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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5427871" data-attributes="member: 59082">When I see the word &quot;surge&quot; I think of an all-out attack, or a flood of new stuff. What I see from WotC is rather different, more of a purge. I mean, remember when I was getting bitched at for remarking on how WotC wasn't really coming out with any new material for six months? Now it is 8/10 (Psionic Power, Dark Sun) to 4/10 (Heroes of Shadow) - that's eight months. And it is few and far between going forward.I'm awfully tempted to write my own &quot;What I Think Is Going On&quot; thread, but the forums are already over-saturated. But I think it is pretty clear, as some have said, that WotC is moving towards DDI as core (I wrote about this a couple months ago), that with DDI there is no need or market for 2-3 new splat books every month.The best-case scenario is that this frees up time and space to be more creative, to come out with more setting and theme material, more modular alternate approaches to the game.&nbsp; The worst-case scenario is that WotC focuses almost entirely on the DDI subscription and that paper products die out, with maybe only a once-a-quarter Madness of Gardmore Abbey or Shadowfell type product, and then maybe those dwindle away as well and &quot;D&amp;D&quot; becomes a line of a few evergreen products that don't sell much, a few boardgames, and a new MMO.What I see happening is the entire RPG market downsizing. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Pathfinder is overall a higher quality product than 4E in terms of the love and attention that it gets, and is more sustainable to boot. Just as ideally peak oil will inspire technological innovation and a whole slew of public transportation options like high-speed rail. But will it happen? And perhaps more importantly, will we survive the pains of transformation?D&amp;D will survive, there is no doubt. But it may survive and thrive moreso as Pathfinder than as whatever WotC offers. Only time will tell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5427871, member: 59082"] When I see the word "surge" I think of an all-out attack, or a flood of new stuff. What I see from WotC is rather different, more of a [I]purge. [/I]I mean, remember when I was getting bitched at for remarking on how WotC wasn't really coming out with any new material for six months? Now it is 8/10 (Psionic Power, Dark Sun) to 4/10 (Heroes of Shadow) - that's [I]eight [/I]months. And it is few and far between going forward. I'm awfully tempted to write my own "What I Think Is Going On" thread, but the forums are already over-saturated. But I think it is pretty clear, as some have said, that WotC is moving towards DDI as core (I wrote about this a couple months ago), that with DDI there is no need or market for 2-3 new splat books every month. The best-case scenario is that this frees up time and space to be more creative, to come out with more setting and theme material, more modular alternate approaches to the game. The worst-case scenario is that WotC focuses almost entirely on the DDI subscription and that paper products die out, with maybe only a once-a-quarter [I]Madness of Gardmore Abbey [/I]or [I]Shadowfell [/I]type product, and then maybe those dwindle away as well and "D&D" becomes a line of a few evergreen products that don't sell much, a few boardgames, and a new MMO. What I see happening is the entire RPG market downsizing. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Pathfinder is overall a higher quality product than 4E in terms of the love and attention that it gets, and is more sustainable to boot. Just as ideally peak oil will inspire technological innovation and a whole slew of public transportation options like high-speed rail. But will it happen? And perhaps more importantly, will we survive the pains of transformation? D&D will survive, there is no doubt. But it may survive and thrive moreso as Pathfinder than as whatever WotC offers. Only time will tell. [/QUOTE]

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