Question: Is a year-long D&DI subscription worth it?

[Treebore]

If I liked reading PDf's, yes. It would be worth it to me, and I don't even like 4E.

However, I much prefer reading books. On paper. Especially my gaming books. So its not worth it to me at all. Even if it was an RPG I played I would not subscribe.

So even if this was being done by Troll Lords or Paizo I would not be subscribing.

 

[Lord Mhoram]

I enjoyed the free Dungeon and Dragon - I thought they were excellent. The issues were the best I've seen from the mags for years.

The compendium is nice.

I can't wait to try the character builder (It still won't install on my machine).

I paid for the 3 month to see if I felt it was worth it. So far it is. When my 3 month subscription is up in Jan, I'll sign up for a full year.

Yes, to me, it is definitely worth it.

 

[RefinedBean]

Then what are those people that like to min-max everything using every bit of data and ability/etc they can get their hands on called?

Good DMs?

Ha HA! But honestly, Jack's point was that (and of course we don't have empirical evidence of this) more than likely most subscribers to DDI are DMs looking for new resources and ideas, or players looking to help round out a character idea with something crunchy or fluffy.

Your statement could be equivocated to DDI Subscriber = Munchkin, which is merely an assumption on your part at best, and offensive at worst.

 

[justanobody]

Good DMs?

Ha HA! But honestly, Jack's point was that (and of course we don't have empirical evidence of this) more than likely most subscribers to DDI are DMs looking for new resources and ideas, or players looking to help round out a character idea with something crunchy or fluffy.

Your statement could be equivocated to DDI Subscriber = Munchkin, which is merely an assumption on your part at best, and offensive at worst.

No. I don't mean DMs, as I have said I don't DM 4th, and I only needed what was in the PHB to play.

Those players...you know the ones...like rules-lawyers, but they are quiet and trying to find every loophole in the rules to break the game with some crazy combination of abilities/etc.....

 

[FireLance]

Ha HA! But honestly, Jack's point was that (and of course we don't have empirical evidence of this) more than likely most subscribers to DDI are DMs looking for new resources and ideas, or players looking to help round out a character idea with something crunchy or fluffy.

Your statement could be equivocated to DDI Subscriber = Munchkin, which is merely an assumption on your part at best, and offensive at worst.

Exactly. It's basic logic:

All X are Y does not imply that all Y are X.

All munchkins want to get a DDI subscription does not imply that all who want to get a DDI subscription are munchkins.

Assuming, of course, the assertion that all munchkins want to get a DDI subscription is true in the first place. A DDI subscription would be pretty much useless for the munchkins who are playing 3e, for example.

 

[Imban]

I don't think I've ever seen a post where you're happy about something. I should lurk more.

Hey, I resent that. I thought the Draconomicon preview with the purple dragon was awesome, and said so! I mean I also used the post to slag off the brown dragon's new Gourmet Chef Dragon flavor, but I'm occasionally happy about stuff!

So you can get the E-Dragon and E-Dungeon magazines, the compendium updated monthly with the new releases and the compendium linked chargen for free elsewhere?

And you are admitting this on a public forum?

If I wanted to, I could easily get the E-Dragon and E-Dungeon magazines for free elsewhere, yes. I am admitting this on a public forum because it's blatantly obvious that piracy exists.

(My assessment of DDI as being borderline in value to me didn't take this into account, though. $6/month for Dragon Magazine and a flash tool to create monsters is worth it on good months, but you're banking $72 on there being a lot of those.

And December already looks... ...well, I'm not sure, really. <s>Playtest</s>Preview material is always nice to find out about, but it means Dragon #370 is going to be MONUMENTALLY less useful a year from now than every issue leading up to it.)

Assuming, of course, the assertion that all munchkins want to get a DDI subscription is true in the first place. A DDI subscription would be pretty much useless for the munchkins who are playing 3e, for example.

Honestly I'd buy that assertion - most "munchkins" do indeed want to get a DDI subscription, as long as you're talking about people who are playing 4e D&D. That people playing WoW who have never played D&D and don't ever want to don't want to pay for DDI is both hardly surprising and irrelevant.

 

[Scribe Ineti]

I bought a three-month subscription a month ago and I wish I had bought a year's subscription. If you're in a 4e D&D game, running a 4e D&D game, Or about to, an annual subscription is well worth the money, if only for the compendium and the bonus tools. The content in Dungeon and Dragon has been consistently excellent, so consider those a bonus to the subscription price.

And, with the character builder looking good and likely going full steam ahead next year, that's a great plus for any D&D game as well.

 

[catsclaw227]

I bought my yearlong and I love it.

 

[Neil Bishop]

The overwhelming utility of the Compendium has meant that not only am I delighted with my one year subscription I am now determined to start a 4E game. Being able to grab stat blocks from the Compendium is simply going to save me so much time, and I will use a fraction of that time creating the workarounds to make the flavour better match the game I like.

 

[doctorhook]

Thanks to everyone for the responses!

This poll will close in two weeks. At that time, I'll briefly summarize the data, and probably post it in a blog.