DDI September/October Update info

[jimmifett]

What questionnaire are you referring to and more importantly where did they give the results? Their whole problem has been not saying anything to us

I also recall the questionaire. Campaign management would be nice.

 

[Zaran]

I also recall the questionaire. Campaign management would be nice.

Are you referring to the the one 2 years ago that people point to when someone asks what happened to the online gaming table?

 

[UngainlyTitan]

[MENTION=1300]mattcolville[/MENTION]: I think you may have a point, if memory serves that was one of the original goals behind Gleemax. The campaign manager was also I believe mentioned in a dragon editorial way back.
I also do not believe that what ever is coming is simply a new Character Builder with more bells and whistles, though that may be part of it.
if i is a tool that allows sharing of cmapaign info online then the content ownership rules will make intresting reading.

 

[Bagpuss]

What questionnaire are you referring to and more importantly where did they give the results? Their whole problem has been not saying anything to us

It was back in early 2009 the results we on the news pages of Wizards website and mentioned and discussed on their forums. Aside from taking an advert at the Superbowl I don't know what else you expected them to do?

After a couple of minutes using Google.

D&D Insider Survey Results
D&D Insider recently conducted a large survey to both subscribers and non-subscribers to get more information on what new features and applications would best enhance the value of D&D Insider. Thank you for your feedback -- we received over 4,000 responses!

One message came across loud and clear – you want tools that will make it easier than ever to participate in and run ongoing D&D campaigns. We’ll call them Campaign Tools for now. Here’s what you said:

We asked subscribers how likely they would be to use various new features (they could choose more than one). Top responses included:

Tool to create and manage campaign info: 83% of subscribers
Tool to customize and print monsters: 82% of subscribers
Tool to customize and print pre-made adventures: 77% of subscribers
Tool to create character portraits: 69% of subscribers
Tool to play tabletop D&D over the Internet: 67% of subscribers
We asked non-subscribers what features would make them more likely to subscribe (again, they could choose more than one). Top responses included:

Tool to customize and print pre-made adventures: 56% of non-subscribers
Tool to customize and print monsters: 55% of non-subscribers
Tool to create and manage campaign info: 52% of non-subscribers
Tool to play tabletop D&D over the internet: 46% of non-subscribers
Tool to create character portraits: 41% of non-subscribers
Based on our analysis of the survey data and customer feedback, we have already begun work on applications for your campaigns. This includes monsters, encounters, maps and adventures.

As the applications progress we will bring you more detailed information about project specifics and timing. For now, we’re working hard to bring you what you want to enhance your 4th Edition game. To all of our current subscribers – thank you! We’re glad that you’re enjoying the benefits of Dragon and Dungeon magazines, the Character Builder, and the Compendium, and we’re excited to bring you this next application of D&D Insider as quickly as we can.

The Adventure Tools with it's Monster builder came soon after this, and in response to it. Unfortunately nothing else has appeared yet, but it was one of the reasons they used to justify shelving the Game Table and Character Visualiser.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Customize and print adventures?

Yeah, that'd be solid.

(a little reluctant about the "pre-made" part; I guess it could be useful, but most WotC adventures are poo times two, so I'd rather make my own using some solid encounter/monster/map tools).

 

[Mirtek]

I guess instead of working on providing new tools for their customers they were instead working on taking away the tools the accidentally gave them.

Aka WotC never wanting the CB to be a stand-alone program that you can download and carry around for offline use and even use after your subscription has ended and it only ended up this way because they failed to create the limited version they originally envisioned. Now it looks as if they were/are busily working on correcting their misstake.

 

[jdcash]

I bet the people working the DM Hotline later this month are really excited that this issue is still unresolved.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Actually I would not mind that a one month subscription is not enough to get everything...

when you look at it from a neutral point of view, you will notice, that those people doing the subscription shuffle are hurting the hobby a lot...

 

[Walking Dad]

Actually I would not mind that a one month subscription is not enough to get everything...

when you look at it from a neutral point of view, you will notice, that those people doing the subscription shuffle are hurting the hobby a lot...

1.) As much as the people with SRD websites for 3,5? I know many people who got an overlook of these and bought the core book and unearthed arcana anyway. It may hurt Wizards a little if people only buy every third month, but the current model maybe actually increases their book sale.

2.) As much as people who share their 5 downloads with their group? I hear this practice often, and it robs Wizard of 4 subscriptions.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

1. no: SRD was only a small part compared to what you get with a single month of subscription.
I really would not mind getting core content (a.k.a. PHB X) for a single month...
but every supplement and every dragon magazine feat? For 10$? That is just too much.

2. This is something I mind a lot less. If not combinded with 1, it is a lot less severe.
A good thing would be a distinction between a DM version and a Player version.

It could be an online application with a full version for the DM who can adjust everything to taste, and a spawn version for little money (1 or 2$ per month to get access to the DM´s site)
This would actually be a good business model where I would happily subscribe to