Their skill sets suggest they are. They are world builders and story tellers, not mechanics people. Whist a Radiant Citadel 2 anthology would be possible, it seems more natural that they would want to move on to something bigger. Which might be an adventure path, possibly using an RC setting, or a new setting for 2027 (assuming 2026 is Dark Sun, and that is being worked on by an established team).
I think their usefuness.was hurt by how little need and room there is for treasure on 5e PCs . One of them should have included rules for chargen skill system and progression to fix that for the gm.
Same. Adventure Paths were some of the best Pathfinder 1st products. I miss pre-written campaigns. Those that do exist are either too short (only 1st to 12th) or weird and not generic enough to fit into an existing setting.
I love Shackled City. One of my absolute favourites. I've run it many times for 3rd and Pathfinder 1st. At some point I plan on converting it as best I can too.
no idea, but I don’t think APs sell bad and settings or anthologies sell much better, so the ‘WotC can make more money by hosting 3pp products than by creating APs themselves’ is either nonsense or can be applied to other non-core releases as well (i.e. a new Xanathar or an updated MotM).
I doubt it gets retired, not even sure it needs a serious rethink. A bit more coordination between the teams writing the different parts to create a more cohesive whole is pretty much all it takes, the rest is a matter of ideas and quality control
I think they will in the short term. There was a lot of player options that accumulated over the lifetime of 5e - WotC will want to make it as easy as possible for people playing a legacy subclass to switch over, and will not want prospective 5.5 adopters to look at the pallete of available character options, monsters etc and feel constrained by comparison. Once there's a solid body of mechanical options supporting the new edition, I think they'll probably pivot back and adventures will get a look in once more.
