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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 5988734" data-attributes="member: 37579">But that doesn't mean they shouldn't. * 3e was needed. Very much needed. * 3.5e spawned out of the idea of a reprinting of the core rulebooks with errata and rule clarifications. Not a bad idea, but no one reigned in the developers and it grew into a revision. Oops.*4e was prompted by Hasbro trying to set a minimum bar on profits.*4e Essentials was prompted by the perceived difficulty of 4e in appealing to new (and some old) players. Again, the developers were not reigned in and the design became something very different.&nbsp;*5e was prompted by dwindling sales for 4e and the divisiveness of that edition. There's no reason WotC couldn't have an edition that lasts longer than 3e or 3.5e or 4e. It's actually in the best interests of the company as multi-year length developments for a new edition are expensive and it's better to keep selling copies of the same book than revision after revision and new edition after new edition.The management just needs to crack down on unnecessary revisions and keep the quality of the line high.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 5988734, member: 37579"] But that doesn't mean they shouldn't. * 3e was needed. Very much needed. * 3.5e spawned out of the idea of a reprinting of the core rulebooks with errata and rule clarifications. Not a bad idea, but no one reigned in the developers and it grew into a revision. Oops. *4e was prompted by Hasbro trying to set a minimum bar on profits. *4e Essentials was prompted by the perceived difficulty of 4e in appealing to new (and some old) players. Again, the developers were not reigned in and the design became something very different. *5e was prompted by dwindling sales for 4e and the divisiveness of that edition. There's no reason WotC couldn't have an edition that lasts longer than 3e or 3.5e or 4e. It's actually in the best interests of the company as multi-year length developments for a new edition are expensive and it's better to keep selling copies of the same book than revision after revision and new edition after new edition. The management just needs to crack down on unnecessary revisions and keep the quality of the line high. [/QUOTE]

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