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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 328987" data-attributes="member: 151">It shouldn't?  Why not?  I'm guessing you're not a big fan of Linus Torvald, then?  (and just so I'm not accused of speaking over your head, I'll save you the google search...he's the fella for whom Linux is named).  An open source project that is as well-run as PCgen is should easily be able to contend with a small company like Fluid.  PCgen has a stated design intent and hasn't changed direction radically during development.  They have a larger group to perform the work, and they can collectively call upon a huge base of developers to work on the task.  PCgen is an example of well the open source approach works.You also seem to equate 'trying to make a reasonable assessment of' with 'sings the praises of'.  I currently use both tools.  eTools has some serious flaws in it, the greatest of which is the lack of Templates.  This is a serious mistake, and it costs the program big-time.  This hardly makes it useless and flawed beyond reason.Further, I'm guessing you haven't used PCGen that extensively, either.  I personally think PCgen has made ENORMOUS strides from it's earlier releases. So much so, that it is extremely useful...but it has it's share of bugs and flaws, too.  That you haven't discovered these doesn't mean they aren't there.  The more rules that exist, the more complex the model will have to be.  Both tools apprach the problem from different directions, and have varying degrees of success with different tasks.If you are disappointed in eTools, and there's no reason you shouldn't be, then by all means state your dissatisfaction.  But don't be suprised if you make a bald-faced statement in ignorance of how software development works, and then get called on it by people more knowledgable than yourself on the subject.As for spending $300 on the game....well, so what?  When was it promised to you that an electronic tool would be given to you?  Surely you don't think you're owed such a thing?  You'd be justified to complain that an inadequate tool has been delivered to you, but I don't think you've got a leg to stand on, if your main source of contention is that you should expect it based on previous sales.  No one bought their D&D books expecting an electronic tool to come along later...they bought them to play a game.  Not content to wait for someone else to give them something, my players developed an Excel spreadsheet using some complicated tables to calculate everything they need.  If I didn't have eTools or PCgen, I'd just pen and paper and fudge it a tad.  Come to think of it, the PCgen folks did that from the start.</blockquote>

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