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Originally Posted by Imaro

Uhm... gotta say I disagree with most of your argument in that blog. Your argument hinges around it being $18.50 more for just the magazines...

Yet the magazines were an actual hardcopy (which allowed such things as poster maps, counters, etc.), with 3.5 you had a free SRD (basically free PDF or word copy of the rules)...free character generators (which are no longer available under the new GSL), free articles and adventures on the website (so double the content of mag + free stuff), and a dungeon tile builder app. I mean my honest opinion is that you had everything the DDI was suppose to offer (ok with the exception of a 3D virtual gametable...but we've yet to see this materialize and there are free 2D versions) with the previous edition at a fraction of the estimated price for the full version of DDI.

I see what you're getting at but we have no estimated price for the full version of DDI in the future. Right now, you pay less for more. You pay less than the old cost to subscribe to two magazines and still get that content plus other online tools. Maybe in the future, the price will skyrocket once they come up with a long-term pricing scheme but, for now, it's worth the price.

Originally Posted by renau1g

I must agree with Imaro on this, nothing will change the fact that I love having the magazines, I would gladly pay for them as I can take them most places, read them on the subway, etc., but now I have to either break out my laptop... or print them out (in reduced quality, non-colour, unbound...etc...

I don't see printing as big of a deal. I never once looked at Dragon or Dungeon and thought "The print quality is awesome!" If I have to print stuff out, staple it together, and take it with me, I'm good with that.

I think they're going to be in for a rough ride, especially because if they pull support of it, you lose all the characters you've made, campaigns you've been running through their tabletop, access to the e-zines... etc.

Not worth it at all...

That's the price you must be willing to pay for anything you do online. If you store anything at any site, you have to realize that it might not be around forever. If it's that important to you, the onus is on you to make a backup of some sort to store yourself.