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Ddoctorhook reacted to Hussar's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with
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Having watched the level of kludging that needs to be done just to make bog standard PHB classes work in Fantasy Grounds (it takes fan... -
Ddoctorhook reacted to Morrus's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
Well, these are pre-existing products and WotC does all the work to bring them over to DDB. There's no freelancers involved.
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Twiggly the Gnome's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
Yeah, I'm convinced that psionics ending up the way it did in the most recent playtests is at least partially because a bog standard...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Morrus's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
As a publisher I’m pretty uncomfortable with a narrative where another company decides whether my stuff is good or not. I’d be wary...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Reynard's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
That presupposes that WotC picks the "good ones." Since we know things are coming to Beyond as part of their crowd funding, it is clear...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
Yeah, this gets into the whole topic of what's "official" and what isn't, which drives me up the wall. Dan Dillon's work at Kobold...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Reynard's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
Hence the "picking winners" thing that feels weird for WotC to do.
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Morrus's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
If DDB had 90% of the 3PP market, that would kill anybody not on the platform. WotC would effectively control the market. Remember...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Reynard's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
I am not sure Beyond lifts any boats besides WotC's. It isn't going to draw new people into the hobby. It will probably help those 3rd...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Morrus's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
Indeed. The market leader also having a gatekeeping power over the broader industry would be an issue. That said, our conversation...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Reynard's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
I don't use Beyond and do not plan to. It feels bad that WotC is working to pick winners here, but but it is their platform and it is up...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
Yeah, I struggle to come up with things that might solve the problem. Right now I only really have one realistic one which isn't very...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
Oh sure, they absolutely would. Imagine if you went to Steam and the top 10 games were always Valve games? How would publishers feel...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Morrus's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
Yeah we’ve discussed this before. I definitely agree there’s an inherent problem for the industry if the biggest game and the biggest...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
Most of the WOTC staff who were at that Summit are gone, including the guy who gave the mighty yaulp when asking whether people would...