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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lobo316" data-source="post: 6783036" data-attributes="member: 6802212">Hey All, I'm new to posting on these forums.  Long time member on the D&D forums at Wizards, so guess i'm finally coming onboard with the rest of the refugees.  Anyhow, forgive me if this has been discussed, but does anyone have any statistics to direct me to or article that tell us how D&D5 is doing?  Sales wise, most prominently, I guess.  Is it doing well?  Is it in trouble?  Is it popular?  I know the books appearing to be doing well on Amazon, but how is the community as a whole?  Are we healthy or dying?  I'm hoping we, that is D&D is flourishing.  As a long time player, I'm really happy with what they've done, for the most part anyway.  Been running a game for a while now (actually, a couple of groups I know have been running game pretty much since 5e hit the floor).But, I do have to express great disappointment in the anemic rate of support for the game.  For all the crap that most folks seem to agree 4e was, 5e is a outstanding product, I just wish it would receive more support.  Yes, 4e way overdid it, but that was all part of their marketing strategy with their "modular" system.  But when you remove all the "core expansions" (ie: PHB2 and 3, DMG 2, etc.) or the class books (like Marital Power) and books like that, what is left over is a nice collection of splat books, monster manuals and adventure sites.  I just think it's a shame that version of the game got so much love, the 5e doesn't.  I'd love to see more adventure sites (like Gloomgrought, Hammerfast and Vor Rukoth) or settings books, like the Manual of the Plane, and Shadowfell or adventure sources like Threats to Nentire Vale.  Or fluff books like Open Grave.  Seems like 4e had it covered, but I would love to see some of that done for 5e, but it's apparently, they have no intention on this. Maybe it's because they don't want to force books out there that some buyers might think they've bought already?  I really don't know.  The modules that are out do seem cool (though we've yet to run one).  By the supporting books beyond those are just almost non-existent (though I think the Sword Coast book might be a step in the right direction).I'm still picking up some of the 4e stuff just for some of the ideas and inspiration and some fluff, but I have to rework every mechanical element of all things 4e.  I'd just like to see more support for 5 (especially some more monster and NPC sources).So, any thoughts on that?  Is the game doing well, or not, and is the lack of support reflective of the success of the product?I do love 5e and want to see it succeed.  Happy gaming!</blockquote>

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