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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghostwind" data-source="post: 919756" data-attributes="member: 3060">Erik, thanks for weighing in. The fact that Dungeon and Poly will never be separated into two individual magazines is certainly a sticking point with much of the community here. Your points outlined shows that, while you are listening to the complaints, there are parameters that will not be changed. The magazine will always be color due to the need to attract more advertisers and there is a likelihood that there may even be an increase in the number of ads. This rigidity, while understandable from a business standpoint, may fuel even greater dissent in the long run.If you look at the major components that seem to be the source of conflict: Dungeon content, Poly content, LG Journal, and Star Wars material, you see the largest complaints (at least here) fall into a Dungeon vs. Poly mentality. Since the material that makes up the Star Wars and LG Journal sections have more to do with general gaming than actual adventuring, why not move them to Dragon? In my humble opinion, this would be a better themed fit. It appears that there is a mindset that Dragon cannot be touched and that any modifications must only be to Dungeon. I hope this is a misconception. General gaming articles belong in a magazine devoted to gaming articles. Doing this, would allow more space for Dungeon adventures and yet still allow room for Poly and its mini-games.I agree with the opinion that the current comics should be dropped in Dungeon. Again, in my opinion, if humor must be inserted, it should be done with small strips of single to three panels only that could fit at the bottom of a page or in a spot position. Keep the big humor stuff restricted to Dragon.It is clear that some alterations in the format must be made and you are certainly stuck in a no-win scenario. If you took a look at using your strongest asset (Dragon) to assist in further modifying the format of Dungeon/Poly then perhaps it would not be so necessary to strongly consider cancelling Dungeon.On a separate note, IF the decision to cancel Dungeon does come to pass, I assume you will have a realistic plan in place beforehand to handle existing subscribers and their concerns (unlike what happened when the decision to go monthly was announced and the confusion that was spawned as a result). I would suggest the options of:1. A refund equal to the amount of the existing subscription.2. Transfer of subscription to Dragon magazine with the addition of a single bonus issue as a way of saying thank you for the support.3. Extension of an existing Dragon subscription by the time remaining on the former Dungeon subscription plus the additional bonus issue.Perhaps this should be an option now for anyone who is upset with the current format of Dungeon? Why not allow customers who are dissatisfied with Dungeon to transfer their existing subscription to Dragon or use it to extend their current Dragon extension? Seems like a plausible alternative to me.</blockquote>

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