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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7148284" data-attributes="member: 37579">Not impossible, no. They could easily post updates in Unearthed Arcana. I was pretty cynical about the change at first too. Mostly because DMs Guild is less well known compared to the official website, and requires an account to download adding a barrier to entry.But then you consider the issue of updates to the class: when someone shows up at an AL game, you need them to be playing the latest version, not the first one they found. Hosting on the DMsGuild allows WotC and the AL guide to link to that page. The URL for the artificer and mystic won't change and will always lead to the current version.The alternative is for WotC to remove all past versions on their website and update those with the current version. But I dislike them removing old content from the site. Doing that inevitably leads to dead links and broken redirects. Plus, searching the WotC site isn't as easy. It's designed for other purposes than finding articles, which are tucked at the bottom of the site. DMsGuild is designed to be a searchable location, with the search bar front and center. Plus, there's the option of tweaks and revisions to the classes other than the first week of a month. Or in addition to a regular Unearthed Arcana. There can be quick, visible hotfixes when a game breaking problem is encountered. And it's easy for the D&amp;D team to personally update the document. They don't need to get the WotC web team involved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7148284, member: 37579"] Not impossible, no. They could easily post updates in Unearthed Arcana. I was pretty cynical about the change at first too. Mostly because DMs Guild is less well known compared to the official website, and requires an account to download adding a barrier to entry. But then you consider the issue of updates to the class: when someone shows up at an AL game, you need them to be playing the latest version, not the first one they found. Hosting on the DMsGuild allows WotC and the AL guide to link to that page. The URL for the artificer and mystic won't change and will always lead to the current version. The alternative is for WotC to remove all past versions on their website and update those with the current version. But I dislike them removing old content from the site. Doing that inevitably leads to dead links and broken redirects. Plus, searching the WotC site isn't as easy. It's designed for other purposes than finding articles, which are tucked at the bottom of the site. DMsGuild is designed to be a searchable location, with the search bar front and center. Plus, there's the option of tweaks and revisions to the classes other than the first week of a month. Or in addition to a regular Unearthed Arcana. There can be quick, visible hotfixes when a game breaking problem is encountered. And it's easy for the D&D team to personally update the document. They don't need to get the WotC web team involved. [/QUOTE]

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