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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Firebird" data-source="post: 9379431" data-attributes="member: 7015803">Right now it is a pretty minor benefit. I assume if they consider this "early access" to be a success, they'll continue it with future books. It's not a huge step from there to subclasses being released months ahead of time, for subscribers, as they are completed, and only later compiled into a book. It's not a huge step from there to subclasses being released which are never released in a book. My concern isn't that their practices now are so bad for the consumers; they are minor, they leave a bitter taste, but nothing to get worked over. But, it could presage some worse practices in the future. I don't get the discount. Hardcover price is $50. Digital is $30. Hardcover + Digital is $60, which they sell as "$20 off for digital". Hardcover + Digital for three books gives you $180. So there isn't really a bundle discount; it's just the "hardcover + digital" discount you get for each book individually. Worth noting that the norm among other RPG publishers is to give PDFs free of charge with all physical purchases. I get that "digital" with D&D Beyond gives you more than a pdf would. But I don't game online and won't use any of that. I would use a PDF. I don't like that I'm expected to pay extra. (It is forgiveable given the low cost of the print book...although I still don't get what "Digital" means. Is it a PDF or D&D Beyond access only?)Correct. As WotC shifts from primarily selling print products to selling print/digital and subscriptions, they will make changes to favor the new business model at the expense of the old one. That isn't ideal for people who like the older model. (It doesn't make WotC evil, before anyone reads that into my post).</blockquote>

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