So here we are. October 5th and still no update. Some rules updates and that's it. Please, everyone who has subscribed to get the updates, that are now absent for two months straight, start cancelling your subscriptions. Send WotC the clear message that no updates = no money.
STILL No Character Builder Update?
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Scribble
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I will do this if they start routinely slipping for regular updates. Not for missed updates due to heavy re-implementation of the system.
Until then- I'm quite happy with my subscription.
Sorry you're not.
I think calling the updates absent for October is a little premature only 5 days into the month.
Which isn't to say I am not eager to see it, but... thus far, they have only missed one month's update. And have proven willing to compensate people for that month. I understand your frustration, but I'm not sure some of the claims you are making are truly accurate.
Actually, wait a sec... I'm not sure I do understand your frustration. From what I've seen, you've been a pretty vocal opponent of 4E. Do you actually have a subscription to DDI? Does this actually impact you, personally, in any way?
If not, than I'd suggest letting subscribers decide for themselves whether or not to be upset, and when to stop paying for this service.
True_Blue
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95% of the stuff the PC's in my group need is in the CB. They don't seem to have any trouble making up a character, tweaking it in 5-10 mins, and then having a character ready to go.
There's literally only a few things I needed to change or add, and it was really simple. I think the frustration is from two things, one is people's sense of entitlement and that a one month's hiccup is a cause for a big tirade, and second is that people don't want to put forth the effort to not do everything in the CB.
There's literally only a few things I needed to change or add, and it was really simple. I think the frustration is from two things, one is people's sense of entitlement and that a one month's hiccup is a cause for a big tirade, and second is that people don't want to put forth the effort to not do everything in the CB.
Yeah it is amazing that people feel entitled to get something they paid for. The nerve of those people complaining after they paid for something in advance, and failed to receive it two months in a row. Why would someone be upset about literally throwing money away? As a side note, many people depend on the character builder because they don't have many books. Many don't see the need to spend 30 to 40 bucks on a book that will be outdated in a few months when they can get everything they need via the CB and MB to make characters and monsters at a fraction of the price. For example, it's pretty hard to make an "iron body" monk if you don't have access to psionic power.
Scribble
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Uh... They offered a full refund for September, so if you're throwing your money away... that's kind of your fault there isn't it?
Personally I think a lot of people over react.
Personally I still get my other subscription items, and I will get the update once it comes out, so nothing lost on my end. It's just taking longer then normal, and I feel the reason is somewhat valid.
It sucks to have to wait, but such is life. Sometimes life has delays.
So...
You can get your money back for September. (And keep all the other stuff your subscription got you to boot...)
It's still October last I checked, so we haven't missed out on anything from October yet.
Where's the issue? (I'm seriously not seeing it.)
True_Blue
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WotC has literally stood by the terms to which you agreed upon when you purchased it.
If I tell a customer that I will usually deliver milk to their door the first Sunday of a month, but that I can't promise it to happen every month, and if I miss a month, I'll make sure they get the product that they missed out on the previous month and the next month, and then I miss a month, I would find it crazy that a customer would call me up and complain. I literally informed them, they had to read over the agreement *and* agree to it before they purchased. I followed everything to the letter.
If I tell a customer that I will usually deliver milk to their door the first Sunday of a month, but that I can't promise it to happen every month, and if I miss a month, I'll make sure they get the product that they missed out on the previous month and the next month, and then I miss a month, I would find it crazy that a customer would call me up and complain. I literally informed them, they had to read over the agreement *and* agree to it before they purchased. I followed everything to the letter.
lol... I would never buy milk from you. I'd buy my milk from the guy who delivered monthly.
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Scribble has the right idea here.
A) If you're dissatisfied with the lack of update in September, email CS and ask for a refund. They will give you one (they did for me at least).
B) WotC never specified exactly when the October update would be out and what it would include. So, getting upset because it's not out on the 5th is not reasonable. If you want to get upset, get upset on the 31st of October.
