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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thecasualoblivion" data-source="post: 4923451" data-attributes="member: 59096">Whatever the differences in quality between new and old Dragon, the new Dragon is more integrated with the core game, both from a promotional standpoint and from a popular acceptance standpoint. This alone makes it more useful. Things like the Star Pact Warlock powers, Son of Mercy, Orc and Kobold monster expansions, and race articles see heavy use in the games I play and run. I don't recall ever using anything from 3.5E Dragon.I make my own adventures, so Dungeon I've never used. Now their putting the DM type stuff in it, so I might use it more. They're also putting more delves and one-shots in it, which is more along the lines of something I might use on an off week.The Character Builder is something that at this point I don't think I can exist without. Creating characters the hard way is like spraying myself with bear mace at this point, and I find myself waiting to tinker with things like Divine Power until it becomes integrated with the builder.My laptop crapped out on me two weeks ago, and I've had to go to work without it. This means I can't use Compendium and Monster Builder to build encounters during the slow times at work(I manage the family business, has its benefits). I'm finding I'm almost as dependent on those as I am on the Builder.DDI is a no-brainer at this point.</blockquote>