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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4183820" data-attributes="member: 710">I really don't know how Blizzard pulls it off with their timeline internally. Externally it's simple - if you don't give a release date until you're safe to make it, you will never disappoint people for missing your date. But what definitely is certain is that WotC is not a software company, and will probably never be. They need others to do the planning and execute the job. I think many businesses shy away from extending their area of expertise above their original core business. I don't know if there is a rational explanation for it, and whether it might actually be the best. And maybe WotC is doing it right now - but that was probably not soon enough...But I suppose WotC just can't do it the same way as Blizzard. Maybe it's also a general timing issue - The 4E rules will be available in June. Gleemax and DDI better be ready by then, too! Maybe that was generally the wrong approach - they should have decoupled both aspects more. But maybe that also is impossible.</blockquote>