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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 7753875" data-attributes="member: 7635">Your first mistake was assuming all the noise was about this and only this product. You are looking to be let down rather than see what shakes out. I recall a lot people were upset with Dragon Heist was announced; there was a lot of "that's it?" until Dungeon of the Mad Mage came out as well. They pulled the artificer off the DM's Guild a few months back, which to me says they have enough feedback and are opting for in-house fine-tuning.Ravnica didn't need a playtest because... its all new to D&D! Seriously, there has never been Loxodons, Vedalken, or Viashino before, so we have no basis of comparison. HOWEVER, Eberron has four races that are both mechanically complex  AND have changed over the two editions they appeared in. Remember the first UA article? Its universally reviled for its poor takes on changlings, shifters and warforged (along with its half-assed artificer subclass and dragonmarks). I can easily see them releasing a new take on that old UA article that, with three years of experience under their belt, tries new takes on warforged (attempting to balance the mechanical life-form rules and finding some fix for the armored body mechanic), shifter (which was feat-intensive in 3.5 and stripped-bare in 4e) and changling (which was fine, but needed  some oomph). In addition, another pass at dragonmarks would be greatly appreciated. Basically, I expect them to show those mechanical elements again, looking to see if the new version respects the 3e/4e versions while still being balanced enough to play. That's worthy of a UA. MotP = Some planar/Planescape book; be it a guide, an adventure like Modron March, or a hybrid of both. And WotC is going to need to do something to get things like Warforged, defilers, kenders, and the like into player's hands if they are remotely serious about support "the multiverse" beyond cheeky references. Again, all WotC has to do is say "Next year, we'll be going to Eberron. For now, here is a UA of the core Eberron races and dragonmarks, and we're opening it up to the DM's Guild effective today. We'll be announcing a new Eberron book in 2019." You get a taste of it now, something to play with until the Eberron book is ready next year. Maybe no in April, but certainly by November. Remember, WotC is shaking up the formula this year; source book instead of adventure in the spring; two-part adventure in Sept, and a setting book in Nov. Plus whatever they announce tomorrow. We're venturing into uncharted territory. I expect we'll see more than that. I'd put it up to a friendly wager, but seeing how you were adamant the "4th D&D book in 2018" was either the art book OR the coloring book, it might be in your best interest to decline to wager on this.</blockquote>

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