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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5787035" data-attributes="member: 7006">This is another benefit for them to start working towards 5E.  They could use its release as the break point to start releasing stuff via all the electronic readers and such.If they made the transition in the middle of 4E... suddenly opening up their material on e-readers and the like... the hue and cry for them to go back and redo all their previous 4E stuff that way would be much louder and the expectation by the community much faster, than if they did it with the release of a new edition.  At least that way... they could say "We're hopeful to go back to previous 4E and 3E content and get that up and running too"... and while of course there would be some caterwauling, I don't think there would be as much (nor as strong).Its for the same token I think they should make sure to get all their online builders up and running and programmed for 5E prior to the game's release... so that on day and date of its debut, ALL the electronic tools are ready to use out of the box, and all of the books and magazines are available online and via e-reader.  I think we're past the point in electronic technology for them to say "We'll release these tools/formats in the coming months, if you just stick with us!"Nuh uh.  Better for them to NOT RELEASE the next game until all the tools and formats are ready to go... then to release the game and ask people to wait for all the other tools/formats to eventually catch up.  They'd catch REAL shiat if they did that.</blockquote>

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