D&D 4E 4Ed Dragon Compendium & DDI

[Herschel]

DDI isn't useful to me at all- I'm a Mac user who runs 0% Windows emulation.

Hello Danny, this is your intervention. The Cult of Apple has lead you astray. We're all very concerned for you and only want what's best for you. And the longer you can stay away from the temptations of Job(s), you get shiny tokens to commemorate.

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

Hello Danny, this is your intervention. The Cult of Apple has lead you astray. We're all very concerned for you and only want what's best for you. And the longer you can stay away from the temptations of Job(s), you get shiny tokens to commemorate.

That's right, he needs to switch to Linux! Only OSS will save his soul now!

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

The star pact warlock in our last campaign made extensive use out of the "Wish Upon a Star" article. It worked out pretty well for him, especially at the paragon levels with Twofold Pact and Sacrifice to Caiphon.

Exactly. A lot of the "patches" for classes and races come out in DDI. There's an absolutely beautiful warlock article in there from a few months ago, for example.

Brad

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'm sure the content is great- I was a long-time subscriber.

However, because I was the ONLY subscriber in the group, I never got to use any of its content unless I was DMing. For some reason, there was this pervasive idea that everything in its pages was overpowered.

With our new DM getting his own DDI sub, that may just change.

 

[Aulirophile]

DDI isn't useful to me at all- I'm a Mac user who runs 0% Windows emulation.

Running Windows virtually on a Mac is fairly simple (as in, open a window while running OSX, bam, there is Windows, minimize and you're back in OSX), particularly for something so processor unintensive as the CharBuilder. And is free.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'd still have to pay for Windows, which I'd have no use for but for CB- spending over $100 just so I can start paying for the DDI subscription is not economically feasible.

(And before you get into not paying for Windows, I'm an Entertainment lawyer whose bread & butter is copyright.)

 

[Aulirophile]

I'd still have to pay for Windows, which I'd have no use for but for CB- spending over $100 just so I can start paying for the DDI subscription is not economically feasible.

(And before you get into not paying for Windows, I'm an Entertainment lawyer whose bread & butter is copyright.)

Buy used laptop off Craigslist for $10 (or free, you'd be surprised how many people break laptops but "feel bad" about just throwing them out.) Use Windows key that is stickered to laptop. For this application, any old version of XP will work fine, and there are tons of those around. Completely legal and free, I concede there is a minor time investment (probably less then an hour total, spread out over checking craigslist every so often and picking up the laptop).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Besides being in the process of making sure my Dad's old IBM laptop's hard drive is properly wiped, I quote this in response to the above:

...Besides, the only products/services I subscribe to deliver physical things to me. I don't subscribe to anything purely electronic. I don't buy pdfs. I don't buy mp3s. I don't do digital downloads of anything but the occasional game for my Mac. And never intend to, except possibly for business purposes.

Oh look! I just quoted ME!

I don't subscribe to e-media or much else.

I don't want to print my own stuff.

I don't need a laptop just so I can run DDI fully functionally- I have enough electronic stuff already. I especially don't want to take a crapshoot with somebody's (possibly virus-ridden) $10 Windows laptop. IF I buy another laptop this year, it will be like the MacBook Pro I bought my cousin last month.

I don't want to use anything bigger than my Palm (or my recently purchased iTouch) at the gaming table. And those just hold PC sheets- I've no desire to scroll through pdfs or websites on tiny screens, even if I'm able. I tried that out with a Droid and hated the experience.

In short...
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN DDI FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

 

[Black Knight Irios]

Besides being in the process of making sure my Dad's old IBM laptop's hard drive is properly wiped, I quote this in response to the above:



Oh look! I just quoted ME!

I don't subscribe to e-media or much else.

I don't want to print my own stuff.

I don't need a laptop just so I can run DDI fully functionally- I have enough electronic stuff already. I especially don't want to take a crapshoot with somebody's (possibly virus-ridden) $10 Windows laptop. IF I buy another laptop this year, it will be like the MacBook Pro I bought my cousin last month.

I don't want to use anything bigger than my Palm (or my recently purchased iTouch) at the gaming table. And those just hold PC sheets- I've no desire to scroll through pdfs or websites on tiny screens, even if I'm able. I tried that out with a Droid and hated the experience.

In short...
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN DDI FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

We already told you what you get if you subscribe to DDI. We told you what you get if you buy the DA2009. We told you how to run DDI on a Mac for free/cheap.

We can't add anything. Take the info you've gotten. Be grateful for it. But please don't tell us over and over again that you don't want digital content.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

We already told you what you get if you subscribe to DDI. We told you what you get if you buy the DA2009.

For which I'm PROFOUNDLY grateful. That info- plus people's experiences in play (which were also provided)- is exactly what I asked about.

We told you how to run DDI on a Mac for free/cheap.

No, actually you told me how to run DDI on a Windows machine free/cheap- for Mac I'd still have to PURCHASE A FREAKING COPY OF WINDOWS.

• There are two ways to acquire your initial Windows license.
1. An OEM version from your PC manufacturer where the Windows software is preinstalled and supported by that PC manufacturer.
2. A retail version. This version is generally the most expensive option and is supported by Microsoft via phone and web.
• Preinstalled OEM software is the least expensive method.
Acquiring your Windows operating system preinstalled from your OEM or system builder is the least expensive and most efficient way to acquire a genuine Windows operating system license.
• Volume License Agreements (including Software Assurance) offer Windows upgrades only. The initial full Windows operating system license is not available via any Microsoft Volume License Program (Open, Select, Enterprise Agreement, Software Assurance) including Academic Volume License Programs (Campus, School Agreements) and programs designed for governmental acquiring. These Volume License Programs offer Windows upgrades only.
Upgrades are designed to upgrade previously acquired full Windows licenses. You must first acquire the full Windows license via the OEM or retail channel.
• OEM software cannot be transferred.
An OEM Windows operating system license cannot be transferred from one computer system to another, even if the computer system on which it was originally installed is no longer in use. It is tied to the initial computer on which it was installed.

We can't add anything.

Then stop.

Take the info you've gotten. Be grateful for it. But please don't tell us over and over again that you don't want digital content.

Is there a language barrier? Are you part of some pro-digital media cult?

My message doesn't seem to be sinking in. I've told you I don't want it- repeatedly- yet you keep trying to convince me that I should get it.

I'm not lying here, I'm not being dishonest- I don't want DDI. It is not economical for me; it is not practical for me; I don't care for the format.

I'm not condemning digital content per se- for some, its fine. But I have no desire to own any electronic media save the stuff I create myself.

Why should I be grateful for being browbeaten about this?

To use your own phraseology, please don't tell me over and over again how I can get a product I have no desire to own!