Holy sheepdip - wotc to republish old editions

[cyderak]

That's nice. The real (rhetorical question) is why you decided to rain on other people's parade.

While everyone has a right to an opinion, with that right comes the responsibility to find the right time and place to express it. This above comes across as threadcrapping.

Relax there chief..........I was just expressing my opinion.

Not out to start another edition war, those things are annoying. Over-educated boxing matches.

I have my RPG preferences (Pathfinder) ........and you have yours.

I won't get into it anymore than that.

My question would be, whats the coastal wizards up to by re-releasing older editions?

Is it a "HA....We have 4 total editions of RPG for anyone to compete against" type of thing?

Just curious.



Threadcrapping........thats a new one.....

 

[Stormonu]

Renting older edition stuff is narmed.

I took it more to mean "we're going to put these books on a sale price of $1 each, and offer that deal for a year. Next year, we'll scan and make these block of books available for $1." I took it you would still keep the PDF, but which ones would be available would be rotated about on a yearly basis.

Of course, I could be wrong, but I reserve the right to give them the benefit of the doubt.

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On another note, I don't know if anyone else noticed, but a lot of the things WotC was proffering - Paizo is already doing. It was if ... they felt threatened ...

 

[Umbran]

Relax there chief..........I was just expressing my opinion.

Be aware, in general, we ask you not to respond to moderation in-thread. If you have a question, or wish to have the mod understand where you were coming from, do it in e-mail or PM, please.

Threadcrapping........thats a new one.....

The Urban Dictionary recognizes the term, so it isn't all that new.

 

[Argyle King]

Could somebody please clarify how the subscription to older books thing is supposed to work?

Is it akin to 'renting' the older books by paying an additional fee on top of your monthly DDi fee?


If so, that takes an idea that I thought sounded awesome (being able to have access to the old material) , and instead turns it into something which is not appealing at all.

 

[Stormonu]

10:57 Q: For next August’s setting, any hints and when will it be announced? A: It’s not Dragonlance. Well, it does have dragons. Tease: “It’s not just a setting, but it’s a way to play. Something that D&D hasn’t tried before.” “Twist” is a good word (James)

Hmmm...Council of Wyrms, perhaps?

 

[Guest 85555]

Could somebody please clarify how the subscription to older books thing is supposed to work?

Is it akin to 'renting' the older books by paying an additional fee on top of your monthly DDi fee?


If so, that takes an idea that I thought sounded awesome (being able to have access to the old material) , and instead turns it into something which is not appealing at all.

I hope they don't do that. I'd like to buy some new prints of 1e and 2e, but have no interest to ddi subscription. As a general rule i dont do online subscriptions.

 

[Agamon]

Hmmm...Council of Wyrms, perhaps?

My first thought, too. Except that D&D has done that before....

 

[Stormonu]

My first thought, too. Except that D&D has done that before....

I'm crossing my fingers that when they say "D&D", they mean 4E (specifically).

 

[Agamon]

I hope they don't do that. I'd like to buy some new prints of 1e and 2e, but have no interest to ddi subscription. As a general rule i dont do online subscriptions.

I, on the other hand, think it's a great idea. Buy a bunch of older books that I may or may not use, or have access to all of them for a fee?

And while it'd obviously be above and beyond the DDI subscription, I'm guessing it wouldn't require it (why would you need access to 4e stuff if you're getting access to the older stuff?)

 

[Guest 85555]

I, on the other hand, think it's a great idea. Buy a bunch of older books that I may or may not use, or have access to all of them for a fee?

And while it'd obviously be above and beyond the DDI subscription, I'm guessing it wouldn't require it (why would you need access to 4e stuff if you're getting access to the older stuff?)

This just doesn't appeal to me. I dont like being locked into a monthly fee if I want access to the books. Online fees in general I don't go for.