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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5977024" data-attributes="member: 22424">I'm aware of that.However, as I noted in my first post on the subject, if DDI had been the runaway success they wanted, then they would not be developing 5e, or at least not a 5e that is as significantly different from 4e. At most, we'd be seeing something of a clean-up of the previous edition, where WotC did a few more fundamental math fixes, cleared out the clutter of all the 'junk' feats (etc) accumulated by 4e, but did not fundamentally change the underlying structure of the game.Because if DDI is a runaway success, then the 5e they're putting out represents a massive risk - they may well alienate the existing (presumed massive) subscriber base in a probably-futile attempt to win back large numbers of OSR and Pathfinder fans. Doing so makes sense if 4e failed, and it makes sense if they think they can do better - but if DDI is a runaway success then it makes no sense to replace 4e with a radically-different new version.(And that's quite aside from the cost of redoing all the tools again. They've already had to develop everything at least twice, and they've only just for the Character Builder and Monster Builder back to being more or less 'right'. A significantly different 5e necessitates throwing almost all of that away and starting over.)Now, I will concede the possibility that I could be wrong. Of course I could - I don't have access to WotC's grand strategy! But putting together this 5e at this time, coupled with the near-complete silence about the future of DDI leads me to strongly suspect otherwise.</blockquote>

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