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<blockquote data-quote="Sammael" data-source="post: 4658120" data-attributes="member: 4475">Well, they don't exactly owe us anything. However...Once upon a time, every WotC-produced book had an index. No more.Once upon a time, every WotC-produced book used new art. No more.Once upon a time, every WotC-produced book came with a web enhancement. No more.Once upon a time, WotC-produced books had more words per page and less white space. No more.Once upon a time, WotC-produced books were errata'ed for free. At some point, they stopped doing this for 3.x (offering a lot of different excuses for doing so), and they are now offering some errata for 4E, but to have the most up-to-date stuff, you have to subscribe to DDI.Once upon a time, WotC gave away a lot (perhaps too much) free stuff on their web page. Now they give away some, but most of it is in the form of product previews (which are advertisements... but since they got some people to buy not one, but two hardcover advertisements for 4E, I guess it's just a matter of time before the customers are expected to buy their advertisements).So, can we agree that the company and the business model have changed a lot over the past two years? Perhaps more than people are ready to swallow so easily?None of this affects me in any way, as I'm no longer a WotC customer, but I can understand the frustration of those who still are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sammael, post: 4658120, member: 4475"] Well, they don't exactly owe us anything. However... Once upon a time, every WotC-produced book had an index. No more. Once upon a time, every WotC-produced book used new art. No more. Once upon a time, every WotC-produced book came with a web enhancement. No more. Once upon a time, WotC-produced books had more words per page and less white space. No more. Once upon a time, WotC-produced books were errata'ed for free. At some point, they stopped doing this for 3.x (offering a lot of different excuses for doing so), and they are now offering some errata for 4E, but to have the most up-to-date stuff, you have to subscribe to DDI. Once upon a time, WotC gave away a lot (perhaps too much) free stuff on their web page. Now they give away some, but most of it is in the form of product previews (which are advertisements... but since they got some people to buy not one, but two hardcover advertisements for 4E, I guess it's just a matter of time before the customers are expected to buy their advertisements). So, can we agree that the company and the business model have changed [b]a lot[/b] over the past two years? Perhaps more than people are ready to swallow so easily? None of this affects me in any way, as I'm no longer a WotC customer, but I can understand the frustration of those who still are. [/QUOTE]

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