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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 5370387" data-attributes="member: 75065">Did you just call someone a douchebag?Why? Noone insulted you. They pointed that by complaining you were doing exactly what you were complaining about.So I don't think you're qualified to judge what is foolishness or not.Whether you like it or not this decision/announcement by WotC has stirred a hornet's nest of opinions. People are within their rights to express their opinions. I just sludged through 24 pages of posts and I'm pretty darn sure you are the first person to directly insult anyone. Anyway, I'm sure the Mods will have more to say.As for my opinion about the change...When Scribble began a post named 'Place the Flag', I predicted the next Web Tool announcement by WotC would in part be a solid kick in the knackers for many DDI subscribers, with the CB and Adventure tools going exclusively online. SO I was fairly close on that prediction, assuming the Adventure tools will follow suit in the future.I also predicted the announcement would go hand in hand with the announcement of a new tool that would soften the blow. That may (or may not) be in the pipeline, to be announced in the near future, but for now that part of my prediction was incorrect.And I guess that is where my surprise generates from. I am pretty sure that WotC had to be aware that an exclusively online CB would have a significant negative customer backlash. I had figured that this is something they would desperately want to avoid at this stage. With Essentials coming out, a change of tact in design philosophy as far as classes and monsters that had been receiving a lot of positive feedback, darksun campaign receiving very positive feedback, the promise of the unification of essentials with 'classic?' 4e ... it seemed public opinion of 4e was beginning to sway positively.  Sigh ... and now another rift ... I can imagine that WotC weighed up their options and whatever was on the other end of the scale outweighed this negativity. i understand their 'Silence-til-complete' policy but it do think it would have been wise to coincide this announcement with something to sweeten it a bit more. From what I have read so far the public opinion is largely split three ways between Blind Fury, Indifference, and Positivity (not an overwhelming amount of that however). When at least half of your current customers are either furious or indifferent to the new web tools, they hardly come under the category of an exciting announcement, in my opinion. The prospect of being limited to 20 characters on the builder is far from exciting to me at least. I have 108 characters on my current builder.How do I feel about it personally? I'm a little unsure. I think largely I'm going to remain sitting on the fence and quietly observing how things look in a few months from now. I know I'll be fine because I already have enough material to fill a life time of adventures. My biggest fear and frustration is how this may affect the opinions of new players who have come across Red Box or Essentials, and with all the illusion in the world stumble into a negative enviroment such as this thread, only to have that illusion curbed. I have maintained since day one that WotC is listening to customer feedback. I don't think that will change now. I do think they will try and win over public opinion as soon as they can. I really do hope they manage to do that, because I hope 4e  has a long and healthy life. Fingers Crossed.</blockquote>

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