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<blockquote data-quote="Erithtotl" data-source="post: 3493567" data-attributes="member: 1971">Where is all this magical software coming from?&nbsp; I hear a lot of talk about the possibility of character generators, map editors, campaign planners, etc, that Wizards will offer via their DI, that these are what will differentiate it from just being Dragon and Dungeon on the web.But Wizards have shown ZERO ability (or even interest) in the past to produce quality products for these purposes.I think this worries me as much as anything.&nbsp; Lets assume they do plan these things.&nbsp; Who is running the process?&nbsp; It takes time to get a software development team up and running efficiently, and whats more, it's really hard to do so if you don't have any of those skills in house, because you are unable to properly evaluate the skills of the people you were hiring.&nbsp; Look at E-tools.&nbsp; The approach taken there clearly shows that the developer did not have the right skillset for the job.&nbsp; If Wizards had had people on staff qualified to judge those skills, maybe E-tools wouldn't have been such a mess.We shouldn't throw out the ideas so lightly that the Wizards DI will have all these wonderful tools.&nbsp; Unless they've been secretly developing them for years with a absolutely lips-sealed development team, we shouldn't expect any software of quality from them for a very long time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Erithtotl, post: 3493567, member: 1971"] Where is all this magical software coming from? I hear a lot of talk about the possibility of character generators, map editors, campaign planners, etc, that Wizards will offer via their DI, that these are what will differentiate it from just being Dragon and Dungeon on the web. But Wizards have shown ZERO ability (or even interest) in the past to produce quality products for these purposes. I think this worries me as much as anything. Lets assume they do plan these things. Who is running the process? It takes time to get a software development team up and running efficiently, and whats more, it's really hard to do so if you don't have any of those skills in house, because you are unable to properly evaluate the skills of the people you were hiring. Look at E-tools. The approach taken there clearly shows that the developer did not have the right skillset for the job. If Wizards had had people on staff qualified to judge those skills, maybe E-tools wouldn't have been such a mess. We shouldn't throw out the ideas so lightly that the Wizards DI will have all these wonderful tools. Unless they've been secretly developing them for years with a absolutely lips-sealed development team, we shouldn't expect any software of quality from them for a very long time. [/QUOTE]

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