Would you subscribe to DDI if it supported older editions?

[El Mahdi]

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[amerigoV]

[Diplomacy Check = Epic Fail!]

i would actually cancel my subscription to ddi if i had to sift through what ihmo is the garbage of other additions

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my apologies. i did not mean that other editions are garbage, but that there was a lot of stuff in previous editions that was. there is a lot of stuff in this edition that i feel the same way about. so again i apologize if i offended you by refering to the previous editions as garbage

This is exactly why there are social skills in the game. Cuz its not what you say, its how you say it. And drawing on stereotypes, we all know the social skills of gamers!

Now back to the random topic at hand.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

Voted "No".
I'd consider it with 3e support to the extent of full character builder; a monster builder/advancer/leveller; an encounter builder. But something that's as flexible as I'd like wouldn't happen. And since the rest of the DDI would be geared toward 4e, I wouldn't get much out of it beyond the builders.

So many apps, etc, already exist now that I'm basically set for life as far as 3e is concerned

 

[Chrono22]

No, but it doesn't really have anything to do with DDI or the services it provides. I have a problem trying to justify spending a monthly fee on information I can otherwise obtain or create myself.
Perhaps the current DDI articles supply more creative ideas than Paizo Dungeon and Dragon did (which made just enough for me to not consider them a total waste), but if you go by popular opinion, people don't buy DDI for the articles.

 

[Tallifer]

I am happy with Dungeons & Dragons Insider now, and I would be less happy if my Dragon Magazine was padded with stuff unrelated to the current edition, however good that stuff might be for its related edition. Nor would I be happy that WOTC hired editors and developers to develop such stuff instead of devoting resources to the current edition.

On the other hand, if Paizo developed such a tool, it would be a nice thing to see.

 

[lutecius]

if the current 4e content is any indication, probably not.
but i'm not a fan of subscriptions in general or buying stuff sight unseen.

 

[Shemeska]

I'm of the opinion that Paizo should totally hire the guys who coded the majority of the 4e character builder and who no longer work for WotC, and get them to code a Pathfinder character builder. That would be awesome.

If WotC had everything from 2e and 3e on DDI, I'd do a one and done subscription - pay for one month, download everything, and be done with it. Otherwise, no interest in supporting them at this stage.

 

[Holy Bovine]

For people who DO NOT have a DDI subscription, would you get one if DDI included support for older editions? Also, how many would subscribe to a DDI type service if Paizo developed one for Pathfinder? (I know that Paizo may not have the money to develop such a product, but purely conjecture, would you be interested?)

Please pick only one D&D edition please (the one you would primarily like to see supported). But if you'd like to see a Paizo/Pathfinder version, pick that also.

The poll allows multiple choices so that Paizo/Pathfinder could be included, but as far as D&D editions, please pick only one.

What I was wondering is, how many extra customers might WotC pick up if DDI included older editions (such as a Character Builder, Monster Builder, Encounter Builder, and an occasional older edtion Dragon/Dungeon article/adventure)?

I'll go one further and state I don't think I'll play any edition of D&D that doesn't have the level of support 4E has. I want CBs, MBs, Compendiums etc all at the touch of a button (or click of a mouse) for any edition I play of D&D.

Oddly other RPGs (like Wahammer FRP) I would only play using pencil & paper with little to no computerization needed.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

I'm of the opinion that Paizo should totally hire the guys who coded the majority of the 4e character builder and who no longer work for WotC, and get them to code a Pathfinder character builder. That would be awesome.

I thought you liked Paizo and wanted them to stay in business?

 

[Shemeska]

I thought you liked Paizo and wanted them to stay in business?

The guys I'm talking about weren't the outsourced coding that hammered WotC's budget, but the in-house coders that worked on the functional bits and then got laid off once they did.