WoTC products, going downhill?

[WarlockLord]

Is it just me, or are WoTC products going downhill? I was looking around Barnes and Noble yesterday, and all of the new releases are just...bad. I haven't seen anything as good as Bo9s in a while. Thoughts?

 

[Mark CMG]

Bad, how? You do not like the subject or they have errors you can point to as problematic?

 

[Moon-Lancer]

the subject matter is going down hill, but some of the art is really good. I voted for slight decline, although thinking about it, i should have voted that its the same.

bo9s was a major ping for subject matter though. Best thing they have made so far, even some of the art was a little weak. the war blades picture was fantastic though.

 

[GlassJaw]

I said slightly downward. I haven't been that impressed with their crunch/splatbooks since the first batch of Complete books. Some of their newer modules are very good though.

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

Steeply uphill.

For the first time since the release of the d20 license or *maybe* d20 Modern, WotC is on the cutting edge of d20 design (with Star Wars Saga Edition).

In fact, although Saga is much more an evolution than a revolution, it's arguably on the cutting edge of RPG design in general, which would make it the first time WotC has been *there* since Everway.

In terms of D&D products, the Bo9S itself is recent enough to count as a 'recent' high point if you consider it such (I do as well, as far as it goes, although it like the warlock class looks particularly 'in development' next to the Saga force power system).

 

[barrowwight]

I selected "the same" option. I havent found anything I have loved or hated in awhile.

 

[Klaus]

My two latest buys, Star Wars Saga Edition and Secret of Sarlona are easily two of the best books I ever bought.

Saga rekindled my interest in Star Wars (no mean feat since the dreadful prequels) and Sarlona can easily be called Eberron 2.0.

 

[Sucros]

The splatbooks have taken a turn for the terrible IMO, but some of the fluff stuff has been quite impressive. On the eberron front, both Secrets of Sarlonna and Forge of War were awesome, after a long dearth of terrible products. And the monster books have been especially good, what with the fiendish codexes and such. so.... neutral.

 

[Doug McCrae]

I voted slightly uphill, though Eberron Campaign Setting and Sharn: City of Towers remain the best things WotC've done outside the core rules.

Spell Compendium, Magic Item Compendium, Secrets of Xendrik, MM3, PHB2 - all fairly recent good quality products and I have high hopes for MM5.

 

[Dyne]

I think perhaps this poll should specify what line of WotC products it refers to, because your perspective will be very different depending on what side of the fence you're on. For me their D&D side is going downhill, but the Star Wars side seems to be making a comeback. Of course, this is comparing things that have released within the last year and a half compared to everything from 2005 and before.