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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 3706553" data-attributes="member: 15651">I expect 5e will be started on within a couple of years.  The timing and execution of its release will be based upon marketing and business concerns.  Since I expect that, I don't need to "trust" WotC, I will make my decisions about 4e and any future releases based upon my own judgment of value right now, not trust that what I buy now will still be the current mode in six years.  I don't see how they are turning the game into a MMORPG from what I've seen.  I'm not going to have to play the game on a computer, using their designed world, meeting only their designed NPC, interacting with them in their designed manner.  What I will get is something I've often wished for, and I know other have as well since there have been threads about it - a way to have digital maps displayed, use digital minis and improve the ability to play remotely.  Other than that it will still be my game, with my designed encounters challenging my players' designed characters.  Non-combat interactions won't be any different, players will still ask NPCs questions I will respond for the NPCs (sometimes using a bad accent) the way I think they should answer, not from a menu of choices. Umm, I don't think you are going to need anything from the subscription service to play the game.  Buy the core rules, never subscribe to anything and you can still play with your friends around the table.  You might not have every option available to you, but you can play. Please don't try and tell me that I cannot see beyond some fanboy attitude.  I've been selective about my D&D purchases for years and always will be.  I see promise and opportunity to do things I want in my game with 4e and the DI.  I'm optimistic that it will turn out good.  If you really have this much hate for WotC, please feel free to stop playing and don't crap on those who aren't as bitter as you seem to be.</blockquote>

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