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<blockquote data-quote="Tharivious" data-source="post: 3713608" data-attributes="member: 28105"><p>The digital initiative will, in my opinion, either flop or make WotC enough money to fun the development of 4.5. Not only will the D&D Insider cost a monthly fee (which gives access to what were once physical magazines and now no longer under the production of a competent company) that is likely going to be <em>more</em> expensive than the cover prices of Dragon and Dungeon combined (current forecasts seem to peg it at $12-15 USD per month), but 4E books will come with a key code that will, for an <em>additional</em> fee ("the price of a coffee" - either diner drip or Starbucks' premium, I'm guessing the latter), allow you to use those rules in the D&DI character generator and provide you with a key-coded PDF.</p><p></p><p>Nothing like gouging you to let you fully use something you've already purchased, eh? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, if this is any indication:</p><p>As of eight months ago, the official word was: "We are not working on 4E."</p><p></p><p>As of now, the official word is: "We've been working on 4E for the last two and a half years." and "We are not working on 4.5 E."</p><p></p><p>I give them ten months to two years between the 4E release and when 4.5 is on the shelves, to be perfectly honest. Why? Because people will still buy it, out of blind belief in the company and a lack of thought.</p><p></p><p>With a TCG like Magic, it's one thing - cards rotate in and out of tournament format, so the base set can be updated every few years to bring out-bound cards back into Standard. The cards don't change, so the previous edition of cards still work just fine alongside the new. Not so much when they're changing an RPG that is not used in tournament format (RPGA aside, since the RPGA campaigns will either end (as it's been stated that converting from 3.5 will be "too much work to be worth it" and there will apparently be no conversion guides outside of the next few releases) or be continued in 3.5 and no longer be sanctioned by WotC.) and making the old rules incompatible with the new material.</p><p></p><p>This 4E change, notably, also affects the D&D Miniatures game and its tournament circuit. They'll only be updating the cards for the most recent expansion sets, meaning that older figures that were still tournament legal will not be given stat cards that function with the new rules. I'm smelling a rerelease of old miniatures before too long, because once again - people will buy them out of blind corporate loyalty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tharivious, post: 3713608, member: 28105"] The digital initiative will, in my opinion, either flop or make WotC enough money to fun the development of 4.5. Not only will the D&D Insider cost a monthly fee (which gives access to what were once physical magazines and now no longer under the production of a competent company) that is likely going to be [i]more[/i] expensive than the cover prices of Dragon and Dungeon combined (current forecasts seem to peg it at $12-15 USD per month), but 4E books will come with a key code that will, for an [i]additional[/i] fee ("the price of a coffee" - either diner drip or Starbucks' premium, I'm guessing the latter), allow you to use those rules in the D&DI character generator and provide you with a key-coded PDF. Nothing like gouging you to let you fully use something you've already purchased, eh? :confused: Well, if this is any indication: As of eight months ago, the official word was: "We are not working on 4E." As of now, the official word is: "We've been working on 4E for the last two and a half years." and "We are not working on 4.5 E." I give them ten months to two years between the 4E release and when 4.5 is on the shelves, to be perfectly honest. Why? Because people will still buy it, out of blind belief in the company and a lack of thought. With a TCG like Magic, it's one thing - cards rotate in and out of tournament format, so the base set can be updated every few years to bring out-bound cards back into Standard. The cards don't change, so the previous edition of cards still work just fine alongside the new. Not so much when they're changing an RPG that is not used in tournament format (RPGA aside, since the RPGA campaigns will either end (as it's been stated that converting from 3.5 will be "too much work to be worth it" and there will apparently be no conversion guides outside of the next few releases) or be continued in 3.5 and no longer be sanctioned by WotC.) and making the old rules incompatible with the new material. This 4E change, notably, also affects the D&D Miniatures game and its tournament circuit. They'll only be updating the cards for the most recent expansion sets, meaning that older figures that were still tournament legal will not be given stat cards that function with the new rules. I'm smelling a rerelease of old miniatures before too long, because once again - people will buy them out of blind corporate loyalty. [/QUOTE]
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