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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RLBURNSIDE" data-source="post: 5370446" data-attributes="member: 94650">here's a constructive ideawhen and if they do implement the export from the new online CB, why not export it in a non-edition-wars-creating filename? Instead of .dnd45e, they could easily pick like .dnd4b or something innocuous like that. If the files are not themselves compatible using the de-facto (at least initially) program used to open them, it makes sense to transition to a new format that has new data and layouts, as a new native file format, with .dnd4e files being an import-only file format. Let's not pretend that the new CB will not mangle the compatibility of your files just for expediency's sake. It wouldn't be expedient to those of us who plan on using both for a while (because the Essentials CB, if it sucks, will be abandoned by our group, or even never adopted in the first place, unless it provides a good value). Right now the main benefit of using this new CB for people who don't necesserily need Essentials or Dark Sun classes, would be the generic feats and errata that the old CB will never receive, and it just gets to be too much effort after a while. I, for one, need the updated powers and feats since I play a hybrid paladin and look forward to the Class Compendium updates on the classic ranger as well. So the new CB does provide value, insomuch as the new feats / powers are clearly superior and fix bugs in the way the game is played. When I went from a pure paladin to a hybrid, I didn't realize at first how crappy it would be to play a class loaded with immediate action powers that vie with my mark mechanics. There was negative synergy that I'm glad is now fixed, but at a cost : To have a printed sheet with it I'd have to "house rule" my at-will in the old builder, or just pay for one or two months for the online CB. You don't need to print out a new sheet every single level. Every tier of play, yes most definitely. And with the latest feats and errata included. I don't need to pay 20 bucks a month to add a +1 to my sheet, personally. But those fancy new Ax Expertise and Superior Defense feats...ohh yeah.</blockquote>

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