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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 5379103" data-attributes="member: 56189">I've been musing over this subject for awhile now as I've been trawling through various MMO's, looking for my gaming fix and being sorely disappointed with what I've found.The initial thought occurred to me when I had a Mac vs. PC debate elsewhere online. I was trying to explain that my preference for the Mac is part and parcel of my consumer expectations. To me, personally, a Mac and the Mac OS, are the very bare minimum I expect from a computer and operating system. Windows and other brand computers simply don't meet my minimum requirements.I tried to explain that, to me, I don't even think very highly of the Mac. I just happen to think much, much, much less of Windows and Sony/HP, Dell, etc. If Apple stopped making computers tomorrow and there was no equivalent or better on the market, I would stop using computers altogether.Of course, the other party found that hard to believe but it's the plain truth. To my mind, if a product doesn't meet a bare minimum requirement, I will not pay for it. I don't care how ubiquitous it is, I will not pay money for Windows or a PC, and even if given one, would still not use it because it doesn't meet my minimum needs.Agree or disagree with that, I'm not trying to create a Mac vs. PC argument here, I'm just trying to illustrate the concept of consumer standards and expectations. To put it into a gaming context, the current state of WotC has me in a quandary because their digital content does not meet my minimum requirements. And because they have opened up this digital doorway where updates and improvements to the fundamental system mechanics of 4e occur on a regular basis, I feel there's no value in buying the hard copies of the rules either.Part of the reason I bring all of this up is that I've long wondered whether the vocal minority on message boards are too critical, or not critical enough. The recent shenanigans with WotC and the Character Builder have highlighted this situation for me as I see both sides arguing back and forth about the relative value of the products in question.So it got me to thinking: are my standards too high? Or are everyone else's standards too low? Where do YOU draw the line? At what point do you say, "This isn't worth paying for,"? For me, personally, WotC currently falls well short of that line and so they won't be seeing any of my money for probably a long, long time to come.</blockquote>

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