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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesM" data-source="post: 3818622" data-attributes="member: 2762">Undoubtedly. I'm a 4E skeptic myself, based on what little we've seen so far, but I don't get the impression that WotC isn't devoting significant resources to 4E. I may not like how they're developing the game but I'd never suggest they weren't pulling out all the stops for the new edition. Dragon, though, really does feel like an afterthought. I get the impression the magazines were brought back in house primarily to lock down the D&D IP under one roof rather than because there was any real plan of how to utilize an online magazine to promote and support the game. And, truth be told, once DDI gets off the ground, Dragon and Dungeon will basically just be names for "departments" of the whole online initiative rather than distinctive entities of their own. That's a shame. The magazines, until Paizo took them over, had always been house organs, it's true, but they still had a certain amount of independence and unique flair. Now, especially after what we've seen so far, it looks like they'll be little more than logos they attach to collections of articles and adventures, "sub-brands" if you will. Nothing wrong with that, but it does feel like the end of an era.</blockquote>