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<blockquote data-quote="Manchu" data-source="post: 6557780" data-attributes="member: 6791825">@<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6778044" target="_blank">Ilbranteloth</a>Fair enough -- Warlord's sale and proifits have(or at least appear to have) gone up as the company has expanded its line over the last five years. So ... not much of a deal breaker in terms of the examples I was using. But sure, it is important to note the difference between sales and profits.As far as &quot;support&quot; -- yeah this point has come up in one of these threads and I'll just say it is not really a matter of &quot;support&quot; (for me at least), so I have no interest in arguing over the definition of that term. What I want are more physical books. I don't believe WotC is going to produce them and I understand (hopefully as demonstrated) why they probably don't want to.That said, I really don't think it's a make or break issue for WotC if they did expand the line slightly more prolifically. I don't think it's make or break for D&amp;D either. D&amp;D as a brand will do fine with three core books on retailers' shelves and the once-in-a-great-while AP to keep them there. And if WotC did more, it would hardly sink the ship. It just wouldn't contribute to the $100,000s scope book Hasbro wants WotC to keep. RPG hobbyists who want better quality/more frequent releases will have to look elsewhere.So in that sense, 5E is not really a game changer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manchu, post: 6557780, member: 6791825"] @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6778044"]Ilbranteloth[/URL][/U][/B][/I] Fair enough -- Warlord's sale [I]and proifits [/I]have(or at least appear to have) gone up as the company has expanded its line over the last five years. So ... not much of a deal breaker in terms of the examples I was using. But sure, it is important to note the difference between sales and profits. As far as "support" -- yeah this point has come up in one of these threads and I'll just say it is not really a matter of "support" (for me at least), so I have no interest in arguing over the definition of that term. What I want are more physical books. I don't believe WotC is going to produce them and I understand (hopefully as demonstrated) why they probably don't want to. That said, I really don't think it's a make or break issue for WotC if they did expand the line slightly more prolifically. I don't think it's make or break for D&D either. D&D as a brand will do fine with three core books on retailers' shelves and the once-in-a-great-while AP to keep them there. And if WotC did more, it would hardly sink the ship. It just wouldn't contribute to the $100,000s scope book Hasbro wants WotC to keep. RPG hobbyists who want better quality/more frequent releases will have to look elsewhere. So in that sense, 5E is not really a game changer. [/QUOTE]

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