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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 4300711" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I once said that random miniatures boosters were the dumbest idea I'd come across in TT RPGs or wargames, but I have to say, I was forgetting this idea entirely. Unless they not only provide a WIDE range of solidly designed (but ugly/simple) generic models for DDI but the vMinis are also amazingly awesome to look at (and at least semi-animated), then this is destined to be a gigantic flop and waste of pretty much everyone's time and money.</p><p></p><p>I'm also intrigued to know what they're going to do when the inevitably shut-down/replace the DDI in a half-decade or so. Do we get our money spent on "vMinis" back? I somehow don't think they're going to give us the same minis in the new DDI, even if there is one.</p><p></p><p><strong>Fenes</strong> - Why wouldn't the players just play an FPS, then, though? That's the problem, because the answer is: those <em>who like that sort of thing will</em>. Especially as virtually every major FPS released in the last two years has significant "achievement" and "unlock" elements replicating a lot of potential RPG stuff. An awful lot of MMORPG players play MMORPGs <em>because</em> of their slow pace and the very fact that they're not purely reflex/quick-thinking based. Personally I'd love a few more fantasy-themed FPSes, but that's basically what you get if you take out the level-up and other elements.</p><p></p><p>Of course what I'd really like is something that combined FPS and "level up" elements w/o sucking horribly like DDO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 4300711, member: 18"] I once said that random miniatures boosters were the dumbest idea I'd come across in TT RPGs or wargames, but I have to say, I was forgetting this idea entirely. Unless they not only provide a WIDE range of solidly designed (but ugly/simple) generic models for DDI but the vMinis are also amazingly awesome to look at (and at least semi-animated), then this is destined to be a gigantic flop and waste of pretty much everyone's time and money. I'm also intrigued to know what they're going to do when the inevitably shut-down/replace the DDI in a half-decade or so. Do we get our money spent on "vMinis" back? I somehow don't think they're going to give us the same minis in the new DDI, even if there is one. [B]Fenes[/B] - Why wouldn't the players just play an FPS, then, though? That's the problem, because the answer is: those [I]who like that sort of thing will[/I]. Especially as virtually every major FPS released in the last two years has significant "achievement" and "unlock" elements replicating a lot of potential RPG stuff. An awful lot of MMORPG players play MMORPGs [I]because[/I] of their slow pace and the very fact that they're not purely reflex/quick-thinking based. Personally I'd love a few more fantasy-themed FPSes, but that's basically what you get if you take out the level-up and other elements. Of course what I'd really like is something that combined FPS and "level up" elements w/o sucking horribly like DDO. [/QUOTE]
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