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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khaalis" data-source="post: 3969571" data-attributes="member: 2167">True, but keep in mind you are dealing with a business. They have a time schedule and a budget. Hiring people is NOT easy. This takes a lot of time and resources. In fact, if you check their site, they are STILL looking for 2 Graphic Arts & Design people and 3 Info Tech people for the company in general and specifically are still looking for their DDI Lead Software Developer Engineer.  DDI doesn't roll out for another 6 months and much of it is already complete, but a lot of it still needs to be tied together. In all reality they don't have to be giving ANY information away for free, but it is a good marketing strategy to create the hype by the previews.  If they had set up all of DDI to be ready to go at GenCon and DDI were fully functional, you wouldn't be getting anything free, you'd have to subscribe. I think its pretty galling to expect so much for nothing. Again, they are a business, not the guy next door.  The information we are getting is promotional material to promote 4E.  It is not meant to be "publishable / paid for" content. If it was, you'd be paying.The 'cancellation' of Dragon and Dungeon were not done on a whim nor without a lot of thought, and a lot of bantering and bartering between the business and legal departments. It was a smart marketing move and saved both companies a LOT of money to do it the way it was done. They knew that as soon as 4E was announced that 3X related sales was going to drop. This site is living proof, having dropped 80% in sales since the announcement. It would not have been a fiscally sound decision to keep developing, producing, printing, and distributing materials that were likely not to sell.  They are also under no obligation to keep presenting Dungeon/Dragon content for free but they have. Most generous of them I would say.I'm confused by this. 3X material doesn't have anything to do with DDI. As for people just getting into 3.5X, I personally don't have a lot of sympathy for anyone that can't do a little research.  Its not like any gamer into D&D doesn't know about 4E. In fact most game shops I know have already moved 3X stock to the "old products" section, or at the very least have the promotional material for 4E out in plain site. JMHO.</blockquote>

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