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Legend
Hobo said:
That's subjective, as will my comments be, but Dragon certainly doesn't seem to have the focus of the old magazine (unless the focus is slipping a 4E ad in wherever possible).
The Fortress of the Yuan-ti article (for example) is of no use to a Player and contains DM eyes only stuff, in the past Dragon articles were either directly usable by a player (feats, classes, etc.) or full of favour that a player might learn in game (ecology articles, etc.)
I like the concept but once again it fails to deliver and is very poorly executed.
To give an example....
Here's the Dragon #360 Gallery.
and here's the Demonomicon of Iggwilv article.
Why does the thumbnail in the gallery link to this tiny 400 by 503 image when the article's image links to this massive 1000 by 1257 image?
The larger image is already on the web site. If I want the image I want the best quality one, found by the quickest method. If they are offering a gallery then that's the first place you look for images, and yet it points you to a really low quality image (it's even smaller that the one that appeared in the article itself (550 x 692).
Of course the reason for doing this is because the Art Gallery is accessible to people that aren't subscribed to the D&D Insider content. But the higher quality images within the article aren't (well unless you know the direct link address). So perhaps they are teasers to get you to sign up for the hi quality art?
Wouldn't it be better in that case to just show the thumbnails, and if you click on them (and you are signed in) it takes you to the full art, but if you aren't signed in it asks you to sign in. You know like a proper secure website.
I'll wait if the PDF's don't even include basic things like bookmarks I won't be happy, I'm not confident however the Dungeon PDF adventures didn't have them.
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Focused meaning a great Demonicon article, the Dukes of Hell article, dragon-related locations, and Ecology of the Death Knight fluff piece.
