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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 3420918" data-attributes="member: 6957">And you call that process 'not jumping through hoops'? Sorry, but the hoops are up, and you jumped through them. You may have thought the process worth the trouble, but you did indeed have to go through steps that should not have been necessary. Nor do all laptops have USB ports (though most do these days). For that matter, the computer at my old job did not have a USB port either. (Great printer, lousy computer... still running Win 98 last I heard.) I may have an axe to grind, but you are far too forgiving. As for tools for 40K and WFB I still find AB 2 works just fine - I have nothing against the programs themselves, it is the licensing that I object to, and at least locally I am in the majority on that one. AB 2 does indeed work very well. While I have only tried the demo version of AB3 it did not seem so much better that I would pay again every year to keep it up to date.Lone Wolf is not the only company that has annoyed me with such licensing, though at least they were honest about it on their website. I got burned before, and ditched the program (a desktop publishing and graphics suite) with great speed, returning it to the store the next day, and unlike Lone Wolf they did not have the courtesy to mention the internet requirement or licensing in their advertising. So yes, part of this is bitterness towards licensed as opposed to purchased software. Another part of it is that I was really looking forward to AB3 until they announced their licensing. I would have purchased it immediately if they had not done that. I doubt that I am alone in this regard, and suspect that Lone Wolf is hurting their own sales by at least as much as the piracy would have. Even WotC eventually decided that they lost too many sales due to DRM protection over on Drive Thru RPG. This is just another form of DRM.Heck, in spite of my annoyance with Lone Wolf I do still use AB2 for WH40K, Mordheim, and WHFB, and if they dropped the licensing I would buy AB3, but if and until then the program can remain on the virtual shelves.The Auld Grump*EDIT* Made a touch less confrontational.</blockquote>

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