I think it is great that Wizards has done the right thing here. - However, moving forward I think at this point a dialogue needs to be had on the future of 6th edition/one dnd?/dnd next or whatever it is called.
At the end of the day, it wouldn't be wrong to call my purchases and the sort on DND Beyond an investment. - I enjoy the service they provide, and think it has value. - Enough so that I was in the midst of creating Pathfinder 2.0 excel sheets and macros to SORT OF do the same thing before this caught my eye. This is what caused DND to win out for me.
This is why I have a Master Tier subscription, and have held it for years. I waited on the sidelines and wanted to see if WOTC would do the right thing, and thank my peers for doing what was right. However, what I have now in the face of the recent news isn't elation or a sense of victory, is more loosely named "Going Concern"
As previous editions give way in popularity to new editions, barring perhaps 3.5e for 4th, there will come a time where 5e is largely retired to 6e. - I understand that 6e is hoping to be backwards compatible with 5e resources however. This is great.
While I am satisfied that WOTC has done the correct thing for 5e. It still would have been better if they did nothing at all, as while the community has "won" - We haven't really won anything we didn't already have up until now. - And now, our eyes should be moving to the agreement surrounding 6th edition / oneDND. Is this going to be different from our 5th ed arrangement? - What happens if you mix resources from 5th in a 6th setting, if it is truly backwards compatible?
A dialogue should be held on what the intentions are for the next version. - If the agreement is different, isn't that going to get blurry? I am still going to play D&D, but, while every edition of D&D ends, this one was seemingly different with the backwards compatibility. - Yet, if the agreement is different, then that changes what my perception of the value of the backwards compatibility is with the 5e content moving into the new edition.
I don't think this story is done quite yet, and while I am satisfied today in this subject, I still find my future intentions for this game in jeopardy as long as the agreement surrounding 6e is undecided. - I need to see more reassurance about future intentions at this point. - My subscription is still intact, but I am guarded against expanding my collection at this point.
We will need to wait and see how Hasbro responds to all of this. The “smart” thing to do would be to continue with backward compatibility.
However, we will see if they change the system enough and release it under a different license to obtain the control they want for OneD&D. I could easily see them continuing forward with the plan to release the next version under a restrictive license and removing the compatibility to “protect” D&D Digital.
Just remember that we don't "Own" our digital books here. They have already demonstrated that they can and will change the books on DDB. At some point many of the 5e books you've bought on DDB will be removed from the site and replaced with new edition versions. They aren't going to keep the "old" books here forever.
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"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing) You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
I think a going concern is a good way to think of it. Be ever vigilant.
People have already brought up backwards compatibility issues for One D&D - it seems to me that One D&D was never going to be backwards compatible, but more like where 5e content would be easily adaptable for One D&D. In this sense, even if One D&D doesn't offer a license, TPP creators could keep making 5e content while still including the One D&D crowd. If WotC is going to direct One D&D players to 5e content - even if by no other way than claiming backwards compatibility - then it would seem normal to look for 5e content to add to your One D&D game.
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I think it is great that Wizards has done the right thing here. - However, moving forward I think at this point a dialogue needs to be had on the future of 6th edition/one dnd?/dnd next or whatever it is called.
At the end of the day, it wouldn't be wrong to call my purchases and the sort on DND Beyond an investment. - I enjoy the service they provide, and think it has value. - Enough so that I was in the midst of creating Pathfinder 2.0 excel sheets and macros to SORT OF do the same thing before this caught my eye. This is what caused DND to win out for me.
This is why I have a Master Tier subscription, and have held it for years. I waited on the sidelines and wanted to see if WOTC would do the right thing, and thank my peers for doing what was right. However, what I have now in the face of the recent news isn't elation or a sense of victory, is more loosely named "Going Concern"
As previous editions give way in popularity to new editions, barring perhaps 3.5e for 4th, there will come a time where 5e is largely retired to 6e. - I understand that 6e is hoping to be backwards compatible with 5e resources however. This is great.
While I am satisfied that WOTC has done the correct thing for 5e. It still would have been better if they did nothing at all, as while the community has "won" - We haven't really won anything we didn't already have up until now. - And now, our eyes should be moving to the agreement surrounding 6th edition / oneDND. Is this going to be different from our 5th ed arrangement? - What happens if you mix resources from 5th in a 6th setting, if it is truly backwards compatible?
A dialogue should be held on what the intentions are for the next version. - If the agreement is different, isn't that going to get blurry? I am still going to play D&D, but, while every edition of D&D ends, this one was seemingly different with the backwards compatibility. - Yet, if the agreement is different, then that changes what my perception of the value of the backwards compatibility is with the 5e content moving into the new edition.
I don't think this story is done quite yet, and while I am satisfied today in this subject, I still find my future intentions for this game in jeopardy as long as the agreement surrounding 6e is undecided. - I need to see more reassurance about future intentions at this point. - My subscription is still intact, but I am guarded against expanding my collection at this point.
We will need to wait and see how Hasbro responds to all of this. The “smart” thing to do would be to continue with backward compatibility.
However, we will see if they change the system enough and release it under a different license to obtain the control they want for OneD&D. I could easily see them continuing forward with the plan to release the next version under a restrictive license and removing the compatibility to “protect” D&D Digital.
Just remember that we don't "Own" our digital books here. They have already demonstrated that they can and will change the books on DDB. At some point many of the 5e books you've bought on DDB will be removed from the site and replaced with new edition versions. They aren't going to keep the "old" books here forever.
"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing)
You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
I kind of never believed the story that One D&D was going to be backwards-compatible in the first place.
It's hard not to predict a 4e/GSL era for One D&D.
I think a going concern is a good way to think of it. Be ever vigilant.
People have already brought up backwards compatibility issues for One D&D - it seems to me that One D&D was never going to be backwards compatible, but more like where 5e content would be easily adaptable for One D&D. In this sense, even if One D&D doesn't offer a license, TPP creators could keep making 5e content while still including the One D&D crowd. If WotC is going to direct One D&D players to 5e content - even if by no other way than claiming backwards compatibility - then it would seem normal to look for 5e content to add to your One D&D game.