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Message: <blockquote data-quote="malkav666" data-source="post: 5094737" data-attributes="member: 70565">Did you read the rest of my post where I said:"WOTC used to be like that as well, and I spent a lot of time on their site as a result and bought more of their products as a result. Stuff I might not had otherwise bought if I had not gotten to check out bits from the release. Now I realize that WOTC does have free previews up as well but as I navigate through their site I often hit the paywall (or used to, as I quit going there a while back, maybe it has changed, and if so please consider this point moot)."(bolded for emphasis)My post was my opinion. And my opinion remains unchanged despite your claim that it is not grounded in reality. And to be fair when I did navigate their site I DID IN FACT hit the paywall regularly just linking back and forth between articles. I don't have an issue with WOTC having a subscription service. I think it was a smart move on their part. The point I was trying to make is that stashing paywall items and links throughout their site and clicking links in non-wotc forums and hitting the paywall bothers me personally.I think there should be a clear division (maybe even a separate webspace) for the pay content and the promotional content. I also feel that some the pay content that DDI sells should be free promotional content. But alas I will bow out of the DDI as it stands currently discussion as I have not been a subscriber in a while and I am sure it is evolving. My entire discussion is based off of what i experienced on the D&D website about a year ago. And if they have made efforts to improve those things then I apologize. As to Facebook, blogging, and Twitter: I don't follow D&D on those services, I was speaking strictly about the official website which is where I would imagine a lot of new players would begin their serious exposure at.Even if they have improved the paywall issue still exists and the comparison is still valid. For example I often see threads about new builds and classes hitting the D&D character generator. To get those updates you have to subscribe and install software. Compare this to Paizo's APG playtest where the new classes and builds they are releasing were made available to the public for free in high quality PDF.That is the comparison I was drawing:Subscription paid to get sneak peaks vs. Free to all to get the full classes ahead of time.I feel that makes Paizo's game a little more approachable for some folks as the entry cost to get in SEE and PLAY with it is 0 dollars and 0 cents vs the entry cost of D&D4 which has no SRD, and all of the playtest data is pay to play.But once again this should be read as my opinion I am in no way stating which way of doing business is BETTER, I am just stating which one I prefer and my own views on both models.love,malkav</blockquote>

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