Four Whines and a Funeral

[Ruin Explorer]

Point the First: The Rules Compendium is anything but. It doesn't include the Rules, nor will it (AFAIK). The utility value of this puppy just dropped faster than the value of my small, can't miss, mircocap internet stocks back in the bad ol' days.

Yes. Still correctable, thankfully. Also problematic is the fact that it's not what they lead us to believe it would be. Perhaps this will change. Currently it's not much use for anything but chargen, if you actually have a couple of PHBs round the table.

Point the Second: Charging additional fees for virtual minis. Come on, man, that's an ass move. I've always hated dropping $19.95 at the amusement park's gate only to find The Coaster of Doom will run you another $4.50. You've got tons of MMOs out there slapping out content without charging anything other than a standard subscription price, yet we have to be different to get a static 3d model? Is this the airline industry? Pffffft.

This is an outright stupid idea, and I don't believe it's going to fly. As for "adapt or die" nonsense, no, vote with your dollar. If you don't buy them, they will either change their model, or they will be the ones losing money, not me. Microtransaction are only ay of the future for some purposes, not all. This isn't one of the things they work for.

Point the Third: The GSL. I don't give a hoot or a holler about 3rd Party Products. Sorry if I've offended you. But I do realize that many, many gamers do. Why stick a thumb in the community's eye? And why the heck limit (as far as I can tell) software that does nothing more than make the game easier to play? If I had faith in e-WotC, I wouldn't worry, but I don't, so I do.

Yes, and I honestly do not believe that The Rouse etc. are happy with what their lawyers have given them. It's a silly document that encourages people to keep a safe distance from it.

Point the Fourth: Dammit, I miss my regular dead-tree versions of Dragon and Dungeon. I don't care if Paizo's doing it or not (though I firmly believe the best heydays of either magazine were under the Paizo regime), but someone should be doing it. On paper. Sending it in the mail. The laptop gets too hot on my legs when I'm on the throne reading articles for an extended period of time; I never had that problem with the paper versions of the magazines.

This isn't a big deal to me, but I have to admit, 4E represents the first time in around a decade that I would actively buy dead-tree Dungeon and Dragon.

 

[Scribble]

You are avoiding the monthly fee? And get virtual miniatures for free? Tell us how!

Well Virtual minis aren't out yet... And they haven't started charging... so yeah I'm avoiding the fee.

 

[ProfessorCirno]

I don't get the "ADAPT OR DIE!" bit. I mean, I can see how it works, but don't you have it backwards? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's the person who makes the goods that has to adapt to public desires or die.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I don't get the "ADAPT OR DIE!" bit. I mean, I can see how it works, but don't you have it backwards? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's the person who makes the goods that has to adapt to public desires or die.

Generally, it depends - if the public has a choice, the person making the goods will have to adapt. If not, well the public still has to take what you give them and if they don't, they'll miss out something.

I am not sure what applies in this context.

 

[ProfessorCirno]

Generally, it depends - if the public has a choice, the person making the goods will have to adapt. If not, well the public still has to take what you give them and if they don't, they'll miss out something.

I am not sure what applies in this context.

Someone claimed that "microtransfers are the way of the future, adapt or die" when talking about the virtual minis. And I agree. Wizards needs to adapt or...well, not DIE, but at least start losing money and support.

 

[Bagpuss]

Microtransactions or subscription not both.

 

[Particle_Man]

Generally, it depends - if the public has a choice, the person making the goods will have to adapt. If not, well the public still has to take what you give them and if they don't, they'll miss out something.

I am not sure what applies in this context.

I think I can go happily through the next 100 years (or whatever my alloted lifespan will be) without ever having a virtual mini, or dying sooner than otherwise because of a lack of virtual minis. Does that count as me adapting?

 

[theRogueRooster]

Microtransactions or subscription not both.

For me, this. I don't mind microtransactions and I don't mind monthly subscriptions. What I do mind is having them both mixed together. Chocolate and peanut butter this ain't.

-tRR