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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 4850728" data-attributes="member: 518">I caved in, and bought a 3 month sub to DDI before the price jacked up. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/blush.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="Blush    :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" />I was one  very disappointed 4E  fan due to the VTT becoming vaporware and the middling adventure quality I'd seen in the first free issues of digital Dungeon, so I had wrote the DDI off and decided "not for me". But I figured with the impending increase I'd see if it had improved any.After having access to everything the past few days-I *REALLY* wish I had sub'ed at the old price for a year. I've found Dragon to be something I'd get more use out of as far as the magazines go which is weird, but there have also been a few adventures I'd run (though not a fan of the AP they are doing at all). The design philosophy articles are a fun read. I have a hard time fathoming (due to my groggy-ness) that I often agree with them, enjoy 4E for what it is and has done to reinvent itself,  and yet I still love the LBBs and Moldvay Cook Marsh- it's all good. Even though I'll never use/like all of it (the magazines), it's a good buy and def worth 6 bucks a month, IMO.The Compendium is extremely useful as it allows me to preview the crunch of the books and determine if they are something worth my time to browse through and buy . (keep in mind I'm  ahrdcore "core rules" DM-I've only bought the 1s, and just last week bought MM2 and PHB2).  In some cases I've said "OK-thats something I have to have as a physical book", and others where I said " OK, I like those two monsters, and a few of the Magic Items, but I don't need to blow $30.00 on that book"  The Character Builder- I *hate* using computers for gaming- I really do and have always avoided it for FTF gaming- but I'm getting a  kick out of this thing. With the math heaviness of the WOTC editions- I can see the great amount of utility here.My only real issues/concerns are that 1) I get all kinds of crashes whether downloading PDFs of the magazines, or using the Compendium with Firefox (my usual browser). Inernet Explorer works much more smoothly with far fewer crashes.2) I'd pay the bit extra for a POD feature. I miss the printed magazines!!!!!! <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/cry.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":.-(" title="Cry    :.-(" data-shortname=":.-(" />3) I realize not every adventure will be suitable for me personally (and I KNOW I'm a picky SOB when it comes to Adventures) but how about a couple more adventures or at the least some smallish plug n'play mini mods per issue????  3  (one of which is an AP adventure) just doesn't cut the mustard.4) PLEASE start using the adventure format used in Keep on the ShadowFell  for the Dungeon mag adventures. The current format which is like the late 3E format is a PITA.That is all.Roger.Over.</blockquote>

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