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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 5365654" data-attributes="member: 65637">Stupid, stupid, stupid move.Steam works because 1) It's free, and 2) it has offline capabilities.&nbsp; This has neither.&nbsp; I and most people I know play directly from the CB because of how convenient it is to have a living character sheet right there in front of you.&nbsp; Even assuming the servers will never go down (which is a pipe dream for any form of software), no offline capabilities means that this method of gameplay is shot.This is all assuming servers will never go down.&nbsp; I'm fairly certain WotC has proven by now that they aren't that good with their web-based software.Also tying the character sheets to it is an equally bad move.&nbsp; I'm going to wager that most if not all people on these forums have old character sheets from perhaps years ago lying around.&nbsp; Not anymore!&nbsp; After 12 months, it's sunk.Lastly - and worst of all - if a new edition was made, then people could still fire up the ol' CB and make their character.&nbsp; Not anymore!&nbsp; Once/if a new edition comes out, the CB is dead, dead, dead.Oh, and I wonder if this is why they weren't putting Dark Sun and Essentials stuff on CB - to add an extra &quot;incentive&quot; to buy this new service?&nbsp; Despicable.I can see the desire in having this so that people don't have to download the CB.&nbsp; So they don't have to program for Mac or whatever else.&nbsp; But this is by and far not the answer.&nbsp; The CB was one of the major selling points of 4e - it was quite frankly brilliant.They just shot it in the face.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 5365654, member: 65637"] Stupid, [I]stupid[/I], [B][I]stupid[/I][/B] move. Steam works because 1) It's free, and 2) it has offline capabilities. This has neither. I and most people I know play directly from the CB because of how convenient it is to have a living character sheet right there in front of you. Even assuming the servers will [I]never[/I] go down (which is a pipe dream for any form of software), no offline capabilities means that this method of gameplay is shot. This is all assuming servers will never go down. I'm fairly certain WotC has proven by now that they [I]aren't that good[/I] with their web-based software. Also tying the character sheets to it is an equally bad move. I'm going to wager that most if not all people on these forums have old character sheets from perhaps years ago lying around. Not anymore! After 12 months, it's sunk. Lastly - and worst of all - if a new edition was made, then people could still fire up the ol' CB and make their character. Not anymore! Once/if a new edition comes out, the CB is dead, dead, dead. Oh, and I wonder if this is why they weren't putting Dark Sun and Essentials stuff on CB - to add an extra "incentive" to buy this new service? Despicable. I can see the desire in having this so that people don't have to download the CB. So they don't have to program for Mac or whatever else. But this is by and far not the answer. The CB was one of the major selling points of 4e - it was quite frankly brilliant. They just shot it in the face. [/QUOTE]

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