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<blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 6069105" data-attributes="member: 115">There's no real mechanical reason to have a level cap.From a&nbsp; business standpoint WotC should allocate their resources towards&nbsp; material they know is going to be used significantly.&nbsp; I don't have&nbsp; access to specific data, so I can't speak to where that data suggests&nbsp; such a cap would be.&nbsp; From a psychological standpoint, having people&nbsp; convert characters is important to having a retaining and converting&nbsp; players.&nbsp; With that in mind, it seems clear either 20 levels (for&nbsp; 3E/Pathfinder) or 30 levels (for 4E) would be the goal.&nbsp; The trick is&nbsp; balancing the two standpoints.There&nbsp; are certainly monetary considerations to so.&nbsp; If the number of people&nbsp; converting high-level campaigns is low, and the money lost by those&nbsp; people not buying Next is less than the money saved/gained by breaking&nbsp; up the levels, then from a business standpoint it does makes a lot of&nbsp; sense.&nbsp; This is especially true if you consider a waning market and a&nbsp; slow economy.&nbsp; Furthermore, calling it incomplete is a incorrect.&nbsp; If,&nbsp; for example, only levels 1-10 are released, then the game is complete and playable.&nbsp; High-level groups certainly wouldn't be happy, but that doesn't make it incomplete.&nbsp; I&nbsp; don't honestly think WotC will go this way; the market doesn't have so&nbsp; many people that anyone can really squander good-will.&nbsp; On the other&nbsp; hand, if the market really is shrinking, a time may come when companies&nbsp; will have to make a call between being profitable and being popular.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LightPhoenix, post: 6069105, member: 115"] There's no real mechanical reason to have a level cap. From a business standpoint WotC should allocate their resources towards material they know is going to be used significantly. I don't have access to specific data, so I can't speak to where that data suggests such a cap would be. From a psychological standpoint, having people convert characters is important to having a retaining and converting players. With that in mind, it seems clear either 20 levels (for 3E/Pathfinder) or 30 levels (for 4E) would be the goal. The trick is balancing the two standpoints. There are certainly monetary considerations to so. If the number of people converting high-level campaigns is low, and the money lost by those people not buying Next is less than the money saved/gained by breaking up the levels, then from a business standpoint it does makes a lot of sense. This is especially true if you consider a waning market and a slow economy. Furthermore, calling it incomplete is a incorrect. If, for example, only levels 1-10 are released, then the game [I]is[/I] complete and playable. High-level groups certainly wouldn't be happy, but that doesn't make it incomplete. I don't honestly think WotC will go this way; the market doesn't have so many people that anyone can really squander good-will. On the other hand, if the market really is shrinking, a time may come when companies will have to make a call between being profitable and being popular. [/QUOTE]

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