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<blockquote data-quote="SlyDoubt" data-source="post: 5431356" data-attributes="member: 6667337"><p>I guess because I was part of the target of Essentials I felt it did do a good job. A lot of the comments I read across blogs and here seemed positive. It's disappointing to know it wasn't as universally accepted as I felt it was.</p><p></p><p>If it wasn't a success I guess it was at least evidence that they knew something had to be done and were trying to figure it out. I feel Dark Sun is in the same vein. Dark sun was what made me re-interested in 4E despite the things I wasn't so happy about. Essentials extended that feeling that Wizards was trying to give us paper lovers something genuinely useful instead of pointless 'x' power books which I never bothered with. To see that all flounder and hear about digital this and digital that is disheartening. </p><p></p><p>Like you said I don't see how releasing things digitally will curtail piracy in any form. If it's text I can copy it. If it's an image I can copy it. If it's a pdf I can copy it. Even if there was some other way someone could just transcribe it.</p><p></p><p>I buy books because they're inherently different than simply having a pdf. If everything is a pdf already I'm a lot less interested in paying for it if I don't have to.</p><p></p><p>I'm also not sure what else they can be doing. </p><p></p><p>Why didn't they give a free month or two with purchase of any Essentials product? I'm sure there's a way to make it so someone can't buy every product and have like 3/4s a year free by using different accounts. If there isn't so be it, maybe they should if they've spent that much on essentials stuff.</p><p></p><p>If you want people to use DDI with essentials as the foundation I don't see why they're so separated. Mentioning DDI in the books doesn't make it easy or enticing to go look for it. I should be given some kind of limited access. whether content limited but time unlimited or vice versa. Right now there's too much of a separation. DDI exists to make D&D bigger and bigger as more and more content is added. but without having to search through piles of books. That's a good thing. But why is it so separate? </p><p></p><p>If I buy a paper product I should receive something on DDI. The lack of union between the two is just stupid. For a company so scared of piracy their stuff is awfully easy to pirate with little incentive not to sometimes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlyDoubt, post: 5431356, member: 6667337"] I guess because I was part of the target of Essentials I felt it did do a good job. A lot of the comments I read across blogs and here seemed positive. It's disappointing to know it wasn't as universally accepted as I felt it was. If it wasn't a success I guess it was at least evidence that they knew something had to be done and were trying to figure it out. I feel Dark Sun is in the same vein. Dark sun was what made me re-interested in 4E despite the things I wasn't so happy about. Essentials extended that feeling that Wizards was trying to give us paper lovers something genuinely useful instead of pointless 'x' power books which I never bothered with. To see that all flounder and hear about digital this and digital that is disheartening. Like you said I don't see how releasing things digitally will curtail piracy in any form. If it's text I can copy it. If it's an image I can copy it. If it's a pdf I can copy it. Even if there was some other way someone could just transcribe it. I buy books because they're inherently different than simply having a pdf. If everything is a pdf already I'm a lot less interested in paying for it if I don't have to. I'm also not sure what else they can be doing. Why didn't they give a free month or two with purchase of any Essentials product? I'm sure there's a way to make it so someone can't buy every product and have like 3/4s a year free by using different accounts. If there isn't so be it, maybe they should if they've spent that much on essentials stuff. If you want people to use DDI with essentials as the foundation I don't see why they're so separated. Mentioning DDI in the books doesn't make it easy or enticing to go look for it. I should be given some kind of limited access. whether content limited but time unlimited or vice versa. Right now there's too much of a separation. DDI exists to make D&D bigger and bigger as more and more content is added. but without having to search through piles of books. That's a good thing. But why is it so separate? If I buy a paper product I should receive something on DDI. The lack of union between the two is just stupid. For a company so scared of piracy their stuff is awfully easy to pirate with little incentive not to sometimes. [/QUOTE]
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