Can we please stop calling D&D Insider an MMORPG

[Pants]

MMORPG/WoW? Check.

Videogamey. Double check.

Anime? Hrm, well, hrm haven't seen that one yet.

Has anyone started calling the D&DI anime yet? Cuz, if not, then I wanna be the first. I've never set a trend in my life, but I've always dreamed of it.

 

[Hussar]

A yearly sub to Dragon wasn't $120, and you got paper that didn't go away if you cancelled.

It remains to be seen exactly what the DI turns out to be. But they are positioning it as being "a way to play online", since that would be a reason to pay so much more than the mags.

Speak for yourself. Try being an international subscriber. I'm going to get a sub to Dungeon AND Dragon for 120 bucks a month, plus apparently, more bennies as well? That's a pretty damn good deal for me.

I already play online 100% of the time. There's a reasonably large community playing on Fantasy Grounds and OpenRPG already. D&D has been as much of an MMORPG for years as it will be once the DI hits the road.

Oh, and shock and horror, people play ALL editions of D&D online as well. I guess 1e should be termed an MMORPG as well, despite predating the internet by a couple of decades.

 

[Dyne]

If I didn't feel like WotC lied to us about 4e (and if they didn't cancel Dungeon/Dragon, Dragonlance, and Ravenloft), then I would actually like the idea of an online place where people can find other players. IMHO, D&D has needed it for quite awhile: it can be difficult to find people to game with IRL, so some people (myself included) take to message boards and instant messengers.

But then again, there have been tools like this around for a long time (OpenRPG and such), so this isn't really a "new and wonderful thing" like WotC is touting it around. Also, the subscription cost is a REALLY bad idea; if you add in the cost of books, it is a LOT cheaper to just play WoW. Or just use chat programs/OpenRPG, of course.

Has anyone started calling the D&DI anime yet? Cuz, if not, then I wanna be the first. I've never set a trend in my life, but I've always dreamed of it.

The artwork actually seems to be one of the few things that people are universally positive about. Then again, I haven't seen any straps, spikes, or screaming faces yet. I always knew Wayne Reynolds was capable of more.

 

[Maggan]

Speak for yourself. Try being an international subscriber. I'm going to get a sub to Dungeon AND Dragon for 120 bucks a month, plus apparently, more bennies as well? That's a pretty damn good deal for me.

For me as a one time international subscriber, the online Dungeon and Dragons confers the following advantages over the print version:

1. I will get every issue, as the majority won't be lost in the mail for some unknown reason

2. I will get it at the same time as everyone else, and can join the discussions on the current issues, instead of waiting a month or two before maybe getting to read what people have been talking about a month ago

3. It'll be cheaper!

/M

 

[WingOver]

Obviously 4th edition and it's online tools aren't an MMORPG to anyone that's actually played an MMORPG.

However, from the rules tidbits that have been released, this new edition seems to cater more to the MMORPG game mechanic than previous editions. 3rd edition translated poorly to real time MMORPGs. I believe the designers have intentionally crafted 4th edition to be compatible with both tabletop (turned based) and computer game (realtime) play. WOTC probably realizes that 4th edition will eventually migrate into a MMORPG some day.

Not that I have a problem with that. In fact I think that's a smart approach. I don't expect them to own up to this design goal (as sensible and forward looking at it is) due to negative kneejerk reactions from the gaming community.

 

[Moon-Lancer]

MMORPG/WoW? Check.

Videogamey. Double check.

could you explain what you mean by this, because I'm just not seeing it

do you know something about how the living greyhawk will work with DI? is it going to allow everyone to play the same game once?

what types of video games do you think d&d is too similar with?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

what types of video games do you think d&d is too similar with?

It's almost exactly like Q*Bert.

 

[Moon-Lancer]

It's almost exactly like Q*Bert.

*pssst sombody hold me back*

gahhhh 4e is video gamey!!!... how did i not see it before?? why cruel world... curse you wotc.... the only game I truly loved, subjugated to evolution and progress... to die a slow death due to lack of players...

4e is coming were all doomed!!!!

sorry, I felt a silly moment over take me

 

[Jdvn1]

By that logic, my TiVo is an MMORPG. (Yes, TiVo has games.)

And chess.

(There are pay-versions of chess online)

(side note: There are also pay-versions of D&D 3e online--are those MMORPGs too?)

 

[amethal]

And chess.

(There are pay-versions of chess online)

(side note: There are also pay-versions of D&D 3e online--are those MMORPGs too?)

And poker.

The internet ruined poker when it turned it into a MMORPG.