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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6498880" data-attributes="member: 37579">Keep in mind that they didn't announce the 5e core books until the last couple months before those dropped. The D&D team seems to be really focused on underpromising and not announcing things until they're in the can. And likely for good reason.  Yes, WotC has not said anything about Elemental Evil, has not confirmed the product, and does not have a product page up (that I remember seeing). But, no one goes to the WotC site for information on stuff like that anymore (and seldom ever did). They come to sites like ENWorld, which always get the information leaked sooner. So why try and make a big release announcement that will *always* get scooped? They can be quiet until they're ready to do previews (the month prior) and let ENWorld handle the hype. And that way they need to update their website less often. Which works as they were never good at updating on time or reliably and their new site buries articles at the very bottom anyway. In fairness, the actually staff making the RPG has been pretty silent. We had been told that they'd tell us about the new OGL before the end of last year and release the licence sometime this year. They're two weeks late on that. They also said they'd have more articles on the D&D site including the Battlesystem rules and Legends & Lore. No sign of those after two weeks. And the surveys on the State of the Game are also absent. But, by bringing that stuff up, I'm coming down on them for being late on a "promise". Which feeds the whole "underpromise" thing. And they're also trying to juggle all those balls while also manage the success of the game and interact with the WotC suits, and there's not all that many members of the D&D team left.</blockquote>

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