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<blockquote data-quote="Dualazi" data-source="post: 7726960" data-attributes="member: 6855537">Doesn’t really change the fact that it means the book holds less content/value for people that already have those options available in non AL games. I find this especially irritating because their measured release schedule really doesn’t need to be weighed down with filler and reprints.No it isn’t, the complaints raised are entirely valid. The first major character options package released for 5e and we already see it has 11 pages of totally meaningless filler, coupled with several reprints of existing options. It’s not ‘entitlement’ to criticize the shortcomings of a product or developer, and 11 pages of names is pretty indefensible.As an aside, I’m getting really tired of seeing people try and dismiss complaints as entitlement, essentially implying that you should just be happy with whatever and never push back against poor quality. No one is asking for the book for free, but pointing out that a lot of redundant or useless content might make it a harder sell at the usual 50$ price is a valid issue for potential consumers to be made aware of.For my part, I’ll be waiting for a significant discount to crop up before I purchase this, I think. The massive number of reprints (classes, races, spells) and the jaw-dropping 17 pages total of names makes me really annoyed. Realistically I’d ballpark probably 30 odd pages of content that doesn’t need to be present, and that’s a ton of real estate. They could have put in the revised ranger and artificer easily within that space, if not more, and given how long releases take in 5e it seems doubly egregious to be hit with so much filler.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dualazi, post: 7726960, member: 6855537"] Doesn’t really change the fact that it means the book holds less content/value for people that already have those options available in non AL games. I find this especially irritating because their measured release schedule really doesn’t need to be weighed down with filler and reprints. No it isn’t, the complaints raised are entirely valid. The first major character options package released for 5e and we already see it has 11 pages of totally meaningless filler, coupled with several reprints of existing options. It’s not ‘entitlement’ to criticize the shortcomings of a product or developer, and 11 pages of names is pretty indefensible. As an aside, I’m getting really tired of seeing people try and dismiss complaints as entitlement, essentially implying that you should just be happy with whatever and never push back against poor quality. No one is asking for the book for free, but pointing out that a lot of redundant or useless content might make it a harder sell at the usual 50$ price is a valid issue for potential consumers to be made aware of. For my part, I’ll be waiting for a significant discount to crop up before I purchase this, I think. The massive number of reprints (classes, races, spells) and the jaw-dropping 17 pages total of names makes me really annoyed. Realistically I’d ballpark probably 30 odd pages of content that doesn’t need to be present, and that’s a ton of real estate. They could have put in the revised ranger and artificer easily within that space, if not more, and given how long releases take in 5e it seems doubly egregious to be hit with so much filler. [/QUOTE]

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