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<blockquote data-quote="MonkeeGalore" data-source="post: 3853228" data-attributes="member: 55018"><p><strong>The VTT?</strong></p><p></p><p>I've been thinking about the virtual miniatures for the VTT. Just guessing here, but I can imagine several scenarios:</p><p></p><p>1)When subscribing to the DDI, I get access to all virtual minis – as many copies of each as I would like. This is, of course, my favorite option since it’s free and versatile for me to use (need 50 kobolds for an encounter? They’re there)</p><p></p><p>2)I can buy single virtual minis through my DDI subscription. I need a dragon – I buy a dragon. Possibly with some sort of “basic set” of minis that’s available for all subscribers. This will be fine for me as well, as long as the virtual minis are is reasonably priced.</p><p></p><p>3)WotC ties the physical product to the virtual one, just like the books. So if I buy a box of minis, I get a code that unlock these specific virtual minis. I don’t think this is actually possible, though. Does WotC even know what’s in each randomly packed mini booster pack? Do they have this information in a database? I seriously doubt this. </p><p></p><p>4)You can buy random boosterpacks of virtual minis. I would hate this, for the same reasons that I hate random boxes of physical minis. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I don’t buy random boosters today, but instead I buy single miniatures from stores that sell these individually. This way I get the miniatures that I want, and it’s not that expensive since the common ones are pretty cheap. So for me, option 3 would pretty much make it impossible for me to use the VTT. I’m wishing for option 1, but I don’t think it’s realistic; virtual minis seems like too good a business to just give away. So I’m guessing 2 or 4, and really hoping that it’s not 4.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone else have an idea as to how they’re going to handle virtual minis?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MonkeeGalore, post: 3853228, member: 55018"] [b]The VTT?[/b] I've been thinking about the virtual miniatures for the VTT. Just guessing here, but I can imagine several scenarios: 1)When subscribing to the DDI, I get access to all virtual minis – as many copies of each as I would like. This is, of course, my favorite option since it’s free and versatile for me to use (need 50 kobolds for an encounter? They’re there) 2)I can buy single virtual minis through my DDI subscription. I need a dragon – I buy a dragon. Possibly with some sort of “basic set” of minis that’s available for all subscribers. This will be fine for me as well, as long as the virtual minis are is reasonably priced. 3)WotC ties the physical product to the virtual one, just like the books. So if I buy a box of minis, I get a code that unlock these specific virtual minis. I don’t think this is actually possible, though. Does WotC even know what’s in each randomly packed mini booster pack? Do they have this information in a database? I seriously doubt this. 4)You can buy random boosterpacks of virtual minis. I would hate this, for the same reasons that I hate random boxes of physical minis. Personally, I don’t buy random boosters today, but instead I buy single miniatures from stores that sell these individually. This way I get the miniatures that I want, and it’s not that expensive since the common ones are pretty cheap. So for me, option 3 would pretty much make it impossible for me to use the VTT. I’m wishing for option 1, but I don’t think it’s realistic; virtual minis seems like too good a business to just give away. So I’m guessing 2 or 4, and really hoping that it’s not 4. Does anyone else have an idea as to how they’re going to handle virtual minis? [/QUOTE]
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