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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 9142949" data-attributes="member: 6680772">We are currently in the middle of switching from Roll20 to AboveVTT. Today we played on the new DDB Maps tool just to get used to using the DDB character sheets. Next game will be on AboveVTT and we’re hoping it goes smoothly.When we first started gaming online in 2015 (I live in Japan, the rest of the group in the US), Roll20 was a godsend. Sure it was a bit clunky, but it was free, and it let us play together. We took a break in 2018 after my daughter was born, but got back into it last year. And since then I’ve been more and more dissatisfied with Roll20. When it got to the point that I was turning off dynamic lighting just to get things to run without so much lag, and their new toolbar went buggy, I thought there has to be a better way.It certainly was daunting, but I was motivated because I foresee purchasing adventures and eventually even new Core Books, and I did not want to sink any more money into Roll20. But also, purchasing adventures on DDB just made so much more sense, because it would provide me with all the maps and information I'd need to easily set those games up on any of the free and/or simple VTTs. Heck, the DDB Maps tool doesn't need that much more to be entirely satisfying to me. (Really, just a pointer, a ruler, simple drawing tools, and the ability to edit Token names.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 9142949, member: 6680772"] We are currently in the middle of switching from Roll20 to AboveVTT. Today we played on the new DDB Maps tool just to get used to using the DDB character sheets. Next game will be on AboveVTT and we’re hoping it goes smoothly. When we first started gaming online in 2015 (I live in Japan, the rest of the group in the US), Roll20 was a godsend. Sure it was a bit clunky, but it was free, and it let us play together. We took a break in 2018 after my daughter was born, but got back into it last year. And since then I’ve been more and more dissatisfied with Roll20. When it got to the point that I was turning off dynamic lighting just to get things to run without so much lag, and their new toolbar went buggy, I thought there has to be a better way. It certainly was daunting, but I was motivated because I foresee purchasing adventures and eventually even new Core Books, and I did not want to sink any more money into Roll20. But also, purchasing adventures on DDB just made so much more sense, because it would provide me with all the maps and information I'd need to easily set those games up on any of the free and/or simple VTTs. Heck, the DDB Maps tool doesn't need [i]that[/i] much more to be entirely satisfying to me. (Really, just a pointer, a ruler, simple drawing tools, and the ability to edit Token names.) [/QUOTE]

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