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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5922579" data-attributes="member: 22424">It is, but they have to do something. They've set themselves the goal of reuniting the fanbase (whether they needed to do that, or if it's just a goal they set themselves, is open to debate).However, 4e couldn't ever do that - for most PF/OSR fans, that ship has sailed long since. And they couldn't just go back to an old edition, because that would alienate 4e fans.So - new edition.I am also very disappointed in how DDI turned out. It had so much potential, and it just never reached those heights.But it's not about the particular technologies - they were desperately unlucky in their initial choice of contractors, meaning that their work in progress had to be scrapped after a large part of the budget was spent. Their in-house team was then hit by a real-life tragedy, which further devastated their efforts.And then, just as it was starting to show results, corporate edict required them to redo those tools that were working right, replacing the existing well-received Character Builder with an online version that took a long time to get back the same functionality.Eh. Paizo's Kickstarter is for an MMO, about which I simply don't care - I'm a tabletop gamer.And in terms of tabletop game support, DDI is the best that's out there. Which is fairly tragic, I'll grant you.(That said, where WotC should definitely learn from Paizo is in the provision of electronic versions of their books. The ability to get free, or very cheap, copies of the books in electronic formats is a major win for Pathfinder. DDI does much the same thing with the Compendium... but it's the gap between "much the same" and "the same thing" that is key.)</blockquote>

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