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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 6545472" data-attributes="member: 6716779">Oh the irony I will admit I was one of those who left feedback requesting less material from WoTC. An by less material I meant I did not want a book a month splat o rama full of mechanics bloat that was endemic to 3E and 4E. As per usual WoTC over reacts IMHO much like how the design of 4E was an over reaction to the problems 3.5 had and how 3.5 was probably an overreaction to 3.0 or the GSL was an overreaction to the OGL. That kind of came back to bite me in the ass. I probably should have made the difference clear between a slower release schedule than bupkiss vs bloat. Now when a new edition comes out I more or less expect some class books to appear in reasonably short order (The Complete XYZ, Sword and Fist, the Complete Arcane, Divine Power type stuff). Ideally to me this would be around 4 books a’la the 1st 4 Complete, Warrior, Divine, Adventurer, Arcane. I am fine with those taking about a year or two. I do not want the Complete Mage/Psion/Divine Power 2 type books any time soon nor do I want or require new classes but some well done ones would be nice to have. I do like an additional class book to come out such as the PHB2 after 2-3 years with new classes in it. The only new class I really want to see is Psionics as they have usually been close to a new edition launch. So after 2-3 years around 6 plat books is my ideal amount in terms of PC crunch. I do not need one for every class a’la 2E Complete Fighter, Wizard etc.I also more or less expect Dragon and Dungeon Magazines although that is a pipe dream these days. Still sad about their demise I 2007, I have them through to 2011 via DDI but it is not the same and they sucked anyway by comparison. Dungeon was always good for a 1-2 session adventure.Now for the thing I really want. Adventures. I was part of the D&D exodus from 2008 through to 2013 or so when I started buying D&D PDFs again. In that 5 year interval I discovered things like $10 PDFs via Paizo and RPGnow.com. PDFs of $32 page adventures were getting down to $2 for a professional one or $0 for a freebie. During that time of exile the OSR revival provided plenty of adventures to use along with being compatible enough with the AD&D/BECMI legacy adventures. If one liked Pathfinder and 3.5 Dungeon went monthly during 3Es run and Paizo produced their excellent adventure paths. One kind of got spoilt by all of the options at a time where WoTC ability to make a great adventure nosedived. Due to the OGL one can and did look elsewhere. Ironically history is repeating itself after wasting money on HoTDQ I have bought 2 OGL 5E adventures on PDF, one was dirt cheap at $1 the other was $20 and it contained 12 adventures. Now if I had the option and if those options were quality ones I would have bought those adventures via WoTC. In recent years several adventures I would regard as modern classics.Assault on Black Tooth Ridge (Castles &Crusades)Rise of the Runelords (3.5/Pathfinder)Lost Mines of Phandelver (5E)That is what I mean by quality adventures not trash like HotDQ. RoT is better and I have not read enough of it to make a call one way or the other. I keep meaning to get around to it. I’m not sure how many adventures is too much but Paizo seems to be able to do it monthly and their worst ones are more average than out right bad. To be fair TSR made some stinkers as well and I may be willing to sell my copy of the Forest Oracle although I paid the right amount for it ($0).So I suppose my ideal release schedule would look something like this.1-3 splat books a year leaning toward 2-3 early on a 1/year later in the edition cycle after 5 or 6 have some out. That is splat books focused on PCs.1 Monster manual every 2-3 years.1 Campaign setting every 1-2 yearsAdventures (monthly, AP or Dungeon).Dragon would be nice as well even bi monthly a’la the old Dungeon.And then stuff like environment books (Wilderness Survival Guide, Frostburn, etc) perhaps replacing the PC splats books. Some new classes are fine I do not need around 8+ a year.So after 3 to 4 years one would have.5 PC books (4 class ones and a PHB2/Players Guide/Class Compendium type book)1 Psionics Book18 Dungeons/Dragons (bi monthly)6 Adventure Paths (or 3APs +3 books of shorter adventures)2-3 Monster Manuals2-4 Campaign settings ( FR+ updating TSR ones, Eberron, Points of Light)Note it does look like a lot by the current D&D release schedule but it is a lot less than the heights of 3E and 4E as stuff is coming out at about 1/3rd or 1/4th the rate.  Already shopping around to find OGL material and putting my money where my mouth is. Basically I want a slower release but still feel like I have an actively supported version of D&D with some options as what happens if you are not into Tiamat or Elemental Evil?</blockquote>

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