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<blockquote data-quote="withak" data-source="post: 4025444" data-attributes="member: 56493">The 4E &quot;launch&quot; isn't until June. Or perhaps you could make the argument that the product &quot;launches&quot; at D&amp;DXP, or when the first preview adventure comes out. What we're getting now is a trickling of information from the developers themselves. I suspect that the marketing machine will get into gear during/after D&amp;DXP, and the floodgates will open. We'll be drowning in it, is my guess.A matter of personal taste. I liked the beholder one, but couldn't stand the tiefling/gnome one.I really don't understand this complaint at all whenever it is aired. I might say it's a generational thing, but I'm 28. I'm far removed from &quot;those kids today&quot;, I should think.Killing them off surely made sense from a financial standpoint, but yes, it's clear that WotC does not have a suitable digital replacement for them now, and probably will not anytime soon. This, I feel, is the one big blunder they've made. I have no confidence in DDI whatsoever based on what we've seen so far.I rather think this is an overblown concern. After reading Andy Collins' explanation for the whole debacle, it's my opinion that only those that want to see a conspiracy will continue to see one. A bad PR move, surely, but I don't think it's a &quot;credibility hit&quot; or anything quite so serious.Indeed. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Wait a month. The amount and quality of information we get during and after D&amp;DXP will change drastically. If it doesn't, then they'll have really screwed up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="withak, post: 4025444, member: 56493"] The 4E "launch" isn't until June. Or perhaps you could make the argument that the product "launches" at D&DXP, or when the first preview adventure comes out. What we're getting now is a trickling of information from the developers themselves. I suspect that the marketing machine will get into gear during/after D&DXP, and the floodgates will open. We'll be [I]drowning[/I] in it, is my guess. A matter of personal taste. I liked the beholder one, but couldn't stand the tiefling/gnome one. I really don't understand this complaint at all whenever it is aired. I might say it's a generational thing, but I'm 28. I'm far removed from "those kids today", I should think. Killing them off surely made sense from a financial standpoint, but yes, it's clear that WotC does not have a suitable digital replacement for them now, and probably will not anytime soon. This, I feel, is the one big blunder they've made. I have no confidence in DDI whatsoever based on what we've seen so far. I rather think this is an overblown concern. After reading Andy Collins' explanation for the whole debacle, it's my opinion that only those that want to see a conspiracy will continue to see one. A bad PR move, surely, but I don't think it's a "credibility hit" or anything quite so serious. Indeed. :) Wait a month. The amount and quality of information we get during and after D&DXP will change drastically. If it doesn't, then they'll have [I]really[/I] screwed up. [/QUOTE]

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