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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 3194792" data-attributes="member: 10913">The thing is, the free stuff is often not worth the price. How can the new content possibly be worth any price?It costs money and time to browse and read the stuff wizards put on their website. I frequently do, but more often than not I skim past non-interesting articles and features and close the window having gained nothing. Once in a blue moon I get something really useful from them, and more commonly I'm entertained enough to read on and have fun with it. But I won't spend much at all for gaining the 'product package' since so little of it is actually of use and interest to me. (And since I can get sufficient good content from others for free, so I don't need to pay to get their content.)Of the offered content, the only thing I'd be interested in are the articles. The university is of no interest for me (I got all the gaming advice I need, and if I'll feel the need for more beyond what free resources like ENWorld can provide I prefer to buy a recommended book), I prefer other character generators (in a non-proprietry format, private on each computer, available to all players in my group i.e. free to download, unlimited by trhe number of characters or official rules, and customizable - PCGen fits most well IMX), and I am not interested in virtual tabletop gaming (but I admit that if done right this could be a tangible and very worthwhile benefit of membership). While the articles on WotC's site are sometimes interesting, the fun I derive from them is not in excess to that derived from free sources like ENWorld, so there is simply no need to pay for them.I don't expect WotC to abandon providing free content on their site. Promoting new releases and extending the usability of old purchases isn't something they would want to stop. I do expect the amount and quality thereof to dwindle. That would be a bit unfortunate for me, but certainly not to the extent that it would be worth even the slight discomfort of becoming a registered, subscribing customer to Hasbaro's organization. I don't see any pricepoint that will make the difference between the free and payed-for content worthwhile, not without a massive increase in the quality and quantity of the payed-for content which I don't think will occur.</blockquote>

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