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Message: <blockquote data-quote="00Machado" data-source="post: 4333787" data-attributes="member: 23690">What they should do is release these types of things through the digital iniative, as content for Dragon and Dungeon magazines.Wasn't the the whole point of them moving things online so that we can get this type of content?I agree with one of the early comments that asked what could have been removed from the books to make room for this content? It looks to me like the answer is not much. Sure, they could have made the books bigger, but then we'd be talking about how their usefulness is shifting more toward "clutter", than "concise".I also agree that they should provide long time fans of the game with the tools to play similar to how they've played before. (classes, feats, monsters - all updated to reflect changes to the new edition).I think a good strategy would be to release this supplemental meterial through the DDI, then fold it into later print products (Not as an "official" version. The point of the DDI content should be that it is an official version. But putting it in printed products makes it available to those who don't subscribe to the DDI, and those who want it in a bound product).If they do make updates to the printed material, it should be reflected in the latest DDI content as well, so that subscribers who pay for the development of this stuff don't have to go out and buy it in print to have the latest stats. That was part of the promise of the digital initiative - updated errata for the content you've already paid for, based on a subscription fee.I think a compromise like this would work nicely - and everyone would win.More content now. Same content becomes available to non-subscribers later. Content still retains value to those who've subscribed.</blockquote>

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