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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peraion Graufalke" data-source="post: 5388381" data-attributes="member: 81950">My 2 cents. Been a subscriber since 11/2008, sub runs until late next year.- Compendium: I only use it occasionally, so its value hasn't changed for me. However:Do you mean <a href="http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/26283425/Dark_Sun_Creature_Catalog_still_not_in_Compendium&post_num=6#474740889" target="_blank">this post</a>? Or is there an "official" post somewhere on the WotC boards regarding this? Because it seems like an over-reaction to interpret "have no timetable" to mean "never" when it could just as well mean that it's not high on their priority list right now.- Character Builder: Lost much of its value for me. I can no longer customize character information, especially printing to pdf format (with editable text, not Silverlight bitmaps <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant    :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" />) so I can edit and customize character sheets and power cards. The online CB's only use now is as a guide through character creation where I write down character information by hand or in a text editor. Nevermind the stability and connection issues.The "Classic" CB still works with all of its bugs, some of which were introduced by the last update. Not going to be updated again by WotC, ever, so no Dark Sun and Essentials stuff.- Monster Builder: Lost much of its value for me. No online equivalent available yet (and I expect it to have many of the issues of the online CB), and the last update introduced bugs that mess up my custom monsters. As a bonus, WotC isn't going to fix the bugs, ever.- Dungeon Magazine: I got the impression its value has increased, though I admit I rarely read it. For me it's a resource for when I can't come up with good plots or adventure ideas.- Dragon Magazine: Quality has been in constant flux. Fortunately, I haven't had a month without any useful articles, so it's still got its value for me. I hope that Steve Winter manages to improve the quality of Dragon content back to the level of the early 4e magazines (#364-#369).- Preview material: IMO it has become less, or at least less useful. Case in point: the PH3 debut content which allowed a DDI subscriber to play one build each of 5 new classes (out of 8) for the entire level range, plus githzerai, hybrid rules, and skill powers. I really liked that; it was good value for the money.Fast forward to Essentials and we get preview material that doesn't let you play anything, not even for one level of play, because key rules information is missing. So we're back to the glorified ads in Ampersand... and I'm not amused.In conclusion, for me DDI is on a year-long period of probation right now. When my sub runs out next year and my main issues with DDI haven't improved I will not resubscribe.I'll keep playing 4e though. <3 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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