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<blockquote data-quote="Miyaa" data-source="post: 4333430" data-attributes="member: 7016">Here's my problem, which is based from a livejournal blog about the same thing...The <a href="http://twoflower.livejournal.com/507055.html#cutid1" target="_blank">guy</a> argues that DDI wants to be something that is <a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/kelly08/kelly08_index.html" target="_blank">Better than Free</a>&nbsp; that it needs to be better than what is available for free or even from other paying services. He's not impressed with their options, especially the gamer's board which when he wrote looked very unimpressive, moving tokens around a virtual white board.It's still not that impressive. And there are other free services or items that look even better. PCGen, even if it's not going to be using 4.0 will get some rogues doing something like that. There's also Fantasy Grounds which can be tailored to 4e playing without too much problems, plus it looks better too. If you have the books and a decent SQL or spreadsheet program, you might not need to have the compendium.The only thing that is &quot;irreplaceable&quot; is the Dungeon and Dragon magazines, for $15 a month or $119 a year. DDI really needs to show that it can outdo what has been out there already, or what might come around as a response to DDI.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Miyaa, post: 4333430, member: 7016"] Here's my problem, which is based from a livejournal blog about the same thing... The [URL=http://twoflower.livejournal.com/507055.html#cutid1]guy[/URL] argues that DDI wants to be something that is [URL=http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/kelly08/kelly08_index.html]Better than Free[/URL] that it needs to be better than what is available for free or even from other paying services. He's not impressed with their options, especially the gamer's board which when he wrote looked very unimpressive, moving tokens around a virtual white board. It's still not that impressive. And there are other free services or items that look even better. PCGen, even if it's not going to be using 4.0 will get some rogues doing something like that. There's also Fantasy Grounds which can be tailored to 4e playing without too much problems, plus it looks better too. If you have the books and a decent SQL or spreadsheet program, you might not need to have the compendium. The only thing that is "irreplaceable" is the Dungeon and Dragon magazines, for $15 a month or $119 a year. DDI really needs to show that it can outdo what has been out there already, or what might come around as a response to DDI. [/QUOTE]

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