Rate 4e Dragon Magazine

[El Mahdi]

I gave it two stars. I like a physical product rather than pdf, and I can't stand the 'tease you with the contents, which dribbles out randomly over a month.

Some of the articles have been pretty good, but unless it actually came out all in one go once a month I'd never consider it.

I second what Ari said. I can understand preferring a physical print product, that's completely your opinion, and from reading other posts I'm pretty sure you aren't alone with that.

But the other part is completely illogical. It does come out all together at the end of the month. Whether it comes at the end of the month or the beginning doesn't matter either, it's still just one month in between complete issues. If you can't stand the 'tease, why can't you just not read them until the end-of-month compilation comes out?

 

[VictorC]

Not only do I feel it deserves five out of five, but additionally I would say that in its short life it been more useful (and just all around better) than all the years that Paizo was in control of the magazine.

 

[Imaro]

Not only do I feel it deserves five out of five, but additionally I would say that in its short life it been more useful (and just all around better) than all the years that Paizo was in control of the magazine.

Why? Seriously, that's a pretty bold and, IMO, outrageous statement to make, and I'm genuinely curious about your reasoning.

 

[mattdm]

I never even considered subscribing to Dragon or Dungeon in 3.x days (and I'd seen plenty of it from the DM in a previous game). It just didn't have a high percentage of solid, usable material. So far, the 4E version has had at least one and usually two really solid articles every month. That's worth my five bucks.

 

[Truth Seeker]

I miss the touch, the smell, of reading the magazines, any place, at anytime.

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[Plane Sailing]

You do know that it does, right? At the end of each month, they put out a single issue that compiles all that month's articles.

I know, and I realise that I'm being irrational, but I like to see it all in one go rather than have dribs and drabs appear during the month and then it eventually all get collected up.

I know that for most people the current approach is a fine one of increasing previews of the final thing before the final thing is collated, but it just doesn't feel like that to me.

Cheers

 

[Jack99]

Why? Seriously, that's a pretty bold and, IMO, outrageous statement to make, and I'm genuinely curious about your reasoning.

Paizo's work has always been better when it comes to fluff, than when it comes to crunch. So not so outrageous as you might think. Of course, not everyone think so.

 

[Imaro]

Paizo's work has always been better when it comes to fluff, than when it comes to crunch. So not so outrageous as you might think. Of course, not everyone think so.

The outrageous part IMO, was the comparison of years worth of material vs. a couple of issues. I'm sorry but those years worth of Paizo Dragon still have more useful information, again IMO, than the recent Dragon mag.

 

[Jack99]

The outrageous part IMO, was the comparison of years worth of material vs. a couple of issues. I'm sorry but those years worth of Paizo Dragon still have more useful information, again IMO, than the recent Dragon mag.

Yeah, okay, obviously. But I do not think that was what the guy you quoted meant. Either way, I agree that 4e eDragon hasn't managed to produce more useful material than Paizo did in it's 8 (?) years. But if we talk about amount of useful stuff per magazine, I think eDragon is ahead. /shrug.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I know, and I realise that I'm being irrational, but I like to see it all in one go rather than have dribs and drabs appear during the month and then it eventually all get collected up.

I know that for most people the current approach is a fine one of increasing previews of the final thing before the final thing is collated, but it just doesn't feel like that to me.

Not trying to be dense--and I realize you've already said it's irrational --I'm just trying to understand...

What's stopping you from just not clicking on the "Dragon" link until the full issue is available? That makes it the exact same experience as if the full version was the only version.