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<blockquote data-quote="Evenglare" data-source="post: 6534225" data-attributes="member: 63245"><p>His actions don't really follow his words in this case... so far. It almost feels like the same promises that were made to us when 4th came out. All these lofty goals of apps like the virtual tabletop, and character builder. Something that gets people playing the games without worrying so much about the rules. If this is really at the front of his mind then why do we not have a character builder yet? I get that wizards has lofty goals but they have yet to enter the digital domain without complete failture.</p><p>There's the morning star incident (which may I point out is the same name as the parks and recreation plot point this season).</p><p>There's the 4e virtual tabletop.</p><p>Arguably the 4e character builder with its move to online only using silverlight of all things.</p><p>There's the terrible D&D games that came out during 4e, which is one of the most baffling things to me, especially since the 4e mechanics are tailored for a video game.</p><p>Let's not forget the awfulness which was gleemax. </p><p></p><p>If they are wanting to get content out to us from the different settings and such, then why did they stop promoting the monthly Dungeon and Dragon issues? It seems to completely encompass what they are striving for. He talks about digital and yet D&D is one of the only publishers to NOT have PDFs out. Seriously, EVERYONE who is anyone in the industry has PDFs. Though I will concede that FFG star wars does not so this point isn't completely valid, but nevertheless the decision is much to the annoyance of the community. </p><p></p><p>This whole thing reeks of a "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice..." . I hope they do fantastic but going from what we as fans know so far about the actual release schedule of the D&D5e RPG franchise coupled along with their abysmal history of digital apps/gaming, I'm not exactly convinced of his rhetoric. Who knows though? Hopefully I'm completely wrong about all of it. (Which I'm sure many of you will tell me exactly who wrong I am by deconstructing my post and addressing each sentence.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evenglare, post: 6534225, member: 63245"] His actions don't really follow his words in this case... so far. It almost feels like the same promises that were made to us when 4th came out. All these lofty goals of apps like the virtual tabletop, and character builder. Something that gets people playing the games without worrying so much about the rules. If this is really at the front of his mind then why do we not have a character builder yet? I get that wizards has lofty goals but they have yet to enter the digital domain without complete failture. There's the morning star incident (which may I point out is the same name as the parks and recreation plot point this season). There's the 4e virtual tabletop. Arguably the 4e character builder with its move to online only using silverlight of all things. There's the terrible D&D games that came out during 4e, which is one of the most baffling things to me, especially since the 4e mechanics are tailored for a video game. Let's not forget the awfulness which was gleemax. If they are wanting to get content out to us from the different settings and such, then why did they stop promoting the monthly Dungeon and Dragon issues? It seems to completely encompass what they are striving for. He talks about digital and yet D&D is one of the only publishers to NOT have PDFs out. Seriously, EVERYONE who is anyone in the industry has PDFs. Though I will concede that FFG star wars does not so this point isn't completely valid, but nevertheless the decision is much to the annoyance of the community. This whole thing reeks of a "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice..." . I hope they do fantastic but going from what we as fans know so far about the actual release schedule of the D&D5e RPG franchise coupled along with their abysmal history of digital apps/gaming, I'm not exactly convinced of his rhetoric. Who knows though? Hopefully I'm completely wrong about all of it. (Which I'm sure many of you will tell me exactly who wrong I am by deconstructing my post and addressing each sentence.) [/QUOTE]
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