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<blockquote data-quote="pallen" data-source="post: 3892409" data-attributes="member: 53420"><p>I'm pretty much sold on 4e. From the few crunchy details we've seen, I know that I'll at least be buying the core books in June. The D&D Insider "content" that's supposed to replace <em>Dungeon</em> and <em>Dragon</em> magazines, I'm much more skeptical of, but there are several other threads discussing that.</p><p></p><p>I'm curious what everyone thinks of the D&D Insider Tools. (The character builder, the adventure builder, the digital tabletop, etc.) </p><p></p><p>From what I've seen so far of the D&D Insider Tools is that:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(Edited) They're being designed by Radiant Machine, who's only other released product at this point is Gleemax.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The trickle of details we have about the digital tabletop is that there are a lot of features that they have planned, but will not be available at release</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">So far, the only thing they have to demo are static screenshots and pre-rendered video.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I haven't seen any discussion of a pre-release beta test period</li> </ul><p></p><p>I think it's safe to say that the execs at Wizards think that the D&D digital tabletop and tools will draw a lot of people into paying monthly D&D Insider fees. But I wonder if they're underestimating how difficult it is to release a quality software product. Multi-user, online software isn't easy to develop. And it requires a lot of testing to release a product that won't alienate your customers. Yet, we don't see any of these playtest groups running their game with a test version of the online tools. And if the tools aren't ready for in-house testing now, I don't see how they'll be ready for large scale testing next spring. And I think that would be absolutely necessary if they plan to release their tools in parallel with the core rules in June.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, does anyone else suspect that the D&D Digital Initiative is headed for a rocky start?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pallen, post: 3892409, member: 53420"] I'm pretty much sold on 4e. From the few crunchy details we've seen, I know that I'll at least be buying the core books in June. The D&D Insider "content" that's supposed to replace [I]Dungeon[/I] and [I]Dragon[/I] magazines, I'm much more skeptical of, but there are several other threads discussing that. I'm curious what everyone thinks of the D&D Insider Tools. (The character builder, the adventure builder, the digital tabletop, etc.) From what I've seen so far of the D&D Insider Tools is that: [list] [*](Edited) They're being designed by Radiant Machine, who's only other released product at this point is Gleemax. [*]The trickle of details we have about the digital tabletop is that there are a lot of features that they have planned, but will not be available at release [*]So far, the only thing they have to demo are static screenshots and pre-rendered video. [*]I haven't seen any discussion of a pre-release beta test period [/list] I think it's safe to say that the execs at Wizards think that the D&D digital tabletop and tools will draw a lot of people into paying monthly D&D Insider fees. But I wonder if they're underestimating how difficult it is to release a quality software product. Multi-user, online software isn't easy to develop. And it requires a lot of testing to release a product that won't alienate your customers. Yet, we don't see any of these playtest groups running their game with a test version of the online tools. And if the tools aren't ready for in-house testing now, I don't see how they'll be ready for large scale testing next spring. And I think that would be absolutely necessary if they plan to release their tools in parallel with the core rules in June. Anyway, does anyone else suspect that the D&D Digital Initiative is headed for a rocky start? [/QUOTE]
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