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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cbas_10" data-source="post: 3892761" data-attributes="member: 55767">I'm hoping that the online tools and the whole suite of the DDI works out well.  I'm also hoping something comes along to charm my interest into 4e, but that is a different discussion.  As foolish as I think it was to pull the two magazines from print to online, that is what we are stuck with, now.  Thus, a subscription makes perfect sense and seems fair.  If the content compares to the content that was in the magazines (a handful of adventures and a handful of marquee articles supported by a smattering of minor side-show bits) and we are not bombarded by advertisements, ten bucks a month for just the Dungeon and Dragon magazines seems perfectly reasonable.  A smart thing would be to offer discounted rates for longer terms of subscription...just a normal aspect of any online and print subscriptions.Now...as for the tools part.  First thing needs to be gotten off of my chest: "collectible" digital miniatures that cost money in the same fashion as boxes of physical minis??? I really hope this was a drunken thought abandoned with the next morning's clear mind.  I can sort of understand the concept in a model such as Magic: the Gathering.  The game is all about collecting and playing with the cool stuff.  I could also see this for playing the D&D minis game online (I would actually love this....using the digital format to see and use 3D terrain instead of cards on a mat).  But....having to say "Imagine that ogre on the screen is a large dragon instead....i don't have the digital dragon yet" seems like a TRUE money grab on behalf of Wizards.  Charge a few bucks a month for the access to tools....and just let us use monsters, ok?  It's not like we can tuck them into our gaming bag and take them home.  Other than that, I can understand trying to open up to a market of players that have desires for a better venue for gaming online (truckers, people living in remote areas, family-oriented people that may not have the space or resources to host/travel to a game, etc).  I'm not a computer programmer, but I can't imagine such a suite of tools and the act of hosting the connections would be minor acts.  Things that are major endeavors cost money.In the end...Tools/online desktop should be one price, and the Dragon/Dungeon e-zines should be another price....with a bit of a discount for getting both.  Many here have no use for the e-zines, and I have no use for the online tools (I can't be the only one who simply wants to continue enjoying the magazines and run our tabletop games like we always have).One or more of you expressed concerns about the bias towards high-speed broadband internet services.  Unfortunately, as the years roll by and technology becomes more commonplace, it becomes less and less feasible and economically beneficial to cater to a diminishing segment of the market.  As an example...I currently enjoy 8.99 per month cable service instead of the "standard" Digital signal via the cable box converter and the hundreds of channels for 45$+ per month.  However, in February, Digital will be the only option and the 8.99 non-digital service disappears.  It sucks, but those of us that are final hold-outs of low-tech (whether it is by choice or circumstance) eventually must find a way to join the other 90%+ of the market in question.</blockquote>

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