azraelabyss
Explorer
Just out of curiosity, when WOTC goes over to 5e, are they gonna still support the 4e Character Builder, or are the 4e guys outta luck?
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I think this is what they will do as well: keep it as a for-pay subscription product with little to no resources assigned to its upkeep and maintenance, and no new material for 4e. This would be really frustrating for me. I'm happy to pay for what we have been getting: new content, Compendium, CB and Monster Builder. But stripping the new content out and failing to properly update the other tools makes me leery of spending, what is it, $80 a year? I think many will move to the unofficial versions of these tools, or whatever might be available for free.That said, DDI pulls in a monthly subscription fee for an ongoing revenue stream, and if some people are only there for the already developed 4e stuff, why not keep it up? My *guess* is that they'll keep it up, but they run lean and won't have resources assigned to work on things like the current known issues list for the CB.
I fear this as well, since it's use would dwindle for the reasons highlighted above. And some will try to take this as a sign that 4e is dwindling more than it really might be.And they'll use it as a very important barometer for 4e traffic vs. next traffic to keep an eye on how much the various editions are being played.
I think the "revenue stream" will be with 5e players/subscribers to DDi. And i think they're counting on several 4e players to make the transition to 5e just like some 3.5 players did to 4e. I do think the 4e CB will be taken offline at some point. My hope is that when it goes offline they open it up to 3rd parties, houserules, what not.
Lets face it, if 4e was working, in both money and design they'd be keeping it around. Not to be all Debbie Downer here, and surely not to start the edition wars, but 4e is going to get put out to pasture. I don't know if that's a bad thing either. Personally I play 4e. And until the new product comes out, I'll be reserving my judgement for play of 5e.
I think this is what they will do as well: keep it as a for-pay subscription product with little to no resources assigned to its upkeep and maintenance, and no new material for 4e. This would be really frustrating for me. I'm happy to pay for what we have been getting: new content, Compendium, CB and Monster Builder. But stripping the new content out and failing to properly update the other tools makes me leery of spending, what is it, $80 a year?