WotC New D&D survey from WotC

[ccs]

I also got asked that question separately about D&D in general, and about 5e specifically. I wonder if they’re trying to gauge if the timing is right for an edition change.

Of course the timing is right, we're 3 years out from the 50th anniversary of our favorite game. They'd better get cracking.

 

[JEB]

Of course the timing is right, we're 3 years out from the 50th anniversary of our favorite game. They'd better get cracking.

The new options in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, and the changes in how races and alignment have been handled in 2021 products and UAs thus far, suggest they've probably been thinking about it since at least last year. (And there were similar precursors to 4E ideas in products towards the end of 3E...)

 

[JEB]

I also got asked that question separately about D&D in general, and about 5e specifically. I wonder if they’re trying to gauge if the timing is right for an edition change.

They also might be trying to gauge how much change said edition change should involve - satisfaction with the current direction would indicate something more like 5E with high compatibility, dissatisfaction could suggest more radical changes (depending on the specific nature of the dissatisfaction). Though like you, I'd be surprised if they made something you couldn't use 5E material with at all...

 

[ccs]

The new options in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, and the changes in how races and alignment have been handled in 2021 products and UAs thus far, suggest they've probably been thinking about it since at least last year. (And there were similar precursors to 4E ideas in products towards the end of 3E...)

Oh yes, I know. I've specifically called out this 5e end-of-edition-misc-material in the past.
And i've been predicting 2024 as 6e's arrival date for several years now in posts like these.

 

[Ath-kethin]

Weird. The very last thing it asked me was age (I'll be 50 this summer) after getting to very nearly complete progress. I can't imagine that survey being much longer (felt too long as it was!).

Same experience here (though I'm a bit younger than you).

 

[Retreater]

Heh. 39% -> 96% in one question!

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Exactly the same thing happened to me. 42 must be the magic number.

 

[Maxperson]

Bard, Paladin, Warlock
Human, Tiefling, Elf (odd that last one but that's where I landed.)

I went with...

Wizard, Cleric and Fighter.
Human, Elf and Half-Elf.

 

[Rikka66]

Exactly the same thing happened to me. 42 must be the magic number.

What did you answer in regards to having every played Magic? That seems to be the real common denominator.

 

[Burnside]

Heh. We older players are not their targets here. My survey progress was at 39%, and then they asked my age and it jumped to 96% done.

Mine did the same thing, but in fairness I have never played any form of Magic, and once I'd made that clear I think a lot of questions got gated off.

 

[Maxperson]

What did you answer in regards to having every played Magic? That seems to be the real common denominator.

Yeah. They were clearing aiming at people who play both magic and D&D