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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SlyDoubt" data-source="post: 5431237" data-attributes="member: 6667337">Oh no I didn't mean it like that. I meant future content. It's always true that as long as you own the stuff no one can stop you from using it. I never said enforce and I didn't realize what I said had that tone.What I mean is there's only a limited amount of money and time to go around. If that money/time is funneled into VTT and support for a digital only D&D experience the print form will need to be cut back. That direction would be a losing battle. I don't think there's anyone who would believe D&D could survive in a digital format. It's totally fine as a hybrid print/digital thing, but going full on digital would be a terrible idea. They'd lose a ton of players and most likely gain almost no new ones seeing as the digital landscape is already filled with RPGs of one kind of another. If I want that I can play Neverwinter Nights. Of course that's tongue-in-cheek but I think you get the gist of what I mean. D&D is the big fish in its little pond. If D&D were to move to an all digital format based around VTT it would be a minnow in the ocean and I think the majority of its long time players and supporters would just stay playing 4e or whatever other older edition. WoTC needs to stop splitting their player base into little pieces. Every new edition has this effect but with 4E we also got DDI which further splits the community. They simply can't afford to keep doing that. Essentials was recognition that they understand this problem and want to fix it. It provided access to the new style of rules, class builds that are more reminiscent of older editions of D&D and did it all in an affordable package.Now we're told books that would transition older material to this updated format/style (and expand it in the direction laid out by Essentials) will be cut. There are hints it will appear on DDI. I was fine with how things were being handled early on. DDI provided a useful resource for people who wanted it, that's great. It also had new content in magazine format which is a great idea and really necessary to keep people engaged. Now I feel I'm being forced down that path though. Instead of DDI subscribers getting alternate options from those of us only buying books they'll be getting the updated takes on phb classes? That's a bit much for me to accept without being at least somewhat miffed.</blockquote>

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