Industrygothica's "Those Left Behind" [OOC]

[Scott DeWar]

re: rl group...yes! i am in one here! mua ha ha ha ha!

as for the price he paid, Leif, it might be worthy to note that he can down load all back issues of dungeon and dragon and i think he said he has acces to the books as well...if i recall correctly.

 

[Leif]

Oh, no! Another shill for Wizards! They're everywhere!

 

[industrygothica]

re: rl group...yes! i am in one here! mua ha ha ha ha!

as for the price he paid, Leif, it might be worthy to note that he can down load all back issues of dungeon and dragon and i think he said he has acces to the books as well...if i recall correctly.

Not access to the book per se, but access to the player material inside them via the character builder. To be honest, that's the whole reason I wanted the subscription; that I can pump out a character of any level in less than 30 minutes and know without certainty that it's complete and legal, because it'll tell you "your character is complete and legal," and that I can do it for an entire year, is totally worth it to me. And the power cards attached to the character sheet are a real boon as well since it gives you all the attack and damage bonuses right on it, along with the rules text from the books, so you don't have to go looking it up again.

Maybe I sound like a shill--but you should hear what I would sound like had I paid my $60 and not been pleased with the product...


-IG

 

[Leif]

Not access to the book per se, but access to the player material inside them via the character builder. To be honest, that's the whole reason I wanted the subscription; that I can pump out a character of any level in less than 30 minutes and know without certainty that it's complete and legal, because it'll tell you "your character is complete and legal," and that I can do it for an entire year, is totally worth it to me. And the power cards attached to the character sheet are a real boon as well since it gives you all the attack and damage bonuses right on it, along with the rules text from the books, so you don't have to go looking it up again.
Maybe I sound like a shill--but you should hear what I would sound like had I paid my $60 and not been pleased with the product...
-IG

"Without Certainty", eh? That's worth the price alone!

 

[jkason]

Okay, apologies: I just moved, and my internet is not cooperating (seriously, Comcast, how can your setup program tell me the modem isn't connected correctly when I got the program by downloading it through the cable modem connection? Argh!), and I'm not having as much time at work to sneak in posts the last few days (catching up from taking time off for the move). I'm trying to catch up, but feel free to NPC Shai and Dyspeer however you see fit if you're waiting on me, and hopefully tonight's call to tech support will be fruitful.

jason

 

[Leif]

IG, can I please take over Dyspeer for just a minute? Oh, plllleeeeeaaase? Just long enough to have him hike on Rogash's leg?

 

[Friadoc]

I just hope the DDI finishes up and delivers on what they previous offered, i.e. the virtual tabletop and digital minis....but, considering all the information that you get, in theory, you could easily just buy the DDI yearly, instead of the printed books, yet get all the information from the printed books.

It wouldn't surprise me if that was part of their intention, as it would turn their product chain into a lot more pure profit. But, I still hope that they plan on producing and selling a number of print copies, too, since...well, we all like having printed books, too.

 

[industrygothica]

Okay, apologies: I just moved, and my internet is not cooperating (seriously, Comcast, how can your setup program tell me the modem isn't connected correctly when I got the program by downloading it through the cable modem connection? Argh!), and I'm not having as much time at work to sneak in posts the last few days (catching up from taking time off for the move). I'm trying to catch up, but feel free to NPC Shai and Dyspeer however you see fit if you're waiting on me, and hopefully tonight's call to tech support will be fruitful.

jason

Good luck with that! One would think that, as popular and as important as the internet seems to be with most people and companies, they'd have the installation of such down to a science. So why is it that every time one has a go at a new install, we're suddenly back in 1995?

I just hope the DDI finishes up and delivers on what they previous offered, i.e. the virtual tabletop and digital minis....but, considering all the information that you get, in theory, you could easily just buy the DDI yearly, instead of the printed books, yet get all the information from the printed books.

It wouldn't surprise me if that was part of their intention, as it would turn their product chain into a lot more pure profit. But, I still hope that they plan on producing and selling a number of print copies, too, since...well, we all like having printed books, too.

I think there is still a lot of information that you can only get from the books, mostly DM stuff. All the ddi stuff really seems to be geared towards players. Sadly, I've always enjoyed the DM material more.


-IG

 

[Friadoc]

I think there is still a lot of information that you can only get from the books, mostly DM stuff. All the ddi stuff really seems to be geared towards players. Sadly, I've always enjoyed the DM material more.


-IG

Well, between the encounter builder and the compendium, I almost never crack open my DM'ing books at a game or, very rarely, during encounter building. The DDI has made my running a game a thousand times easier, with respect to building encounters, helping with cadence of the adventure, and so forth.

 

[Leif]

But, I still hope that they plan on producing and selling a number of print copies, too, since...well, we all like having printed books, too.

Yeah, MOST of us do. But there are the occasional strange birds (Scotley) whose vast libraries are almost all digital, RPG-related and otherwise.