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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6319302" data-attributes="member: 2525">WOTC isn't putting digital tools as the centerpiece of this edition.  They're not even themselves making any digital tools, they just agreed to license those rights to a third party company who approached them.  WOTC is focusing on books and possibly PDFs.  So all your complaints about DDI and digital tools as they relate to WOTC seem misplaced for this issue.  Ask the new company what they plan to do - it really likely is not strictly up to WOTC anyway, and the game does not revolve around those tools this time around.Naw, because as I said the digital tools are not the focus of this edition and I think a significant portion of the playing population will not use them at all, unlike for 4e.  Because the lack of complexity of this rules set, and the sheer quantity of optional rules, makes use of such tools less helpful overall.  Sure, some people will still use them, but the sense that you almost need to use them simply won't be as strong with this edition and so that data would not be nearly as representative as survey data.I really think your conception that most players of this upcoming edition will think of weapon use purely in mechanical terms is flawed.  But we shall see.</blockquote>