Dragon 400th Issue?

[Wicht]

So which are you doing, celebrating the 400th issue, or mourning that not only is there no longer any hardcopy of the magazine, but that there isn't even something that you can collectively read with all the articles (PDF or other) in one go (such as going through the PDF, or otherwise).

Mourning.

 

[Dannager]

Neither side is right or wrong, just of differing opinions. If we all agreed on everything then discussion boards would be a rather uninteresting place.

There is a difference between offering up a potentially constructive opinion and making bitter, declarative statements rooted in hyperbole and wild overreaction. We could do with much more of the former and much less of the latter. This isn't unique to the tabletop gaming community. Many, many geek niche communities suffer from this problem, and it's one of the few remaining things that prevents the whole idea of geekdom from being more attractive.

 

[IronWolf]

There is a difference between offering up a potentially constructive opinion and making bitter, declarative statements rooted in hyperbole and wild overreaction. We could do with much more of the former and much less of the latter. This isn't unique to the tabletop gaming community. Many, many geek niche communities suffer from this problem, and it's one of the few remaining things that prevents the whole idea of geekdom from being more attractive.

I just went back and re-read the thread. I really don't see any posts that I would call bitter statements, just the points made that I mentioned earlier. I am sure those exist in other threads but this thread looks pretty mellow and simply a handful of people saying they don't think Dragon counts as a magazine in its current iteration and release format.

While I know there are lots of extreme views on WotC and that some threads quickly degenerate into "WotC is everything that is wrong with D&D" I don't think this is one of those threads.

 

[Zaran]

I believe they removed compilations not because it takes a bit of time to create but to combat people buying a month's subscription and downloading all the backissues then unsubscribing. The thing is people can still do that and would save space by only getting what they want. I have to agree that we can not really call it issue 400 except for maybe "this is the 400th month that we put out info to the fans".

While it maybe possible that there is only a handful of people running the DnD portion of WotC but then I think they should hire more people if they are lacking in manpower.

 

[Mournblade94]

There is a difference between offering up a potentially constructive opinion and making bitter, declarative statements rooted in hyperbole and wild overreaction. We could do with much more of the former and much less of the latter. This isn't unique to the tabletop gaming community. Many, many geek niche communities suffer from this problem, and it's one of the few remaining things that prevents the whole idea of geekdom from being more attractive.

The only hyperbole is actually the responses to the criticism. Clearly you are frustrated that people have a differing opinion. Relax, the criticism is not aimed at *YOU* who would enjoy the new format, nor is it suggested that those that prefer online content be denied.

Proper analysis would show the criticism valid and proper.

I for one think that Wizards of the Coast regrets some of their past actions, and is now only feeling the impact on the bottom line of the brand. It should be used as a case study in brand loyalty.