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<blockquote data-quote="Doc_Klueless" data-source="post: 5067819" data-attributes="member: 261"><p>I find D&D Insider has greatly reduced not only my need but my compulsion to buy 4e books. Don't need 'em. I can look at all the new stuff right though DDI. Anyone else find they're feeling the same way? </p><p></p><p>I wonder how much DDI has affected the sales of D&D books. I don't think WotC's bottom line will be much affected by it if the books are being replaced by a monthly/yearly subscription to DDI.</p><p></p><p>DDI places hundreds of rituals, thousands of powers, thousands of magic items and thousands of... er... other stuff right at my fingertips.</p><p></p><p>I also wonder if other game companies are paying attention to the draw that DDI has on the 4e crowd including those who might otherwise drift off to other game systems if it wasn't for the fantastic usefulness of DDI. It's almost a chore to do up characters in 3.5 or Pathfinder after cranking out some using the wonderful Character Builder. It's not, really, but the contrast between using computer assistance vs. not and having a character generator that keeps pretty much up to date vs. one that may or may not be updated in a timely manner.</p><p></p><p>I wish Mongoose would make something like that for RuneQuest II. </p><p></p><p>I wonder these things when I should be paying attention in my Master's level Anatomy and Physiology classes. Especially during my pharmacology lectures when the instructor is droning on about volitile inhalation anesthetics. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>(Please excuse any typos. I'm too relaxed to get up and find my reading glasses.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc_Klueless, post: 5067819, member: 261"] I find D&D Insider has greatly reduced not only my need but my compulsion to buy 4e books. Don't need 'em. I can look at all the new stuff right though DDI. Anyone else find they're feeling the same way? I wonder how much DDI has affected the sales of D&D books. I don't think WotC's bottom line will be much affected by it if the books are being replaced by a monthly/yearly subscription to DDI. DDI places hundreds of rituals, thousands of powers, thousands of magic items and thousands of... er... other stuff right at my fingertips. I also wonder if other game companies are paying attention to the draw that DDI has on the 4e crowd including those who might otherwise drift off to other game systems if it wasn't for the fantastic usefulness of DDI. It's almost a chore to do up characters in 3.5 or Pathfinder after cranking out some using the wonderful Character Builder. It's not, really, but the contrast between using computer assistance vs. not and having a character generator that keeps pretty much up to date vs. one that may or may not be updated in a timely manner. I wish Mongoose would make something like that for RuneQuest II. I wonder these things when I should be paying attention in my Master's level Anatomy and Physiology classes. Especially during my pharmacology lectures when the instructor is droning on about volitile inhalation anesthetics. ;) (Please excuse any typos. I'm too relaxed to get up and find my reading glasses.) [/QUOTE]
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