Question: Is a year-long D&DI subscription worth it?

[doctorhook]

2400 pages per year of unique, official 4E content by the same authors who write the books. Powerful, user-friendly tools. A compendium of all mechanics from every 4E book. $60 (US) for one year.

Is D&DI worth it for you and your game?

 

[Thasmodious]

Absolutely. Dragon and Dungeon so far have been worth it almost by themselves. But full access to the crunch from all books published as well through the compendium and their, proposed, speedy integration into the Character Builder is more than a clincher. I was very skeptical on WotCs ability to deliver with their digital offerings based on past evidence, but the Builder Beta put much of that skepticism to rest. I signed up for a 3 month when it went subscription with the intent to make my decision when I see what 3 months have wrought. Come January, I'll be re-upping for the year.

 

[Jack99]

Dragon alone is worth it.

 

[Imban]

Dragon Magazine for $6/month is really, really borderline on the worthiness. I mean, you also get access to the Compendium (unfortunately with the "when WotC's site is working" caveat, making this not the best resource for actual games in play - as sadly d20srd.org has far better uptime) and Dungeon Magazine (which I've never liked in any edition), but bonuses you don't care about don't help much.

The bonus tools are mostly useless right now, except for the monster maker. The character creator... well, tell me when that's fully released and stops being horrendously buggy. It's pretty sweet in theory, and (sadly) might put the idea of ever using third-party or homebrew stuff to permanent rest just by making it so much easier to use Official WotC Stuff only.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I would do it just for the compendium in most cases. Heck, it's probably worth it to use the compendium INSTEAD of the books. Save $20/month not buying the hardcovers...

 

[Imban]

I would do it just for the compendium in most cases. Heck, it's probably worth it to use the compendium INSTEAD of the books. Save $20/month not buying the hardcovers...

Hey, it's your game that's gonna run into problems when you go to look up something and WotC's site is down, not mine.

 

[malraux]

Hey, it's your game that's gonna run into problems when you go to look up something and WotC's site is down, not mine.

I'm busy building my encounters for tonight. copy paste is a wonderful ability.

 

[RefinedBean]

Hey, it's your game that's gonna run into problems when you go to look up something and WotC's site is down, not mine.

I don't think I've ever seen a post where you're happy about something. I should lurk more.

At any rate, I wuv my subscription to death. However, I'm a DM, and that probably has something to do with it. I can't reasonably say that a year-long subscription is worth it to casual players. (shrug)

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Good heavens yes it is worth it. The Compendium alone is worth it, you get all the crunchy goodness you want without buying anymore books. Dragon I vastly prefer in PDF format, and if the Character Builder is anything to go on the other tools are gonna be great.

 

[Hellzon]

Well, I'm planning on running 4E, and my DDI subscription is totally worth it.
Heck, I get all the cool monsters from the Draconomicon* through the Compendium. One more book like that and it's paid for itself.

*) Nice when I skimmed it, but not something I would spend full price on. Maybe second hand.