November 16th release for Web-based Character Builder

[Katana_Geldar]

Wizards of the Coast no longer had my money, I am not renewing my DDI subscription for the simple reason that it no longer does the job I want it to. I have enough 4E, so that is that.

 

[Lord Xtheth]

What's the exchange rate where you live? I would love to know how much you spent in USD.

Lately our dollar has been good, we're at about 0.98USD
During the 3.x run, our dollar was fluctuating between 0.75-0.90USD
When the AD&D 2E stuff was arround, I think we were at 0.80ish

This is all off the top of my head, so probably not the best quotes. A good guess would be I payed an average of $1.25CAD per $1USD

 

[Dice4Hire]

And yet wouldn't it have been better to get the iPad users on board?

One step forward, one step back.

How is WOTC to blame for the limitations Jobs imposed on his own product?

 

[Mithreinmaethor]

Horrible news when I'm playing away from wireless.

Boo.

Thats what a printer is for.

 

[Oldtimer]

This "fanboy" "apologist" always has believed that the CB should be online-only. Giving people permanent access to material they didn't purchase was likely an unintended drawback to the builder, and it made horrible business sense.

DDI is a companion to the books--not a replacement. People forgot that. They told people on WotC's own forums to buy a couple of books, then get a month of DDI to get all the data. It was foolish to think Wizards wouldn't respond.

In your eagerness to defend this, you are forgetting something. People pay for DDI.

Getting regular money from subscribers makes excellent bsuiness sense.

Delivering on your promises to annual subscribers makes even better business sense. If your care about your customers, that is.

But I suppose you just think me foolish...

 

[JoeGKushner]

How is WOTC to blame for the limitations Jobs imposed on his own product?

Uh, you go with HTML5? Unless iPad doesn't launch an actual internet explorer at all and uses a purely Apple based web?

What a strange question.

"Jobs has imposed al imitation!"

"But aren't we imposing a similiar limitation using a priority based software like Silverlight?"

"Shoot that man!"

 

[JoeGKushner]

Thats what a printer is for.

Wow.

I didn't realize that the DDI subscription came with paper, printer, and most expensive of all, ink.

Cause, you know, I don't print my character know when I bring it up on the laptop at Black Sun Games and if WoTC wants me to incure additional expensive that's something they're paying for right.

Right?

 

[Oldtimer]

In a way I'm not sure if I consider it punishing their best customers, as opposed to punishing those who took advantage of an unintentional "good deal."

Their best customers probably already had a year long subscription to begin with.

Why are you assuming it was "unintentional"? You don't seem to credit WotC leadership with much intelligence. Of course they realised that some people would jump in and out. So what? They should focus on keeping happy those customers willing to pay full price and not try to punish those less willing.

And I find it rather amusing that you don't consider this move to be punishing to their best customers, though you define their best customers as those with year long subscriptions. I've had year long subscriptions from day 1 and I feel very much punished by this.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

pdf creator... google for it...

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I am more concerned about not beeing able to access the dnd homepage...