Any DDI News?

[Scribble]

Hey so I've been kind of busy for the last few months at work, and haven't had a weekly game, so my news is lacking...

Any word on DDI updates planned?

Or are we still in the dark with "future updates planned?"

 

[firesnakearies]

I haven't seen anything, myself. Curious about this, too.

I'd be so thrilled if one day they were just like, "Oh hey, here's the beta version of the D&D virtual game table. Have fun!"

 

[Scribble]

I haven't seen anything, myself. Curious about this, too.

I'd be so thrilled if one day they were just like, "Oh hey, here's the beta version of the D&D virtual game table. Have fun!"

I'd just be happy to see another piece added to the Adventure Tools thing.

They still haven't even seemed to mention what the other sections are planned to be...

 

[Zaran]

I'm willing to bet the gold piece value of a mule that the next DDI update removes those extra circles because they are no longer pursuing online play. I think this because they removed any mention of adding anything new to DDI. They don't even have articles on DDI development anymore. I hope i'm wrong because I have friends online that I would really like to use the online gaming table with. I also will probably cancel my subscription soon after the psionic powers book comes out just because I see no point in paying 10 dollars a month for online magazines that I don't use. I started a subscription in support of the gaming table and frankly I feel like they are taking it and putting it in their pockets.

 

[Scribble]

I'm willing to bet the gold piece value of a mule that the next DDI update removes those extra circles because they are no longer pursuing online play. I think this because they removed any mention of adding anything new to DDI. They don't even have articles on DDI development anymore. I hope i'm wrong because I have friends online that I would really like to use the online gaming table with. I also will probably cancel my subscription soon after the psionic powers book comes out just because I see no point in paying 10 dollars a month for online magazines that I don't use. I started a subscription in support of the gaming table and frankly I feel like they are taking it and putting it in their pockets.

Monster builder came out long after they talked about putting the GT on hold...

While I don't know if they will scrap the rest of the Adventure Tools (which is what the MB is part of) I don't think it has anything to do with the status of the game table, or online play.

 

[CAFRedblade]

I've been trying my best to be patient, but man could I use a Trap Builder, Treasure builder/tracker, Encounter Builder(using MB and TB of course) and the ever wanted campaign creator/tracker. Oh, and maybe a combat/initiative tracker... sigh...

At least, please, add in the rules for companion characters and monster themes to the MB... Pleaaaaasssseee...

I really hope they have a major update come GenCon this year...

 

[Dannager]

I'm willing to bet the gold piece value of a mule that the next DDI update removes those extra circles because they are no longer pursuing online play. I think this because they removed any mention of adding anything new to DDI. They don't even have articles on DDI development anymore. I hope i'm wrong because I have friends online that I would really like to use the online gaming table with. I also will probably cancel my subscription soon after the psionic powers book comes out just because I see no point in paying 10 dollars a month for online magazines that I don't use. I started a subscription in support of the gaming table and frankly I feel like they are taking it and putting it in their pockets.

According to Lou Huderski (part of the DDI studio at WotC), the studio is involved in "several other super-secret projects" in addition to maintaining and updating the Character Builder and Monster Builder apps. We also know from other various WotC staff that there are unannounced digital projects in active development. I'm sure that we would have already heard about these projects if this were 2008, but the amount of poo flung at them by the community for missing their original launch deadline has forced them to implement the no-announcing-it-until-it's-nearly-ready strategy that a lot of high-profile game studios use. Fortunately, their track record so far on application quality has been very good. When they do release the next big D&D digital tool, I expect that it will be awesome.

 

[Artoomis]

My expectations have been tempered. I now consider the bulk of what was promised for DDI to be vaporware.

I hope to be proved wrong.

 

[Scribble]

According to Lou Huderski (part of the DDI studio at WotC), the studio is involved in "several other super-secret projects" in addition to maintaining and updating the Character Builder and Monster Builder apps. We also know from other various WotC staff that there are unannounced digital projects in active development. I'm sure that we would have already heard about these projects if this were 2008, but the amount of poo flung at them by the community for missing their original launch deadline has forced them to implement the no-announcing-it-until-it's-nearly-ready strategy that a lot of high-profile game studios use. Fortunately, their track record so far on application quality has been very good. When they do release the next big D&D digital tool, I expect that it will be awesome.

Well, that's somewhat cool news at least...

I've been relatively happy with what they've released so far, so I don't feel like I'm not getting my money's worth... I'm just greedy!

I DOOOO Hope they add more "customization" abilities to the tools though... IE more ability to add new items or powers that actually calculate like the other stuff does...

 

[LightPhoenix]

There's definitely plenty of design space for them. At the very least, I'm not sure why we haven't gotten a Trap Builder or Encounter Builder yet. A Companion Builder would be cool but pretty low on the list for me; it's not hard to do with the Creature Builder as it is. A Treasure Builder would be neat as well, but again I think it's low priority; it's fairly easy to manage by hand.

My guess would be that Hasbro got cold feet on the Builder side of things, since you essentially don't need to buy the books anymore.