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<blockquote data-quote="whearp" data-source="post: 5367112" data-attributes="member: 67648">I understand and feel for your frustration even though I am perfectly happy with my DDI subscription and look forward to the new web tools, but I have to jump in and put in my thoughts at this point.I'm worried I'm getting ready to get myself in a lot of trouble by saying this, but I agree with WotC's decision to stop selling PDF versions of the books. ~Ducks~The problem here is that there still isn't, well, any way to ensure the security of digital handbooks. They day after release of a books digitally it would be widely available on 4chan, rapidfind, torrents and friendly ftp servers everywhere. I know at least a dozen or two cheapskate slacker gamers that would download the entire catalog, not ever buy a single pay product, and never bat an eyelash. That's not cool. The D&amp;D team deserves to get paid for the product they are creating.Now I know that the present lack of native PDF books hasn't stopped pirating, but at least the pirated PDFs of the newer books are bulky, blurry scans. I know this is probably an unpopular sentiment, but I believe that WotC is a good organization. I don't think they are swimming in pools of our money on yachts. I want DDI to improve, but not at the expense of the core pen and paper game. We just need to hang in there and trust that they will do their best.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="whearp, post: 5367112, member: 67648"] I understand and feel for your frustration even though I am perfectly happy with my DDI subscription and look forward to the new web tools, but I have to jump in and put in my thoughts at this point. I'm worried I'm getting ready to get myself in a lot of trouble by saying this, but I agree with WotC's decision to stop selling PDF versions of the books. ~Ducks~ The problem here is that there still isn't, well, any way to ensure the security of digital handbooks. They day after release of a books digitally it would be widely available on 4chan, rapidfind, torrents and friendly ftp servers everywhere. I know at least a dozen or two cheapskate slacker gamers that would download the entire catalog, not ever buy a single pay product, and never bat an eyelash. That's not cool. The D&D team deserves to get paid for the product they are creating. Now I know that the present lack of native PDF books hasn't stopped pirating, but at least the pirated PDFs of the newer books are bulky, blurry scans. I know this is probably an unpopular sentiment, but I believe that WotC is a good organization. I don't think they are swimming in pools of our money on yachts. I want DDI to improve, but not at the expense of the core pen and paper game. We just need to hang in there and trust that they will do their best. [/QUOTE]

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