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<blockquote data-quote="Bugleyman" data-source="post: 7659941" data-attributes="member: 62949">...and you would be mistaken; I've worked in corporate america for almost 20 years.&nbsp; I believe the evidence is overwhelming that they are simply dropping the ball:&nbsp; P1 -- Releasing PDFs (at a minimum) is the RPG industry norm for digital support.P2 -- It is reasonable to expect the industry leader (WotC) to provide product offerings which (again, at a minimum) match the industry norm.P3 -- There are no (legal) PDFs, despite ample time and opportunity (and a pre-existing distribution channel) to release them.Conclusion -- WotC has failed to meet reasonable expectations (aka &quot;they have dropped the ball&quot;).I do appreciate what you're saying about corporate politics; however, I would characterize five years of no PDFs as a problematic level of dysfunction.&nbsp; In other words, I don't doubt that politics are the problem -- in fact that is my expectation -- that doesn't mean there isn't a problem.&nbsp; If that problem doesn't affect you, great!&nbsp; But what I don't get is why some people insist on telling me (quite rudely) that there is no problem.As for me, I'll (happily) come back to D&amp;D if and when WotC adopts a less digital-hostile stance.&nbsp; Until then, I (regretfully) play other games.&nbsp; -- A lapsed (but hopefully future) D&amp;D fan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bugleyman, post: 7659941, member: 62949"] ...and you would be mistaken; I've worked in corporate america for almost 20 years. I believe the evidence is overwhelming that they are simply dropping the ball: P1 -- Releasing PDFs (at a [B]minimum[/B]) is the RPG industry norm for digital support. P2 -- It is reasonable to expect the industry leader (WotC) to provide product offerings which (again, at a [B]minimum[/B]) match the industry norm. P3 -- There are no (legal) PDFs, despite ample time and opportunity (and a pre-existing distribution channel) to release them. Conclusion -- WotC has failed to meet reasonable expectations (aka "they have dropped the ball"). I do appreciate what you're saying about corporate politics; however, I would characterize five [I]years[/I] of no PDFs as a problematic level of dysfunction. In other words, I don't doubt that politics are the problem -- in fact that is my expectation -- that doesn't mean there isn't a problem. If that problem doesn't affect you, great! But what I don't get is why some people insist on telling me (quite rudely) that there is no problem. As for me, I'll (happily) come back to D&D if and when WotC adopts a less digital-hostile stance. Until then, I (regretfully) play other games. -- A lapsed (but hopefully future) D&D fan [/QUOTE]

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