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<blockquote data-quote="Tervin" data-source="post: 4356969" data-attributes="member: 66491">You didn't read that there will be tokens in place for all of the monsters? Or that the virtual minis will only be there for some of the monsters? If you did read those things - how is then virtual minis something that is necessary for using the virtual tabletop? If you bothered to check the info that is out on the virtual tabletop, instead of just speculating wildly, you would see that they have promised that if just one person in the playing group owns the mini, it can be used at the table and everyone will see it.I think there are serious problems with how WotC have been handling the DDi as a whole and the virtual tabletop in particular. The virtual minis bit though is a non issue. They are just a bit of unnecessary fluff that you can pay for if you feel like it, but noone will ever need. I am happy to know that if I choose to pay $10 a month for the DDI I will not have part of that used to produce that kind of crap, but that it will instead be used for things I would actually have use for. Stuff that would improve my game and help it run more smoothly, not just a bit of face candy.The real problem with the DDI is that WotC have not in their history ever shown themselves trustworthy when it comes to software development, and that they so far have done very little to change that image. I want the virtual tabletop, both for use in traditional games and for playing with friends far away. Yes there are alternatives, but this thing has so much more potential.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tervin, post: 4356969, member: 66491"] You didn't read that there will be tokens in place for all of the monsters? Or that the virtual minis will only be there for some of the monsters? If you did read those things - how is then virtual minis something that is necessary for using the virtual tabletop? If you bothered to check the info that is out on the virtual tabletop, instead of just speculating wildly, you would see that they have promised that if just one person in the playing group owns the mini, it can be used at the table and everyone will see it. I think there are serious problems with how WotC have been handling the DDi as a whole and the virtual tabletop in particular. The virtual minis bit though is a non issue. They are just a bit of unnecessary fluff that you can pay for if you feel like it, but noone will ever need. I am happy to know that if I choose to pay $10 a month for the DDI I will not have part of that used to produce that kind of crap, but that it will instead be used for things I would actually have use for. Stuff that would improve my game and help it run more smoothly, not just a bit of face candy. The real problem with the DDI is that WotC have not in their history ever shown themselves trustworthy when it comes to software development, and that they so far have done very little to change that image. I want the virtual tabletop, both for use in traditional games and for playing with friends far away. Yes there are alternatives, but this thing has so much more potential. [/QUOTE]

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