Let me throw out a example, to see if people think it feels like an expansion. I just want to set expectations of what we might be talking about:

Let's say we did a Psionic themed expansion. I am not saying this is what we have decided on, I am just using this as example. (Though this is one of our ideas.) Here are the limits of what the team could achieve with the extra resources we could muster:

~ One big raid. End game and heroic version.
~ One small raid. End game and heroic version.
~ One outdoor/indoor landscape hunting and encounter area that drops upgrade materials; a large ruined Githyanki fortress floating in Astral space. (Normal gravity) End game and heroic version.
~ 10 Dungeons ranged from large to medium sized. (We know if we make 10 popcorn dungeons players won't be excited.) End game and heroic version.

~ Githyanki playable race.
~ Githzerai playable race.

~ Psi-Warrior. Includes all melee/missile based Psi. Soul-knife is wrapped into this class as a tree rather than its own class.
~ Psion. Include caster based Psi.
~ Obviously the above would need 50-60 new psionic powers (basically spells)
~ A new resource system that was fun but had a different vibe than straight mana or supplemented the psionic version of mana..

~ 2 new Epic Destinies for Psionics, and some meaningful tweaks to underperforming EDs (but not a pass)

~ 100 new treasure items (many with with augment slots)
~ A system for creating and upgrading new higher powered augments.


This assumes we keep putting out updates around every 3-4 months, with the update before the expansion being smaller and a lead in to the expansion.

Obviously if we didn't go with psionics, we could go heavier content and less systems. If we had two new races but no new class, for example, we could do more content or other systems stuff.

Would that be enough to excite you?

Sev~

Keep in mind that we are trying to discuss scope, not specifics. The expansion could also be, assuming approval:

Ravenloft, the Demiplane of Dread

~ 2 large raids set in Castle Ravenloft (Heroic and Endgame) - Fight the Vampire Lord Strahd himself
~ 15 Ravenloft themed dungeons that visit many of the sub areas of Ravenloft (Heroic and Endgame)
~ A Ravenloft themed landscape

~ Aasimar playable race
~ Tiefling playable race

~ 100 loot items
~ Earn sentient weapons and learn to imbue your own weapons with sentient magic and improve its power with sentient shards

~ Monster Hunter Universal Tree
~ Two new Epic Destinies (along with ED tweaks to underperforming EDs)

Any expansion would have extra goodies (combat pet, out of combat pet, cosmetic items) you have come to expect with the xpac.

All the content could use a unified Dread mechanic to add flavor and difficulty.

As you can see above, this set up would have just as much work, and is definitely more content focused. Though it has less player options, and only the new races to draw players back to the game. It also has fewer bullet points to give it depth - but that's because we make the conscious decision to not dissect content so players can experience it in game. Something like this might have to be tweaked, of course. I am just trying to give the PC a scope of what we could accomplish if we did an expansion. We wouldn't want to move in that direction is players, overall, would be disappointed with the scope.

Sev~

Yeah I posted the whole Ravenloft idea as a pre-cursor to cycling through all PNP expansion packs, and it became abundantly clear no one here knows what the fuck that is.  Also, these faggots are too busy playing Pokemon to do anything else, so...

I would bet money on Psionics just because they seem more easily monetised with a third resource to manage. The "it's not SP but you'll be casting re-skinned spells on the cheap" seems like a line of new pots in the making to sell alongside the new classes.

Maybe that's just a bit too cynical.

Though it has less player options, and only the new races to draw players back to the game.

We wouldn't want to move in that direction is players, overall, would be disappointed with the scope.

Neither of these two sentences sound like anything Sev would publicly post.  He has been fairly upfront and honest at times.  But there is no way he's going to mention trying to get players back, because that would acknowledge the failure of so many players leaving.  And when the hell have they ever given a shit if players will be disappointed or not.  We've seen legitimate PC leaks where they've outright ignored the majority opinion and went the other way, and the official info release resulted in the same outcome as the majority PC response.  They fucking did it anyway. 

So unless we get exactly one of those things - or get a legitimate screen grab from the mother board - I'm calling bullshit.

My understanding, from reading the two "posts" is that Sev didn't post these "publicly." They were posted "privately" on the PC board. A screenshot of the posts would be nice but the last time someone did that here, they were identified and booted from the PC.

If this is true then my vote goes to Psionics!

When all of you say you want a psionic class I really get the feeling you're not remembering that this would be programmed by Turbine.

You're not gonna get a psion.  You're gonna get a spellcaster with sonic SLAs, charm person, and warforged weapon attachment reskinned as graft.  It will be OP, but it's not gonna be a psion.

Replete with a new collectable and crafting system!