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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 3926392" data-attributes="member: 177">Well, we should note that this pattern is nothing new.  We were playing with similar puzzle pieces back on Eric Noah's original site.  If it is a planned strategy, it isn't one that's changed much in form.  Before I consider whether I like this mode of information flow, I have to state that I don't think there is any other mode that would make sense for WotC, other than simply holding all information close to their chests until the actual release.  I'm open to suggestions of how else they might have gone about it that would have been better for us, and still made business sense for them, but I've yet to hear one.That being said, I find this mode to be fun.  I suppose it excites the part of me that likes assembling jigsaw puzzle, in alliance with the part that then likes to speculate along logical lines.  Working with the bits we hear is an entertainment in and of itself.Mind you, I am the sort of person that can play the elephant game, and at the same time hold off final judgement until I see the real thing.  I take the elephant game's results with a hefty grain of salt, and don't consider it biding on WotC in any way.</blockquote>