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<blockquote data-quote="Windjammer" data-source="post: 5656055" data-attributes="member: 60075"><p>Agreed, I also read the thread title, and its being posted in the 4E forum gave me expectations of a different sort.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ah, but there's the larger picture. I'm sure WotC planned the release of the Neverwinter Campaign Guide to more or less coincide with the release of the MMO - 'product cross pollination' to attract customers in the MMO sector to give the pen and paper version a try (one of the stated design goals of 4E, if memory serves). With the MMO being pushed back to 2012, that synergy effect is severely weakened.</p><p></p><p>WotC' 4E run has been in really bad luck with such things. You'd have expected them to capitalize on the Ravenloft boardgame's success by bringing out a 4E Ravenloft Campaign Guide at the time (rather than the comparatively undescript 'Gloomwrought'). But they never did because the product wasn't ready/up to their standards. </p><p></p><p>Exactly what Atari says now about the MMO - not ready, not up to standards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Windjammer, post: 5656055, member: 60075"] Agreed, I also read the thread title, and its being posted in the 4E forum gave me expectations of a different sort. Ah, but there's the larger picture. I'm sure WotC planned the release of the Neverwinter Campaign Guide to more or less coincide with the release of the MMO - 'product cross pollination' to attract customers in the MMO sector to give the pen and paper version a try (one of the stated design goals of 4E, if memory serves). With the MMO being pushed back to 2012, that synergy effect is severely weakened. WotC' 4E run has been in really bad luck with such things. You'd have expected them to capitalize on the Ravenloft boardgame's success by bringing out a 4E Ravenloft Campaign Guide at the time (rather than the comparatively undescript 'Gloomwrought'). But they never did because the product wasn't ready/up to their standards. Exactly what Atari says now about the MMO - not ready, not up to standards. [/QUOTE]
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