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<blockquote data-quote="Khairn" data-source="post: 3810091" data-attributes="member: 20153">I agree with Charles that yearly (regularly?) published &quot;core&quot; books creates a platform for WotC to introduce new revisions / updates / content to the game in a way that is less disruptive than the x.5 edition has been.&nbsp; I also believe that this is a WotC decision and not coming from Hasbro.&nbsp; Hasbro may have set the sales and margin targets, but WotC is the one to come up with the plan to meet those goals.And although I agree that this is a brilliant move for WotC, I find it less than optimal for gamers.&nbsp; I see no correlation between yearly PHB and any attempt to reduce rules bloat.&nbsp; On the contrary I believe that this sets up in the customer the expectation that yearly upgrades are to be expected (necessary ?) no matter the need for the upgrade or the quality of the upgrade.&nbsp; There have been a number of &quot;questionable&quot; additions in some of WotC's more recent releases.&nbsp; Classes, PrC's, spells and feats that were either useless or a quantum jump in the power scale.&nbsp; WotC is also not saying that these new core books will replace all the supplements that have been released, and therefore we will see a reduction in the number of books being offered.Creating a built in expectation in gamers that yearly updates are necessary to remain &quot;core&quot; is great for WotC.&nbsp; But based on past performance I dont see how this will create anything beneficial for players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Khairn, post: 3810091, member: 20153"] I agree with Charles that yearly (regularly?) published "core" books creates a platform for WotC to introduce new revisions / updates / content to the game in a way that is less disruptive than the x.5 edition has been. I also believe that this is a WotC decision and not coming from Hasbro. Hasbro may have set the sales and margin targets, but WotC is the one to come up with the plan to meet those goals. And although I agree that this is a brilliant move for WotC, I find it less than optimal for gamers. I see no correlation between yearly PHB and any attempt to reduce rules bloat. On the contrary I believe that this sets up in the customer the expectation that yearly upgrades are to be expected (necessary ?) no matter the need for the upgrade or the quality of the upgrade. There have been a number of "questionable" additions in some of WotC's more recent releases. Classes, PrC's, spells and feats that were either useless or a quantum jump in the power scale. WotC is also not saying that these new core books will replace all the supplements that have been released, and therefore we will see a reduction in the number of books being offered. Creating a built in expectation in gamers that yearly updates are necessary to remain "core" is great for WotC. But based on past performance I dont see how this will create anything beneficial for players. [/QUOTE]

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