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<blockquote data-quote="shadzar" data-source="post: 5436841" data-attributes="member: 6667746"><p>As dumb as they are, they will likely place it behind the paywall, so you have to have a DDi to use it for all cases. Which would defeat the purpose of people with books, but nobody to play with, so why would someone buy the books or look in 4th editions direction, if they have no chance to play it.</p><p></p><p>NWN installs, and then you can play the crappy CRPG adventure, but also you can play with other people. To find those people you go into a lobby, and read some info on the game, see what language it is, how many people are allowed into it, etc.</p><p></p><p>NWN should have MUCH more procesor overhead for it with its 3D visualization, but could run with MANY more players than you should a TTRPG.</p><p></p><p>Like that is how you would find a group.</p><p></p><p>Say you can only be on during certain hours of the day to play due to working 2nd shift. Well odds are right away you will be on and see others on that may have similar schedules to yours and similar playing times available. BIGGEST obstacle to playing TTRPGs already taken care of. You can find people with the same schedule and more access to more people, but you don't have to drive for hours to play.</p><p></p><p>That is ALSO the biggest advantage to a VTT that a normal tabletop. So if not offering the ability to meet new people that have time to play when you do, what real point is it to use D&D VTT, as opposed to any of the others, if you have to meet them somewhere else? Especially if you have to be a DDi subscriber to use it.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Opponent_Network" target="_blank">World Opponent Network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> this is basically the type of thing that these lobbies serve as.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shadzar, post: 5436841, member: 6667746"] As dumb as they are, they will likely place it behind the paywall, so you have to have a DDi to use it for all cases. Which would defeat the purpose of people with books, but nobody to play with, so why would someone buy the books or look in 4th editions direction, if they have no chance to play it. NWN installs, and then you can play the crappy CRPG adventure, but also you can play with other people. To find those people you go into a lobby, and read some info on the game, see what language it is, how many people are allowed into it, etc. NWN should have MUCH more procesor overhead for it with its 3D visualization, but could run with MANY more players than you should a TTRPG. Like that is how you would find a group. Say you can only be on during certain hours of the day to play due to working 2nd shift. Well odds are right away you will be on and see others on that may have similar schedules to yours and similar playing times available. BIGGEST obstacle to playing TTRPGs already taken care of. You can find people with the same schedule and more access to more people, but you don't have to drive for hours to play. That is ALSO the biggest advantage to a VTT that a normal tabletop. So if not offering the ability to meet new people that have time to play when you do, what real point is it to use D&D VTT, as opposed to any of the others, if you have to meet them somewhere else? Especially if you have to be a DDi subscriber to use it. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Opponent_Network]World Opponent Network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] this is basically the type of thing that these lobbies serve as. [/QUOTE]
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