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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RLBURNSIDE" data-source="post: 5351805" data-attributes="member: 94650">When you can onlyaccess a character builder when you're online and have a credit card, is when I'll be switching to an open source builder, or just using pen n paper. That's ironic...because people getting 5 updates per month is a good deal. Paying to access a website is gonna be rife for hacking, not only that but I don't relish the idea of losing control over my IP. Yes, my character IS my intellectual property, Wotc. I don't sign away ideas to you, AND give you my money at the same time. Although the courts have recently said that's the case with software subscriptions on Autocad, i.e. you no longer own the software you puchased, it's leased to you. How they can justify changing that retroactively is beyond me.I don't play MMOs with monthly fees because I don't want to play online with some 13 year olds, I want to play in person with my friends. The subscription model where I pay to get data and code updates to an offline builder IS a good deal to me (when they actually come through with the updates, and the errata don't stink to high heaven). I just renewed my Dnd insider account since I'll probably get access to next month's too. I really need the next update for my character pre-paragon. Our DM has access to other's accounts, even though we normally play at my place. Another bonus for having updatable accounts. Wotc probably makes more profit from out group because everybody likes having their own account. I suspect once it becomes a login to a centralised storage for your character, it will take away the incentive to get separate accounts since everyone will  just want to update their online copy of their character sheet.ps what happens when the net goes down? Or we want to level up when we drive to the country and play up north at a cottage? Online tools stink. And I worked for online for YEARS in the video game industry. Trust me : Online only STINKS and is anti-thetical to the entire premise of pen n paper role playing.Wotc will lose money if they force us to be always-on all the time. I don't even like playing MMOs any more, playing with my friends in real life is where it's at. I shouldn't even need to pay if I don't want the updates, that's another bonus for the offline version. If we're happy with the way the rules are right now...why update? If they give us better options, a more streamlined set of feats and items that are actually worth a damn, THEN maybe it's worth paying to update.</blockquote>

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