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<blockquote data-quote="ourchair" data-source="post: 5366133" data-attributes="member: 85362">I agree entirely.I have always disliked web-based applications like this new one, mostly because it operates on the principle that you have online access everywhere you game, but I understand that they needed to make a choice between convenient for all users and losing a certain amount of money on piracy, and convenient for MOST users and not losing any at all.I live in a country where piracy is rampant, so to be honest, I have take some sadistic pleasure knowing that players will have to either pony up or build their characters by hand. People who study the rules through the Character Builder first and the book second (if at all) will have to start learning the intricacies of the game's math. That said, I still consider the DDI subscription worthwhile at this point, since they are doing the updates they have always promised they would. Sure, there're delays but even without hands-on experience I can already tell that this new app is simply much cleaner than the old one and doesn't run like molasses dripping off of paper on a cold January day and to that end, this new version of the CharBuilder is probably a 'technical' improvement that allows them to clean house on the code, even if it isn't an improvement in the direction i'd like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ourchair, post: 5366133, member: 85362"] I agree entirely. I have always disliked web-based applications like this new one, mostly because it operates on the principle that you have online access everywhere you game, but I understand that they needed to make a choice between convenient for all users and losing a certain amount of money on piracy, and convenient for MOST users and not losing any at all. I live in a country where piracy is rampant, so to be honest, I have take some sadistic pleasure knowing that players will have to either pony up or build their characters by hand. People who study the rules through the Character Builder first and the book second (if at all) will have to start learning the intricacies of the game's math. That said, I still consider the DDI subscription worthwhile at this point, since they are doing the updates they have always promised they would. Sure, there're delays but even without hands-on experience I can already tell that this new app is simply much cleaner than the old one and doesn't run like molasses dripping off of paper on a cold January day and to that end, this new version of the CharBuilder is probably a 'technical' improvement that allows them to clean house on the code, even if it isn't an improvement in the direction i'd like. [/QUOTE]

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