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<blockquote data-quote="Dualazi" data-source="post: 7710081" data-attributes="member: 6855537">I was tentatively excited when I saw curse was involved, since despite being owned by Twitch they've been pretty reliable providers of modding support. That said, while I appreciate the information given so far by reps from the service itself, I'm less than enthused with what I'm seeing here. Microtransactions are almost always poisonous, and an ongoing subscription on top of that seems like a pretty shameless double-dip, particularly since homebrew options are gated behind it. Price for the full book options will also be suspect, because if wizards/curse thinks I'm paying another full 50$ for a digital convenience they've got another thing coming.A lot of the features asked for or described are also provided reasonably well by roll20 for free, such as initiative tracking and character sheets/macros. The UI they've teased looks well made, but it's really going to come down to what they can offer that more established VTTs* can't.* The reason I focus on VTTs more than apps, aside from personal preference, is that I doubt a subscription-based app is going to work well. I honestly think people will simply use paper and pencil if that's their main target audience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dualazi, post: 7710081, member: 6855537"] I was tentatively excited when I saw curse was involved, since despite being owned by Twitch they've been pretty reliable providers of modding support. That said, while I appreciate the information given so far by reps from the service itself, I'm less than enthused with what I'm seeing here. Microtransactions are almost always poisonous, and an ongoing subscription on top of that seems like a pretty shameless double-dip, particularly since homebrew options are gated behind it. Price for the full book options will also be suspect, because if wizards/curse thinks I'm paying another full 50$ for a digital convenience they've got another thing coming. A lot of the features asked for or described are also provided reasonably well by roll20 for free, such as initiative tracking and character sheets/macros. The UI they've teased looks well made, but it's really going to come down to what they can offer that more established VTTs* can't. * The reason I focus on VTTs more than apps, aside from personal preference, is that I doubt a subscription-based app is going to work well. I honestly think people will simply use paper and pencil if that's their main target audience. [/QUOTE]

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