2/7 DDI Update

[Mithreinmaethor]

I too was quite disappointed in this absence of features from Essentials articles that should be available by now. In fact, I sent a bug report on this very subject a few days ago, but the response I received implied that I was in error and that these articles hadn't been added yet. They had been added, but not to the campaign where more choice was essential, they are only in the Home Campaign option. Since Encounters is Essentials only, we should have all of the options that the rules sheet for March of the Phantom Brigade says we can make characters from.

Originally it was only the Essentials books that were allowed. Later in Season 3 they added the Essentials books and any Essentials articles from Dragon. It just appears that one group within the company doesn't realize what the other group has put out there etc.

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Thanks for the 'heads up.'

It would also be nice if the creatures from the Essentials boxes got added to the compendium. Unless I'm doing something wrong, I can't find any of the critters from Reavers of Harkenwold or Cairn of the Winterking that are not also found elsewhere. It's a small, but annoying issue.

 

[ppaladin123]

Oy! That's proably one of the scheduled updates that was most eagerly anticipated.

You are not going to like the official answer from Trevor Kidd over on the WotC forums then:

"So I've got the word on the executioner assassin. While we have seen it and had a chance to play with the executioner thanks to the play-test article, it isn't officially done and baked until the the whole thing comes up in Heroes of Shadow. When that book's content gets rolled into the Character Builder is when we can expect to build the Executioner Assassin using the tool."

So it looks like the executioner will not be DDI exclusive and will not appear in the builder until sometime in April/May.

 

[surfarcher]

Any news on them improving the overall performance?

That's the biggest beef my subscribing players have.

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

So it looks like the executioner will not be DDI exclusive and will not appear in the builder until sometime in April/May.

Probably not until June with the current delays we're seeing.

 

[Mummolus]

They actually fixed more here than they listed in the bugdoc - a few missing or malfunctioning items I'd reported are now appearing and functioning properly (Blood Obsidian weapons, for one example).

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

I wonder if they nabbed the Envoy to the Fey bug that I reported...

Hm, they did. Cool.

 

[twilsemail]

You are not going to like the official answer from Trevor Kidd over on the WotC forums then:

"So I've got the word on the executioner assassin. While we have seen it and had a chance to play with the executioner thanks to the play-test article, it isn't officially done and baked until the the whole thing comes up in Heroes of Shadow. When that book's content gets rolled into the Character Builder is when we can expect to build the Executioner Assassin using the tool."

So it looks like the executioner will not be DDI exclusive and will not appear in the builder until sometime in April/May.

I think this is likely another departmental miscommunication in regards to the Executioner. There's no mention in D394 of this just being another playtest...

 

[Quickleaf]

Huh, so besides the dragon content... this update adds back functionality that we lost when they stopped the old CB and makes the program more stable.

 

[Stumblewyk]

Huh, so besides the dragon content... this update adds back functionality that we lost when they stopped the old CB and makes the program more stable.

Would you prefer they ignore those things in favor of adding to the pile of things that need to be supported by the CB?

Because it sounds like you're complaining about WotC actually addressing issues and complaints that many people had with the online CB. They left that stuff out, and people rightfully criticized them for it. Now they've put that stuff back in, and people are still criticizing them for it.

I don't get it.

*shrug*