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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercutio01" data-source="post: 4949953" data-attributes="member: 37277">You're using owed as a way to imply a negative connotation.  I don't feel "owed" the galleries.  I feel shocked that the policy was changed, that it was done so under the cover of a website redesign, that it wasn't announced, and that it was in fact a fairly large policy shift.  Based on all previous communications, it was my understanding that the zipped compilations and easy navigation using the in-site browser were DDI subscriber content, but that the art would remain available to use.  And that was indeed both what they said and what they did.Stiffs, as in removes content previously available.Again, it's not just the art.  If it were just the art that was leading me to stop giving Wizards of the Coast my money, it would be petty and absurd.  Which is what I assume most people responding to me are wishing they could state out loud, despite the fact that I have disabused that notion multiple times.  Again, it is just the latest example in a line of decisions which have negatively affected me as a customer and colored my perception of the company.  It has become completely apparent to me now that I am no longer part of the target demographic as I don't want a "subscription" but rather a set of books and support for using said books.  I never subscribed to Dragon or Dungeon, so those weren't selling points to me.  The Character Builder is something I don't really need.  The Monster Builder would be nice, as would the Compendium, but the Compendium is not what it was originally marketed to be.Preview articles and looks into the process (Design and Development) have been significant parts of the "support" for people who use the books since 3E started.  The Game Table, Character Visualizer, and Dungeon Planner were the DDI items I was excited to use, and have been nixed.  The GSL is still questionable, and the fan site policy is pretty much useless.  Then the art, which was a major factor in my determining whether I would buy a book or not, was removed behind the subscription wall.The combination of all of that history together is what is leading me to take my business elsewhere.  I'm not "boycotting" as that implies doing it in protest and as a political statement.  I'm simply not buying any other material from the company because they have alienated me personally as a consumer.  I "boycott" Starbucks because I disagree with them on principles (but their coffee is excellent).  By comparison, I don't shop at Whole Foods not because of a difference of principles (although that is there), but because I'm not the target demographic--Whole Foods is simply too expensive and delivers products that I simply don't want.  Wizards of the Coast is far more like the latter than the former.</blockquote>

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