Dear Wizards of the Coast...

[wlmartin]

I want a PDF compilation of each Dragon and Dungeon each month. It doesn't have to be nice with correct page numbering. (Though can't you autogenerate the table of contents these days?). Instead of a PDF, I might even be happy with a zip file. Reading an entire month of articles online is very annoying due to slow loading times and all that.

From the DDI tools, I would like the ability to reorganize my power cards. If I can't drag & drop them like I could in the "offline" builder, I want at least the ability to determine whether I sort by level, action type or power type (at-will, encounter, daily) and maybe turn some cards off entirely. The current organization is a mess for me.

I would LOVE pdfs of Dragon & Dungeon, especially since I dont subscribe to DDI however they wont do this as it creates no NEED for people to continue to subscribe.
There are ways, not so legal ways that you can get a copy of these PDFs but aside from that you wont see a download of PDFs unless there would be a way to DRM them which there is not at present

 

[wlmartin]

Even if I believed that this would never get read, which I don't because I'm of the opinion that WotC pays far too much attention to forums like this, who cares? I like reading about what other people want in the system. It helps me get an understanding of the 'pulse' of gaming and where the trends are and also gives me new ideas and ways of thinking about gaming.

I "wish" WotC paid attention to forums... Whilst I appreciate it gives them ideas I doubt they will go ahead with those ideas without putting out some official research anyways.

I do think it is interesting to see what people want but I would only be dissapointed when it doesnt happen.

 

[Scribble]

I would LOVE pdfs of Dragon & Dungeon, especially since I dont subscribe to DDI however they wont do this as it creates no NEED for people to continue to subscribe.
There are ways, not so legal ways that you can get a copy of these PDFs but aside from that you wont see a download of PDFs unless there would be a way to DRM them which there is not at present

They used to do it. The change over was done so they had more leeway with articles instead of needing everything to conform to a monthly magazine style schedule.

I "wish" WotC paid attention to forums... Whilst I appreciate it gives them ideas I doubt they will go ahead with those ideas without putting out some official research anyways.

I do think it is interesting to see what people want but I would only be dissapointed when it doesnt happen.

I'm pretty sure they do. Do they always act on it? Probably not since they have a number of other sources of info, so what is on the forums might not always be consistent with the "truth..."

They're also a corporation, so the amount of time it takes them to get something moving and then finalized takes long enough that people don't think they're responding.

 

[delericho]

It doesn't give them "license" to do any of that. All it says is I'm ok with 2 adventures if it means a host of good other stuff.

The thing is that all of the things I described have already happened, or have at least been discussed publicly by WotC. And each step along the way, they've been defended by people saying they'd prefer less good content than more mediocre content.

I'd agree with that, except that it seems any uptick in quality is very temporary, while any reduction in quantity is permanent.

They need to stop compromising, or they'll kill the magazines (and, indeed, D&D) by a thousand cuts.

You make it sound as if it's a weird science experiment or math problem or something.

It's about discipline. Epic material is harder to produce than Paragon material, which is harder to produce than Heroic material. So, if something is going to be cut, it is always the Epic stuff first. But Epic support is already effectively dead, and Paragon is dying.

I want to see them adopt the discipline that they're going to support all the tiers. And if they're going to cut an adventure for an article, I want to see them adopt the discipline that they'll cut the Epic adventure last. And if that means they feel that cutting the Heroic adventure is too painful, then maybe their article just wasn't that good after all.

They should include in the magazine what people want and are using most.

Broadly I agree, but it should be proportional.

There are many more people playing Wizards than Seekers, so it's entirely reasonable that Wizards should get the lion's share of support. Likewise, there are inevitably many more people playing Heroic than Epic, so again it should get most support.

But I don't want to see Seekers and Epic play getting no support - over a period (a year, perhaps?), they should aim to provide something for everybody in their magazines. Otherwise, it's just the tyranny of the majority at work... which is especially galling when you consider that Wizards and Heroic play actually have less need of support than the more obscure areas of play.

 

[Scribble]

Buncha Stuff...

I had a response to this, but I decided I didn't want to take Kzach's thread even further off track. Suffice it to say that while I agree with some of what you said, I don't agree that's it's quite as X = Y.

 

[UnknownAtThisTime]

Poster Maps.

For sale individually, in map pack groups, with visible miniatures, etc.

Every "DM targetted product" should come with at least one battle map (some do now, but definitely not all).

 

[UnknownAtThisTime]

I want a PDF compilation of each Dragon and Dungeon each month. It doesn't have to be nice with correct page numbering. (Though can't you autogenerate the table of contents these days?). Instead of a PDF, I might even be happy with a zip file. Reading an entire month of articles online is very annoying due to slow loading times and all that.

I have been banging this drum since the announcement that compilations were no loonger going to be performed on a monthly basis. I even took DDi off auto renew, wrote 3 emails (none of which were answered) and sent an online "customer service query" which they promptly sent to the MtG group, where it still sits I suppose. In the end, I still subscribe to DDi of course. They win.

But seriously, I absolutely have "compiled Dragon and Dungeon" as a wish list item. This relatively simple task would make me very happy.

 

[hemera]

I'm looking for more book support of the artificer and the bard. I don't subscribe to ddi, so I'm holding out hope for an arcane power 2.

 

[IanB]

- 50% increase in word count for adventures in Dragon.

- Adventure Paths.

- Bring back extensive ecology-type details in the Monster Manual series. Shrink the print and cut back on the white space and art if you have to. I don't need an illustration for 14 different kinds of hobgoblin, but I would like a text description of what something looks like. This should be the first entry in every monster's description and it is baffling that it disappeared in 4e.

- Fix the monster builder so it can... build monsters.

- Better support for homebrew games in the character builder, particularly around deity choice and channel divinity feats/requirements. In fact I would be pretty happy if they excised campaign-specific fluff from the core rules entirely.

- Real DCI/OP support for the new skirmish game.

 

[ShakyFox]

I'd like for them to be a little less picky about paying via Paypal, so that I can raid the magazine archives legally. Or a 'pay-as-you-go' thing for each article.