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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 3926492" data-attributes="member: 1457">I've been enjoying the steady trickle of information. WotC can't release hard info because such info doesn't exist. The game is in development, even now, as Michele Carter's post illustrates (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=213176&page=4&pp=30)" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=213176&page=4&pp=30)</a>.The worst thing for them to do would be to release information about, say, a core mechanic, and then later (after playtesting) decide to change that mechanic. They'd suffer all the negatives of people howling about this or that (*any* change from 3e generates a base level of complaining), with zero benefit. Instead, we've seen them release tidbits of overall design philosophies. Broad strokes. Deliberately vague information that sheds light on the larger issues. Really, this is the best we could hope for given that the rules themselves--the hard info that the OP seemingly wants--are still very much in flux.Also, the effect of their strategy is that people speculate and discuss the various tidbits. This is what marketing people call "buzz", and it's a Good Thing for most any product. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Side effect is that occasionally the community comes up with usable feedback (see the changes to Torm/Tyr, and the change in feat naming conventions) that makes its way into the current design. So, what do I think of the advertising/informational strategy that's being used? I think it's about as good as it could possibly be, given the reality of the situation. If 4E was complete and printed then my answer would change. But the fact of the matter is that it's not complete and printed.</blockquote>

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