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Probably.If you're getting anger from my post there, you're projecting lol. That's 100% you!
Probably.If you're getting anger from my post there, you're projecting lol. That's 100% you!
Its very likely that they will stop making new print runs once they announce the first player options expansion book for 5.5e, which will most likely have most/all of the old content not in the PHB updated to the new format.So, what you think it will be the future of those books? They will still be printed as is, or just sold until stocks remains and then a new book will be issued? And then, you think WotC will combine both books in one or make two new books with also new content?
Yeah, I get that - in fact they changed their approach to increase backwards compatibility. I'll still be interested to see how true it actually is though. Just a lot of stuff that might or might not have changed.The larger point for is that the old Subclasses will be usable from across published 5E books. So nothing is being intentionally broken.
I mean that's true for most TTRPGs but 5E has been glacial compared to previous D&D. In 4E they had 43 WOTC-published hardcovers in 4 years; by the end of this year 5E will have 49 after 10 years.Yeah that's what I meant by "define soon". To me, 2027 is "soon" in the slow-ass world of TT RPG publishing! To you it ain't. But yeah it's not going to happen this year and probably not early next.
first player options expansion book for 5.5e, which will most likely have most/all of the old content not in the PHB updated to the new format.
And that has worked out very well. That feels less like "5E has glacialnreleases" and more like "4E blew out a decade of product in 4 years."I mean that's true for most TTRPGs but 5E has been glacial compared to previous D&D. In 4E they had 43 WOTC-published hardcovers in 4 years; by the end of this year 5E will have 49 after 10 years.
Yes but previous editions like 3E and TSR D&D also had loads and loads of supplements and rules expansions. Like, settings didn't get a single book or box set but an entire line of products. Overproducing stuff they couldn't sell is part of what made TSR go bankrupt.And that has worked out very well. That feels less like "5E has glacial releases" and more like "4E blew out a decade of product in 4 years."
Fair point! No doubt a big part if why they designed with backwards compatibility in mind.Yes but previous editions like 3E and TSR D&D also had loads and loads of supplements and rules expansions. Like, settings didn't get a single book or box set but an entire line of products. Overproducing stuff they couldn't sell is part of what made TSR go bankrupt.
So I agree that it's economically more sound for both players and the company to slow things down as they are, not saying they should go back. But I can understand why some people feel 2027 is a very long wait for updates to existing subclasses.