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<blockquote data-quote="MostlyHarmless42" data-source="post: 8662013" data-attributes="member: 6845520">Or, I remember what a $&amp;&gt;/show the 4e days were, largely in part due to proven track record of WoTC mishandling their in house and contracted electronic program support (that is still onging today, how'd that Dark Alliance game turn out, btw?), the horrific workculture issues that were allegedly rampant in WoTC, despite what they are now trying to revise, and the fact that searchable pdfs of roleplaying products are just as effective as their stupid website, far cheaper for the actual customer, and are more or less the industry standard for literally every other Tabletop RPG except D&amp;D.Precisely this.This still requires me to purchase the books and have a subscription service for their website. It also doesn't result in searchable pdfs with bookmarked links to different categories and tables (stuff that many pdf files have). It also doesn't address my main concern: I dont want to have an acount with D&amp;D Beyond. I didn't want myself associated originally with the cultural cesspool that is Twitch, nor do I want a Facebook account, nor do I want to link my google email. I despise social media and do not want any sort of overlap what-so-ever. I'll concede I've not checked if the purchase to being directly under WoTC has changed this detail or not but initially you could not even create an account with a twitch account. I raised my concerns about this over the product's beta development, just as I did my concerns about having to both purchase the books AND have a subscription. Additionally I do not want any part of a service that can be arbitrarily taken away from me at any point if I am putting money into it. The addition of an offline mode would allow one to make a backup to prevent that from happening (which is why they don't want to do it). Frankly at this point D&amp;D Beyond to me is a poisoned well, one which I want no part of.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MostlyHarmless42, post: 8662013, member: 6845520"] Or, I remember what a $&>/show the 4e days were, largely in part due to proven track record of WoTC mishandling their in house and contracted electronic program support (that is still onging today, how'd that Dark Alliance game turn out, btw?), the horrific workculture issues that were allegedly rampant in WoTC, despite what they are now trying to revise, and the fact that [I]searchable[/I] pdfs of roleplaying products are just as effective as their stupid website, far cheaper for the actual customer, and are more or less the industry standard for literally [I]every[/I] other Tabletop RPG [I]except[/I] D&D. Precisely this. This still requires me to purchase the books and have a subscription service for their website. It also doesn't result in searchable pdfs with bookmarked links to different categories and tables (stuff that many pdf files have). It also doesn't address my main concern: I dont [I]want[/I] to have an acount with D&D Beyond. I didn't want myself associated originally with the cultural cesspool that is Twitch, nor do I want a Facebook account, nor do I want to link my google email. I [I]despise[/I] social media and do not want any sort of overlap what-so-ever. I'll concede I've not checked if the purchase to being directly under WoTC has changed this detail or not but initially you could not even create an account with a twitch account. I raised my concerns about this over the product's beta development, just as I did my concerns about having to both purchase the books AND have a subscription. Additionally I do not want any part of a service that can be arbitrarily taken away from me at any point if I am putting money into it. The addition of an offline mode would allow one to make a backup to prevent that from happening (which is why they don't want to do it). Frankly at this point D&D Beyond to me is a poisoned well, one which I want no part of. [/QUOTE]

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