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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesM" data-source="post: 3818576" data-attributes="member: 2762">While I agree wholeheartedly with those who argue that it's a bit unfair to judge the online Dragon based solely on an incomplete first issue, not to mention those who rightly remember that the early days of Paizo's stewardship of the magazines weren't all wine and roses, the fact remains that, after the very public killing of the print editions and the repeated promises to "wow" us with all the cool things they could now do virtually that would have been "inefficient" to do on paper, e-Dragon's first issue should have been amazing. This is the launch of a wholly new approach to a venerable gaming institution. This is the beginning of a bold, new era, one that many people greet with justifiable skepticism. WotC should have devoted significant resources to making this first issue rock so hard that we nearly forgot the existence of any other Dragon. What we got instead was an incomplete, seemingly half-hearted attempt to dress up web enhancements as premium content.Is it fair to hold WotC up to such a high standard? Probably not. But then WotC has no one to blame but themselves. Since it was announced a year ago that Paizo had lost the license to produce print versions of the magazines, we've gotten nothing but overblown hype and extravagant promises about how great the online versions would be. I fully understand why they did this, but, having done so, they should have made a greater effort at trying to come through on their promises. As it is now, e-Dragon looks like an afterthought rather than something that WotC considers important enough not merely to get right but get perfect out of the gates.Sure, it's deeply unfair to expect a rookie to hit a grand slam in his first at bat, but, after being told for months that he was the second coming of Babe Ruth, should we have expected any less?</blockquote>

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