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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 3710382" data-attributes="member: 926">So let me get this straight: because 4E will have the option of online play, complete with online mapping, dice rolling, and chatroom utilities for people who are separated by long distances but still want to play together, then it is suddenly an MORPG?  Again, I must stress the OPTIONAL part of that statement.  It is an extra bonus for friends who live far apart but still want to play D&D with each other.  How on Earth is that a bad thing?If you don't want to pay a subscription and play online, then don't!  You won't be losing out on anything other than the ability to do something that you don't want to do!  Seriously, this is like complaining that when you order ice cream at a restaurant they give you the option of getting it in a cone if you pay extra.  YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A CONE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, AND ALL YOU'LL BE MISSING OUT ON IS THE CONE THAT YOU DON'T WANT ANYWAY!I will probably eventually get the online aspect, but not because I want to play D&D over the internet.  I just can't do it and don't enjoy it at all.  But all of the other aspects, like having my characters saved online, updatable and printable wherever I want, will be very handy for me.  No more lost character sheets!  (which is a problem for someone as disorganized  as me.)But if YOU don't want that utility, then YOU don't have to pay for it, and the only thing you'll be missing out on is the use of a feature that you don't want anyway!  My mind is really boggled at how this is a thing to complain about.  It isn't like the books will be half-online and half-physical; you buy a hardcopy, and if you choose to use the code and pay for the online aspect, you'll get an digital copy to save on your computer!  A VERY handy thing to have.  Now you'll be legally able to have digital backups of all of your D&D books.  I know that I'll certainly appreciate the ability to browse through my books on my laptop in bed at my leisure.But if YOU don't want the ability to do that, simply don't pay for it, and you'll lose NOTHING but that ability.  NOTHING MORE!What IS the complaint about?  I am SERIOUSLY puzzled at this.  Is it that you can't stand that people will now have the ability to do something that they want to do but you don't like to do?  I REALLY don't  get it at all.</blockquote>

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