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sylvain
Acolyte
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 Posted - 15 Apr 2015 : 18:23:55
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Personally, I am starting to think they just don't have the resources to give us everything we want, when we want it. Tyranny of Dragons and Princes of the Apocalypse weren't even fully written by WOTC, and all we have directly from WOTC are the core books.
I'd like to think they are working on a Campaign Setting but are simply too short-staffed to have it out right away. Anyway, I'm staying positive that us Realms fans will get our CS.
They are also very much concerned about 'getting it right', so a pre-mature release is a out of the question.
I recall them sending out a survey asking what sort of 'prestige classes / paragon paths' we'd be interested in for Forgotten Realms, I think that is a clue that they are working on something. |
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Delwa
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 16 Apr 2015 : 02:11:24
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Originally posted by Shadowsoul
Oh no no! I wasn't implying that's what you meant. I was basically talking about other people on different forums.
If I am to be blunt, I am not interested in things outside the TTRPG and I feel that I am not alone. I do think Wizards is going to be left holding the bag while Paizo continues to take in more and more business.
I gotcha. No worries. I didn't mean to imply I'd taken things too personally. Sorry for any confusion. I do tend to read into things too much from time to time. 
I can definitely understand only being interested in the Tabletop game. I enjoy Neverwinter, and the Sword Coast Legends stuff looks interesting, too. But time doesn't let me play them much.
I'd rather see stuff in bite sized, but organized chunks.
At the same time, if I were a teenage/college age kid with more time on his hands, I can understand the clamor for more material. But I'm not, and WotC has expressed a desire to cater to more than just the teens.
I do think sylvain makes a good point about them not having the resources to give us everything right away. Mearls and others have mentioned a few times in interviews and such that a bunch of the staff got hit with jury duty at the beginning of the year, and that threw everything off track. I might even speculate that it canceled a few things, like maybe conversion guides. By now, the core products have been out long enough us nerds have figured that out without help.
If we don't get a setting, I would like to do something fan made. Maybe put together a pdf with the FR wiki's help, and keep it up to date with what little lore they do officially publish. But at the same time, I don't want to do a fan-made "the Spellplague never happened" setting. I didn't care for that era, but I think it'd be cool if we pulled together and showed WotC the opportunity they missed.
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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Posted - 18 Apr 2015 : 12:31:39
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I just think they should re-release old material again, so peple could buy the setting they liked. Its nigh impossible to get your hands on anything in Denmark and I was told this was due to production halts, so that only the newest was available "forcing" people to buy that setting.
So WoTC print 3.x so I can go buy it! |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 18 Apr 2015 : 14:29:24
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Originally posted by Nicolai Withander
I just think they should re-release old material again, so peple could buy the setting they liked. Its nigh impossible to get your hands on anything in Denmark and I was told this was due to production halts, so that only the newest was available "forcing" people to buy that setting.
So WoTC print 3.x so I can go buy it!
Much of the old material has been re-released, in pdf format.
Personally, I don't think the demand is there for reprinting old material. When I routinely see older Realms material on eBay going for less than its original cover price, that doesn't indicate a strong demand for it. |
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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Posted - 18 Apr 2015 : 23:49:23
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Nicolai Withander
I just think they should re-release old material again, so peple could buy the setting they liked. Its nigh impossible to get your hands on anything in Denmark and I was told this was due to production halts, so that only the newest was available "forcing" people to buy that setting.
So WoTC print 3.x so I can go buy it!
Much of the old material has been re-released, in pdf format.
Personally, I don't think the demand is there for reprinting old material. When I routinely see older Realms material on eBay going for less than its original cover price, that doesn't indicate a strong demand for it.
Indeed they have, but I want physical books here man... Im beyond the age where reading 150 pages of pdf on my laptop is fun...  |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 21 Apr 2015 : 19:08:37
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If we don't get a new FRCG.
