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[UPDATED] Has ADVENTURER'S HANDBOOK Been Cancelled?
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<blockquote data-quote="chriton227" data-source="post: 7657578" data-attributes="member: 33263"><p>Say I <em>planned</em> on getting my kids a Wii U for Christmas but didn't tell them, and then due to unexpected financial situations couldn't afford to do it. One of the kids went snooping on my computer and found a document where I was making notes about what I was planning on getting everyone and saw the Wii U on the list, then told the other kids and they all got excited. Come Christmas morning, there is no Wii U under the tree and the kids are disappointed. Whose fault is that? Regardless of what I <em>planned</em> at any point in time (even if I got so far as to put it on layaway that I later had to cancel), I never <em>announced</em> to the kids that it was coming, so how can I be faulted for their disappointment for not delivering something I never told them I was going to deliver? </p><p></p><p>The D&D team has limited manpower available. I'd rather they use that manpower developing cool new things to go along with 5e rather than searching for and addressing all the 5e rumors on the internet. Given that the release dates are still months away, it's possible that they make an announcement as soon after the final go/no-go decision on the project as was feasible, especially if legal had to be involved to review things before making the announcement. We don't know how far into the product development they got before the decision was made, for all we know the book may have been nearing completion. I've been involved in IT projects that were cancelled after all of the development was completed but before the product was rolled out due to higher-ups deciding that we were "changing direction", it sucks but it happens. On the plus side, it sounds like whatever work they had completed will see the light of day either as part of the adventure or on the web, which is a lot better than it being sent to the circular file.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chriton227, post: 7657578, member: 33263"] Say I [i]planned[/i] on getting my kids a Wii U for Christmas but didn't tell them, and then due to unexpected financial situations couldn't afford to do it. One of the kids went snooping on my computer and found a document where I was making notes about what I was planning on getting everyone and saw the Wii U on the list, then told the other kids and they all got excited. Come Christmas morning, there is no Wii U under the tree and the kids are disappointed. Whose fault is that? Regardless of what I [i]planned[/i] at any point in time (even if I got so far as to put it on layaway that I later had to cancel), I never [i]announced[/i] to the kids that it was coming, so how can I be faulted for their disappointment for not delivering something I never told them I was going to deliver? The D&D team has limited manpower available. I'd rather they use that manpower developing cool new things to go along with 5e rather than searching for and addressing all the 5e rumors on the internet. Given that the release dates are still months away, it's possible that they make an announcement as soon after the final go/no-go decision on the project as was feasible, especially if legal had to be involved to review things before making the announcement. We don't know how far into the product development they got before the decision was made, for all we know the book may have been nearing completion. I've been involved in IT projects that were cancelled after all of the development was completed but before the product was rolled out due to higher-ups deciding that we were "changing direction", it sucks but it happens. On the plus side, it sounds like whatever work they had completed will see the light of day either as part of the adventure or on the web, which is a lot better than it being sent to the circular file. [/QUOTE]
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