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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5181710" data-attributes="member: 58416">Not that I'm aware of; if there are, I haven't met them. For me, it was more an issue of not being entirely sure how powers work from one game to the next.  I suppose this isn't entirely different than different groups having different house rules, but house rules don't tend to change as often as some of the 4E rules have over the past few months.  I appreciate the errata, and it's good to know the rules are evolving and being made better, but it's a little rough to keep up at times. Again, some of this is due to my own ideals & choices and not feeling the need to buy into DDI right now.  To clarify a little more about why I feel DDI isn't for me - I don't feel as though I would get enough use out of many of the features to justify the cost versus spending money on alternative brands of entertainment.  This is in no way a slight against it; for many people it is great; I'm just not one of those people. This is one of the reasons why I plan to look at Essentials before buying anything else.  It will be an updated set of the rules which are in a format that I'll enjoy more than combing through pages of errata on my computer screen, and it is also a format which is more portable.  While I can take my laptop to a D&D session, I prefer not to because I feel as though it creates a barrier between myself and the table.  If I like the look of Essentials, I may pick up a few products.  If I find Essentials and the future vision of D&D to be moving further away from what I want out of a rpg, I may skip out on the rest of 4E.</blockquote>

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