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<blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 5365588" data-attributes="member: 2810">Careful with the 'pirates' name calling there, skippy.&nbsp; Some of us have no problem paying for what we use.I was in a 4e campaign for around a year.&nbsp; Played an eladrin rogue.&nbsp; So for my $10/month, I got use out of the PHB (which I'd bought in hardcover) and a small fraction of Martial Power (which I also bought in hardcover).&nbsp; I didn't fire up the Compendium hardly at all, didn't use the monster builder, didn't use any source material in CB (eg, Forgotten Realms stuff) that wasn't directly applicable to my character, etc.&nbsp; When the campaign ended, I let my subscription drop (well, actually, finally got around to canceling some months later).&nbsp; If by some miracle that campaign resurrected itself, I could still fire up the character builder and continue to play, level, etc.&nbsp; If I wanted access to Martial Power X or whatever, I'd happily pay to update to that (and buy that book, too).Why should I be expected (in the future) to have to pay on a monthly basis to use updates I have no need for *and that I'm clearly not using*?Now, if they changed the subscription model to allow a single account to access select material, eg. pay $2 to unlock Martial Power X for your login, and then access it for free, that would be fine.&nbsp; But they have no interest or incentive to do that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rodrigo Istalindir, post: 5365588, member: 2810"] Careful with the 'pirates' name calling there, skippy. Some of us have no problem paying for what we use. I was in a 4e campaign for around a year. Played an eladrin rogue. So for my $10/month, I got use out of the PHB (which I'd bought in hardcover) and a small fraction of Martial Power (which I also bought in hardcover). I didn't fire up the Compendium hardly at all, didn't use the monster builder, didn't use any source material in CB (eg, Forgotten Realms stuff) that wasn't directly applicable to my character, etc. When the campaign ended, I let my subscription drop (well, actually, finally got around to canceling some months later). If by some miracle that campaign resurrected itself, I could still fire up the character builder and continue to play, level, etc. If I wanted access to Martial Power X or whatever, I'd happily pay to update to that (and buy that book, too). Why should I be expected (in the future) to have to pay on a monthly basis to use updates I have no need for *and that I'm clearly not using*? Now, if they changed the subscription model to allow a single account to access select material, eg. pay $2 to unlock Martial Power X for your login, and then access it for free, that would be fine. But they have no interest or incentive to do that. [/QUOTE]

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