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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5437517" data-attributes="member: 7006">Well the innovation needs to come from two sources.&nbsp; The first is to innovate in character generation which directly effects the Character Builder tool.&nbsp; The more &quot;cool stuff&quot; that WotC creates for characters that will only be accessed via the online builder will mean that those who want to use it will have to make the switch over.&nbsp; So for instance, I don't use the online builder currently because my campaign is ongoing and I don't need anything from the &quot;new products&quot; (i.e. Dark Sun or Essentials stuff) for my PCs when they level up.&nbsp; Now if/when I start a new campaign... especially if (for example) the Themes concept has been opened up for generic characters... at that point, the idea of perhaps using the online builder will have more traction for me.However, the other innovation has to come from everything 'non-CB'.&nbsp; The Adventure Tools, the Virtual Tabletop, the two magazines, the Rules Compendium etc.&nbsp; The more &quot;cool stuff&quot; that WotC puts out there that has nothing to do with the CB, are all the more reason for someone who uses the offline CB &amp; is non-DDI subscriber to perhaps consider subscribing anyway.&nbsp; Even if they never intend on using the online CB... it's all the other stuff that is worth the $7 a month.And I think that as time goes on, and things like an Encounter Builder or a Trap Builder, or a Campaign Manager, or all those other tools that everyone thinks WotC either is or should be working on... finally come to pass... it will help keep the subscriptions to DDI coming in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 5437517, member: 7006"] Well the innovation needs to come from two sources. The first is to innovate in character generation which directly effects the Character Builder tool. The more "cool stuff" that WotC creates for characters that will only be accessed via the online builder will mean that those who want to use it will have to make the switch over. So for instance, I don't use the online builder currently because my campaign is ongoing and I don't need anything from the "new products" (i.e. Dark Sun or Essentials stuff) for my PCs when they level up. Now if/when I start a new campaign... especially if (for example) the Themes concept has been opened up for generic characters... at that point, the idea of perhaps using the online builder will have more traction for me. However, the other innovation has to come from everything 'non-CB'. The Adventure Tools, the Virtual Tabletop, the two magazines, the Rules Compendium etc. The more "cool stuff" that WotC puts out there that has nothing to do with the CB, are all the more reason for someone who uses the offline CB & is non-DDI subscriber to perhaps consider subscribing anyway. Even if they never intend on using the online CB... it's all the other stuff that is worth the $7 a month. And I think that as time goes on, and things like an Encounter Builder or a Trap Builder, or a Campaign Manager, or all those other tools that everyone thinks WotC either is or should be working on... finally come to pass... it will help keep the subscriptions to DDI coming in. [/QUOTE]

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