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<blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 5499550" data-attributes="member: 61155"><p>Yeah, that's correct, apologies for any confusion!</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Yeah, but I'm just not sure how reasonable it was to believe it was so seperate that it would be completely disconnected from future products. I think the example of the Swordmage is a good one - the Forgotten Realms books are part of a completely seperate setting from the core one. There is absolutely no expectation that regular players need them if they aren't playing FR, unless they want specific options provided in the book (like feats, Swordmage, etc.)</p><p> </p><p>And yet, the Swordmage receives support in future books. And yet, it introduces backgrounds which show up elsewhere. </p><p> </p><p>WotC tried very hard to make it clear that Essentials was part of 4E, not something seperate. It was a contained product line, but so are the 2-3 setting books for FR, Eberron, Dark Sun - that doesn't mean they will be unsupported in the game going forward. </p><p> </p><p>I think it is the same thing here, and while some folks may have misunderstood and thought that Essentials was completely disconnected from 4E, I don't think the blame for that can be laid on WotC. And I can only sympathize so much with those who thought that and were disappointed - it's fine to say, "I want future books to provide more support for the content I like" - but saying, "I want future books to <em>not </em>provide support for the content others like" is, well, not a great position to have. At least in my opinion. </p><p> </p><p>Now, I'm perfectly fine if people are wanting to see more content from WotC in general!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrMyth, post: 5499550, member: 61155"] Yeah, that's correct, apologies for any confusion! Yeah, but I'm just not sure how reasonable it was to believe it was so seperate that it would be completely disconnected from future products. I think the example of the Swordmage is a good one - the Forgotten Realms books are part of a completely seperate setting from the core one. There is absolutely no expectation that regular players need them if they aren't playing FR, unless they want specific options provided in the book (like feats, Swordmage, etc.) And yet, the Swordmage receives support in future books. And yet, it introduces backgrounds which show up elsewhere. WotC tried very hard to make it clear that Essentials was part of 4E, not something seperate. It was a contained product line, but so are the 2-3 setting books for FR, Eberron, Dark Sun - that doesn't mean they will be unsupported in the game going forward. I think it is the same thing here, and while some folks may have misunderstood and thought that Essentials was completely disconnected from 4E, I don't think the blame for that can be laid on WotC. And I can only sympathize so much with those who thought that and were disappointed - it's fine to say, "I want future books to provide more support for the content I like" - but saying, "I want future books to [I]not [/I]provide support for the content others like" is, well, not a great position to have. At least in my opinion. Now, I'm perfectly fine if people are wanting to see more content from WotC in general! [/QUOTE]
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