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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 4363175" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>While it might be as poor a program as E-Tools, I think the path is very different.</p><p></p><p>When I knew E-Tools was going off the path was when the contradictory messages started. WotC was making a big point that it wasn't being designed as an tool to run D&D games online/at the table. It was supposedly designed as a character generator and DM Toolkit for designing adventures.</p><p></p><p>However, most of the early peeks dealt with the cool 3D monster images and monster sounds. These were completely useless unless E-Tools was being designed for what WotC was telling us it wasn't being designed for. Clearly the right hand didn't know what the left hand was doing.</p><p></p><p>To me it seemed clear that the project funds and time was running short so WotC had them rush what was left out the door*. It seems a large amount of development time and money was spent on features left on the "cutting room floor," such as the monster sounds and images.</p><p></p><p>In this case, I see none of that. WotC has stated what they plan on developing and I have seen no peeks that indicate they are spending development time on other things. Yes, they are behind schedule, but that really is par for the course. Anyone who expected something different was really living in a fantasy world, IMO (based on software development history, and WotC's history there).</p><p></p><p>That doesn't mean that the D&D Insider will not be a disappointment. However, I don't expect it will fail for the same reason E-Tools did.</p><p></p><p>* and from CMP comments, they also apparently had no clue how to deal with database programming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 4363175, member: 53"] While it might be as poor a program as E-Tools, I think the path is very different. When I knew E-Tools was going off the path was when the contradictory messages started. WotC was making a big point that it wasn't being designed as an tool to run D&D games online/at the table. It was supposedly designed as a character generator and DM Toolkit for designing adventures. However, most of the early peeks dealt with the cool 3D monster images and monster sounds. These were completely useless unless E-Tools was being designed for what WotC was telling us it wasn't being designed for. Clearly the right hand didn't know what the left hand was doing. To me it seemed clear that the project funds and time was running short so WotC had them rush what was left out the door*. It seems a large amount of development time and money was spent on features left on the "cutting room floor," such as the monster sounds and images. In this case, I see none of that. WotC has stated what they plan on developing and I have seen no peeks that indicate they are spending development time on other things. Yes, they are behind schedule, but that really is par for the course. Anyone who expected something different was really living in a fantasy world, IMO (based on software development history, and WotC's history there). That doesn't mean that the D&D Insider will not be a disappointment. However, I don't expect it will fail for the same reason E-Tools did. * and from CMP comments, they also apparently had no clue how to deal with database programming. [/QUOTE]
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