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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LeaderDesslok" data-source="post: 4076410" data-attributes="member: 18722">These prices have effectively made the DDI, and very likely 4E itself, dead to me and my group.1. None of my players will be willing to pay admission to play a game, even if it is just $32. The monthly rate is equivalent to what one would pay for WoW, LotRO, or some other online game. That would be great if I was logging in to D&D to play an actual online game, but 90% of the time I will be looking at reference text.3. Since it's a rules database, does that mean all the artwork is pulled? I could see them maybe including pics of the monsters, but what about the art from the PH and DMG? It's not integral to my enjoyment, but it does help give one some atmosphere and even context to what one is reading.4. I don't want to pay extra money for the Dragon and Dungeon content, because I wll never read the damn thing online (and I never read Dungeon anyway). I like reading my Dragon in bed, lying on the couch, or sitting on the crappy commuter rail. I can't do that with a laptop. Just give me a monthly print copy that I can choose to buy or not buy at my FLGS. Better yet, I'll stick with Kobold Quarterly.5. I get all the rules from all the books published, not just the book I bought. This actually isn't so bad, but I think 3 out of every 5 WotC 3.5 books were crap, and I have no reason to believe this trend will end with the advent of 4E. Why do I care if crappy add-ons are availalbe to me?5. I'm getting a "3D virtual tabletop" with 2D miniatures? With no way to display things like a flying of levitating character/monster? Explain how is this 3D?Sadly, I lost my "real" job a year and a half ago when my division closed down, and I am now barely scraping by with two part-time jobs. I have cut out every luxury expense I have, and DDI being a definite luxury item, will not be on my radar. Even after I eventually get a good job again (hopefully soon!) it's not looking too good for DDI. I'd rather put the $14.95/month towards a real MMORPG like the upcoming Conan game.But that's just me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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