Forked thread: Meta portion of the "Class Acts" bard thread

[Asmor]

Note to viewers: this thread was the off-topic discussion culled from this thread.

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Jeez, man... Cool down.

You don't get any special brownie points for being the first to post "It's up" for everything WotC releases.

Admin here. I'm honestly not quite sure why you're being summarily rude, but this is a good example of a post that sure doesn't bring anything but insults to a thread. Please avoid this sort of thing next time. Thanks. ~ PCat

 

[Thanee]

Reported for Spam/Advertisement (links to a commercial website with costs).



Ok, not really.

But it would be useful to actually flag those threads with DDI-only or something, as I suppose the vast majority of the users reading this board are actually not DDI-subscribers, and many probably jump into a thread like this only to find a huge "give us your money" sign and no information at all on the other end of the link.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Piratecat]

Thanee, they're flagged with "Dragon." To me that denotes ddi. Would something more specific be useful?

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

It might make sense to have a Dragon/Dungeon (subscription) only and a Dragon/Dungeon (free) differentiation. Similar to the News page.

 

[Thanee]

Aren't there free previews anymore?

Admittedly, this might be a bit hypothetical, but there simply is no way to tell from the title or the post or the link, that it is not useful for anyone who has no DDI subscription. There is a hint ("dragon magazine"), but that's it.

I can see it as being a bit annoying to follow a link like that, hoping for some information and only finding that you have to pay for that information.

Something more telling ("DDI subscribers") would probably prevent that (whether that is necessary is another question; I just think it is worthy of being commented on).

And as I said half in jest, the first post is actually very close to advertisement spam (it's basically on topic advertisement spam ).

Bye
Thanee

 

[Shroomy]

Jeez, I thought a bunch of threads about actual gaming content would be a welcome respite from this weekend's edition war threads. In any case, I was going to go back and add my thoughts to the threads, but I was told I had to go to bed, so I didn't get a chance!

 

[Piratecat]

Jeez, I thought a bunch of threads about actual gaming content would be a welcome respite from this weekend's edition war threads.

Oh, believe me, they are. They are.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Thanee, they're flagged with "Dragon." To me that denotes ddi. Would something more specific be useful?

It might make sense to have a Dragon/Dungeon (subscription) only and a Dragon/Dungeon (free) differentiation. Similar to the News page.

Looking at the Editorial Calendar, the Dragon/Dungeon appellation indicates DDI-only content. My suggestion would be to avoid using the term here to denote free articles. Since the free articles cover a number of different subjects, and have different names, something generic should probably be used. Honestly though, I'm stuck on what to call it. Nothing good comes to mind.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Aren't there free previews anymore?

Of upcoming products? Yes.
Of Dragon or Dungeon articles? I don't think so, except maybe a short teaser.[/QUOTE]


But one thing to note - we have this "problem" with other sources, too.
- A rulebook is not available to everyone.
- Other magazines (Kobold Quarterly for example)

I suppose something might be nice to indicate "subscription required for contents of article that is discussed".

but I was told I had to go to bed

Either you are still very young or still very married or in similar relationship? [/off-topic]

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On the actual article - I notice that most of the path still seem to be better fit for a Bard than someone multiclassed into Bard...

 

[Shroomy]

Either you are still very young or still very married or in similar relationship? [/off-topic]

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I'm 33