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<blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 5376271" data-attributes="member: 21076">Really?&nbsp; This is adding to the discussion in a constructive manner?Kristov is right, D&amp;D had a low hurdle for entry and continued play originally.&nbsp; Pick up a couple of books and you could play with pen, paper and those books for a long, long time. Things do change as technology changes and WotC is embracing that with things like the character builder.&nbsp; The problem I see is that there is a push to *need* the character builder to keep up with the stream of errata that they have been releasing.&nbsp; Sure you can buy the books and play with pen and paper still, but the stream of errata makes the books you buy today out of date in a short period of time.&nbsp; Leaving you to either paste or mark up your book with errata or take the easier, though more costly path of subscribing to DDI.WotC is welcome to do this and it may pan out well for them.&nbsp; But there are certainly people that think this is the beginnings of making the subscription model more of a de facto standard to play the game than it has been in the past.&nbsp; I am sure WotC is well aware that there are people that won't take well to the sense of a subscription model becoming predominant and have factored that into their decisions.There are certainly people that think the character builder is still a good deal and a good way to play the game.&nbsp; But for those that disagree, I don't think it really comes down to entitlement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IronWolf, post: 5376271, member: 21076"] Really? This is adding to the discussion in a constructive manner? Kristov is right, D&D had a low hurdle for entry and continued play originally. Pick up a couple of books and you could play with pen, paper and those books for a long, long time. Things do change as technology changes and WotC is embracing that with things like the character builder. The problem I see is that there is a push to *need* the character builder to keep up with the stream of errata that they have been releasing. Sure you can buy the books and play with pen and paper still, but the stream of errata makes the books you buy today out of date in a short period of time. Leaving you to either paste or mark up your book with errata or take the easier, though more costly path of subscribing to DDI. WotC is welcome to do this and it may pan out well for them. But there are certainly people that think this is the beginnings of making the subscription model more of a de facto standard to play the game than it has been in the past. I am sure WotC is well aware that there are people that won't take well to the sense of a subscription model becoming predominant and have factored that into their decisions. There are certainly people that think the character builder is still a good deal and a good way to play the game. But for those that disagree, I don't think it really comes down to entitlement. [/QUOTE]

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