Hello, I am wondering if it would be possible for those of us who have the 2014 edition rulebooks for the PHB, DMG, and MM to receive at any point the option to swap them for the 2024 editions and then loose access to the legacy items? It is frustrating to have the three core legacy books that are accessible but only have the SRD for 2024 when I could, in theory, just swap these three books.
That'd be the equivalent of returning a book to a local gaming store and asking to take out another. They're not a library and neither is WOTC.
And they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in salaries, operating costs, and producing the content for the 2024 books. They'd end up making a loss if they were to allow you to swap for free. Content costs money to produce. When people buy it, they're paying for that work. You don't get to say "But I paid for the work for 2014, so the work ten years later should be free".
Also, to update to the 2024 rules, you really only need the PHB. The stuff in the other two books may be nice to have, but between the old versions and the free rules, you can get along fine without them.
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Hello, I am wondering if it would be possible for those of us who have the 2014 edition rulebooks for the PHB, DMG, and MM to receive at any point the option to swap them for the 2024 editions and then loose access to the legacy items? It is frustrating to have the three core legacy books that are accessible but only have the SRD for 2024 when I could, in theory, just swap these three books.
That's not likely to ever happen
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That'd be the equivalent of returning a book to a local gaming store and asking to take out another. They're not a library and neither is WOTC.
And they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in salaries, operating costs, and producing the content for the 2024 books. They'd end up making a loss if they were to allow you to swap for free. Content costs money to produce. When people buy it, they're paying for that work. You don't get to say "But I paid for the work for 2014, so the work ten years later should be free".
Also, to update to the 2024 rules, you really only need the PHB. The stuff in the other two books may be nice to have, but between the old versions and the free rules, you can get along fine without them.