Time To Be Constructive: What I Want From Online Content

[airwalkrr]

So the PTB want to know what I want to see in online format for D&D. Really? Nothing. I like having magazines so I can carry them to my game and I don't have a laptop to help me run games. On the other hand, I enjoy the DDM game very much and would be very interested in seeing support for playing DDM online. Software that provides matchmaking for games, a user-friendly interface for online play, and a competitive ranking system would be something I'd be willing to pay for. I believe a subscription service with two options would be best.

Option #1: Noncompetitive Play All figures are available for you to design your warband with constant updates. This option is best for people who wish to simply try out some concepts to see how well they work. It would also be the forum for casual players who just like getting into a fun game every now and then.

Option #2: Competitive Play Basically this would work like MTG: Online in that one could own virtual copies of the miniatures they play with. Players would be allowed to trade, buy, and sell virtual minis via an online forum specifically for this purpose (note that I'm using the word forum in the vaguest sense, not meant to specifically suggest a messageboard).

I still don't think there is a way to replace the magazine's content with online content though. I don't want to have to print stuff out to use it all the time. I'd rather put it up on my shelf already printed and be able to quickly reference by glancing at the spine like I do with my Dungeon and Dragon magazines.

 

[Zimri]

1) Lower subscription fee seeing as how they no longer have to print or ship a hardcopy
2) Adventure path articles to continue (both the adventure and the correllary pieces)
3) Class Acts to continue
4) Easily printable content
5) Easily searchable content. That was my major nitpick about the print magazines "which issue was the article with that cool feat in and where did I put it." This would seem the easiest "enhancement" a digital initiative would have.
6) Downloadable content If I am paying for it I want it to reside on my computer and as mentioned above be printable for me so I can share it with my DM or my players rather than having to play musical chairs or pass the laptop.
7) I want an assurance that the comic authors got paid for all the time they were contracted for (okay I only REALLY care about Rich Burlew but it'd be fair for all of them)