ways. Heck, we don't know what shape Paizo or other competition will even be in in 5 years, WotC is a big company, it can survive and make long-term plans while moving towards whatever direction it wants to take in 5 years slowly and in a measured way. THEN in say 2013 they can start working on 5e for real, with a good idea of where to go with it. Having a good stable of experienced game designers at that point would be great of course. Right now? I'm not sure it does them a heck of a lot of good.</blockquote>

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