Prior to this, the editorial policy has been that all discussion of 5e would go into RPGs General Discussion. I think we can expect a flood of threads about 5e in 4e General Discussion, Future Releases, and lots of other forums. Are we going to move all those threads to RPGs General? If WotC announces a 5e, does that now mean we put that stuff into Future Releases? Are we creating a forum for the open playtest of 5e?
If things change I'll let you guys know.
The forum has grown into something useful, picking it apart at the seams and breaking up conversations doesn't strike me as benefiting anyone.
[/sarcasm off]5E Threads should go in Future Releases.
However, now that it's official, some sort of order should be imposed.
The policy doesn't mean people can't somehow keep talking about 5E, it just means they ought to go to Future Releases to do it.
Besides, if you can turn your computer on, open a browser, log in to the forums and find your way to 4E General, then you have all the manual dexterity skills necessary to navigate to the Future Releases forum anyway. Not that big a deal.
I respectfully submit a similar action here.
Well since 5E is now a reality, why not just have a 5E General discussion area?
makes sense, after all when 5e comes out the logical thing to do is dump every 4e thread in practically every forum to the 'legacy forum' (aka the basement, aka sub forum #428)
So as such, all 5e threads should go to Future Releases, since it's an actual Future Release now.
Trevor has announced that 5e threads now go to Future Releases.
Well I am shocked.
So Trevor, last week when I was arguing that 5e should be in FR, did you know that a new iteration of the game was in the works?
It doesn't matter. He's under a NDA to discuss such things. It's been a standing policy that Future Releases is for announced products, not what may or may not be in the works.
It's been a standing policy that Future Releases is for announced products, not what may or may not be in the works.
Whoa. Future Releases has always been the place to speculate about releases that haven't been announced. Most of the threads in that forum, before the 5e announcement, were speculations about products people would like to see announced, but haven't been.
5e was the exception because it wasn't for the current edition. Now that 5e has been announced, that exception is being revoked. But that doesn't mean Future Releases is not a place where people can speculate. It's just that before today, they couldn't speculate there about 5e.
And Trevor did nothing wrong. The NDA prevented him from revealing 5e, so he had to proceed as if 5e wasn't happening. Which is fine.
In addition, there is a D&D group (I will edit in link later) where people can discuss it. D&D NExt is the name of the group I believe.
Until such time as the next edition is released, it can go in Future Releases or the group.
I suppose it should be said that while discussing 5e on the Future Releases board is fine, the best way to get the developers to read your post is to join the group, and post in the group. That's where I believe they'll be looking at the most for ideas. (AFAIK.)
Is that the group that mudbunny mentioned? I just want to make sure that if I start posting long rants about what I would like to see, I at least put it in the right place so it is more likely that someone important will actually see it.
He didn't have to break his NDA to let people start threads about 5e in FR.
I didn't say he did.
I'm not suggesting moving every single one, just the top handful of them.
Hypothetical: 5e comes out, 4e fans hate it; what would be our "Pathfinder"?
So, I hear 5E is in the works...
Lessons from Magic: The Gathering for D&D 5e.
Will there even be a 5e worthy of being an actual new edition?
EDIT: I recognize some of the ones from Wrecan's post that seemed calmer and it some of them had unique enough topics that it might warrant their move. The exception I would say would be the "What would be 4e's Pathfinder" thread, not that it shouldn't be moved, but that it should be in either 4e General or GSL as the real topic there is the possibility of 3pp 4e material, rather than 5e.
I suppose it should be said that while discussing 5e on the Future Releases board is fine, the best way to get the developers to read your post is to join the group, and post in the group. That's where I believe they'll be looking at the most for ideas. (AFAIK.)
Is that the group that mudbunny mentioned? I just want to make sure that if I start posting long rants about what I would like to see, I at least put it in the right place so it is more likely that someone important will actually see it.
I believe that this is the link mentioned by wrecan:
community.wizards.com/dndnext
The next edition of D&D has been announced, so there are no rules or anything. The release date is not even known yet, nor are *any* of the base assumptions that have been chosen as the foundations for the building of the next edition.
In addition, there is a D&D group (I will edit in link later) where people can discuss it. D&D NExt is the name of the group I believe.
Until such time as the next edition is released, it can go in Future Releases or the group.
Does anyone have the link to this group? I tried searching for it and didn't see it.
Like it's that hard to just make a forum section called, TALK ABOUT 5E here. Yeah, some people will miss it for a while and post in the wrong area. You know, like how things currently still happen, regardless of how long the forums have been around or they have been on the forums.
Sheesh. Seriously, SHEESH.
You people are making a big mountain out of nothing.
Well said.What's done is done. Can we move on now?
community.wizards.com/dndnext
So strangely enough, the "group forum" is actually just the D&D HQ forum. Is that intentional? If so, what is the point of the group?
community.wizards.com/dndnext
So strangely enough, the "group forum" is actually just the D&D HQ forum. Is that intentional? If so, what is the point of the group?
I suspect that something has gone kinda wrong with this, and have poked WotC about this.
There appears to be a glitch
Well, what a great typical start.
So it turns out that there is a technical limitation that is being bumped up against here. The goal is to minimize splitting of discussions between forums and the group. They are discussing what steps they will take currently.
I can understand that, I just don't understand the point of having the group then if all the discussion is actually taking place in the forums.
If the group gets its own forums (which could still be beneficial), I think maybe it would be best to have them structured in different categories instead of a general "put all 5e stuff here" and then the mass of threads pushes stuff off the page within a few hours, and an effort made to consolidate duplicate threads together. Or you could just do that stuff with the existing forums.
Moreover, for now, when next to nothing has been made public about 5e, there's no good way to organize forums. Maybe, when we know more about 5e, it will make sense to separate them. Pateince, grasshopper.
I can understand that, I just don't understand the point of having the group then if all the discussion is actually taking place in the forums.
This was the same thing that WotC did with the release of Magic:Online 3.0 They buried it in a group rather than keep the discussions in the forums.
It was as disappointing then as it is now.
(sigh)
I can understand that, I just don't understand the point of having the group then if all the discussion is actually taking place in the forums.
This was the same thing that WotC did with the release of Magic:Online 3.0 They buried it in a group rather than keep the discussions in the forums.
It was as disappointing then as it is now.
(sigh)
The discussion is taking place in both. It's in the forums, which is mirrored automatically in the Groups. I really can't see what the objection is. It's not buried. It's in the third forum from the top!
The discussion is taking place in both. It's in the forums, which is mirrored automatically in the Groups. I really can't see what the objection is. It's not buried. It's in the third forum from the top!
And that mirrored forum is rockin busy too.
People are finding there way there and participating.
Yeah, I fear it's all cuddles an' kisses cuz we don't know anything yet. Once people have something concrete to fight about, it'll be on. I'm gonna enjoy this overall civility while it lasts. ;)
Exactly. Right now everyone is just trying to shout as loud as they can in hopes that their preferences will go into the new rules (even though it sounds like the design team already has a pretty good idea of what they're going with). Once those rules are made public, whoever feels that it didn't pay enough tribute to their favorite edition/playstyle will start trolling and flaming again.
Personally, I'm going to stop recommending that 4e Future Release threads be moved out of 4e General.
That's a good idea for now.
D&D Next probably should have been made as a sub board of future releases.