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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5365427" data-attributes="member: 58197">WotC has just announced that on November 16th, they will be rolling out a new web-based character builder, which will replace the existing CB. Characters from the old CB can be imported; characters will be stored on WotC's servers; and Essentials and Dark Sun content will be included in the new release.Some thoughts...<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">This could be a great opportunity to overhaul some of the CB's flaws. Hope they take it.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Since this one is web-based, Mac users just got access to the CB.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The old &quot;buy a one-month subscription, download six months of updates, cancel subscription&quot; trick won't work any more. And having your character stored on WotC servers is a strong incentive to keep paying. I wonder if there will be a way to export character files? Probably not.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">What about custom character pics? Will those also be stored on the WotC server? Could end up taking a lot of space...</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any time the service goes down during gaming hours, there will be hell to pay.</li>
</ul>Mod Edit:&nbsp; Absolutely nothing wrong with your post.&nbsp; I just hoped you'd view it as a favor that I put a link to the announcement here.&nbsp; ~ Umbran<a href="http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/26182233/November_16th_Release_for_Web-based_Character_Builder" target="_blank">http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/26182233/November_16th_Release_for_Web-based_Character_Builder</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5365427, member: 58197"] WotC has just announced that on November 16th, they will be rolling out a new web-based character builder, which will replace the existing CB. Characters from the old CB can be imported; characters will be stored on WotC's servers; and Essentials and Dark Sun content will be included in the new release. Some thoughts... [LIST] [*]This could be a great opportunity to overhaul some of the CB's flaws. Hope they take it. [*]Since this one is web-based, Mac users just got access to the CB. [*]The old "buy a one-month subscription, download six months of updates, cancel subscription" trick won't work any more. And having your character stored on WotC servers is a strong incentive to keep paying. I wonder if there will be a way to export character files? Probably not. [*]What about custom character pics? Will those also be stored on the WotC server? Could end up taking a lot of space... [*]Any time the service goes down during gaming hours, there will be hell to pay. [/LIST] [color=darkorange] [B]Mod Edit:[/B] Absolutely nothing wrong with your post. I just hoped you'd view it as a favor that I put a link to the announcement here. ~ Umbran [url]http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/26182233/November_16th_Release_for_Web-based_Character_Builder[/url][/color] [/QUOTE]

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