mach1.9pants
Hero
Me too, that is a very poor poll. Totally weighted against DDi, I have a subscription and when it comes to expire I will re-assess.
As I would coming up to the end of any subscription service.
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Me too, that is a very poor poll. Totally weighted against DDi, I have a subscription and when it comes to expire I will re-assess.
As I would coming up to the end of any subscription service.
TerraDave
5ever, or until 2024
The similar poll I did not that many days ago had similar results:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/296629-do-you-dungeons-dragons-insider.html
I have an annual subscription 156 50.49%
I periodically subscribe on a monthly basis 27 8.74%
I used to, but have stopped 70 22.65%
No and never DDI 41 13.27%
Another poll choice 15 4.85%
To the extent to which we believe the poll, recent events have prompted some quitting.
We will have to do this again in a few months to really have an idea.
http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/296629-do-you-dungeons-dragons-insider.html
I have an annual subscription 156 50.49%
I periodically subscribe on a monthly basis 27 8.74%
I used to, but have stopped 70 22.65%
No and never DDI 41 13.27%
Another poll choice 15 4.85%
To the extent to which we believe the poll, recent events have prompted some quitting.
We will have to do this again in a few months to really have an idea.
Badwe
First Post
Put me down as another wait and see. I have a very long time til my account lapses (year based subscription). Years of MMOs have made me comfortable with the idea of a monthly fee, and I just took the biggest deal.
That being said, I am contemplating the possibility of non-renewal, although only based on the trend and not the current state. If things continue to decay, I may cancel, but if things can at least maintain, it will still remain a net positive for me. I absolutely understand the desire to cut down on piracy, and a web-app can potentially be a blessing, although it is often a curse. On launch day it felt like a curse based on the number of crashes I had to deal with.
I understand it broke the ToS to let my players download the CB to their own computers, and at least one of my players felt it was only fair that he get a subscription as well, so 2 out of 7 is better than 1 out of 7. I also have purchased more than 70% of 4e books, taking the time to drive an hour to buy it from my FLGS. I know that overall I am a net gain to wotc, and I know my players will never invest as much as I do, and no wotc policy is likely to change that. I can tell you, none of the players who don't currently subscribe will: most likely they will just log in as me, and if concurrent logins don't work they'll print to PDF or just print out the character on their own time. However, none of us pirated or uploaded any content to pirating sites, so I can understand wanting to quash people who are totally removed from the DDI revenue stream, but nothing they've done the past 2 months has earned them any new subscriptions from us, nor will it.
That being said, I am contemplating the possibility of non-renewal, although only based on the trend and not the current state. If things continue to decay, I may cancel, but if things can at least maintain, it will still remain a net positive for me. I absolutely understand the desire to cut down on piracy, and a web-app can potentially be a blessing, although it is often a curse. On launch day it felt like a curse based on the number of crashes I had to deal with.
I understand it broke the ToS to let my players download the CB to their own computers, and at least one of my players felt it was only fair that he get a subscription as well, so 2 out of 7 is better than 1 out of 7. I also have purchased more than 70% of 4e books, taking the time to drive an hour to buy it from my FLGS. I know that overall I am a net gain to wotc, and I know my players will never invest as much as I do, and no wotc policy is likely to change that. I can tell you, none of the players who don't currently subscribe will: most likely they will just log in as me, and if concurrent logins don't work they'll print to PDF or just print out the character on their own time. However, none of us pirated or uploaded any content to pirating sites, so I can understand wanting to quash people who are totally removed from the DDI revenue stream, but nothing they've done the past 2 months has earned them any new subscriptions from us, nor will it.
JoeGKushner
First Post
Shut off the auto-renewal and didn't reup. My sub expiered on Wednesday.
Tony Vargas
Legend
"I was occasionally subscribing to update my CB and will be getting a full subscription now."
"I was using another persons subscription and will now be getting my own subscription. "
I think it's telling that these are ZERO. If going on-line only was meant to reduce 'dipping' (subscribing for one month now and then to update CB) and piracy and capture the theoretical revenue being lost, that's not a good indicator of success.
"I was using another persons subscription and will now be getting my own subscription. "
I think it's telling that these are ZERO. If going on-line only was meant to reduce 'dipping' (subscribing for one month now and then to update CB) and piracy and capture the theoretical revenue being lost, that's not a good indicator of success.
Bagpuss
Legend
Yeah they have lost 30% of people that have tried the D&DI (for one reason or another), and gained 2% by making it web-based.
Really managing it well.
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Add me to the "has six months left and have turned auto-renew off". I will give it a candid reassessment in six months but I have had some really mixed results with the tool. I tried to build a character to show the rest of my 4E group and it froze my entire computer! [twice] From another computer (more RAM) it seemed to work without a hitch. So I am in the undecided camp.
I will rent software if it is really good; not quite sure we are at really good yet.
I will rent software if it is really good; not quite sure we are at really good yet.
The magazines are still pdf format...
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