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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 5279624" data-attributes="member: 20741">C'mon, that's not a fair representation. If you are a DM and WANT a DM's copy, then it would cost you $30 each. It acts as a player client as well and does not take up a &quot;guest slot&quot; when it is in use as a player client in somebody else's game.But it's hardly a reasonable assessment of a niche computer program's cost to suggest it's &quot;too expensive&quot; when you then evaluate its costs on the basis that each player wants to purchase his own DM client as well instead of a player client. That's a choice gamers may make - but it is not a requirement of the software nor the expected price point.I'm suggesting you should be fair when posting on the cost of software here on ENWorld. If people think the actual cost is too much? Then they do. But it's not right to leave people thinking the actual cost is something other than what it really is. Your statement as to the cost of the software is, accordingly, misleading to a casual reader of these forums.I personally don't think that either D20 Pro or Fantasy Grounds or anybody is &quot;screwing over DMs&quot;. I think the asking price for their products is eminently fair. And to be clear on this point: I think the price you expect to pay is neither fair nor reasonable. Your opinion is your own, but that doesn't necessarily make it a reasonable one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 5279624, member: 20741"] C'mon, that's not a fair representation. If you are a DM and WANT a DM's copy, then it would cost you $30 each. It acts as a player client as well and does not take up a "guest slot" when it is in use as a player client in somebody else's game. But it's hardly a reasonable assessment of a niche computer program's cost to suggest it's "too expensive" when you then evaluate its costs on the basis that each player wants to purchase his own DM client as well instead of a player client. That's a choice gamers may make - but it is not a requirement of the software nor the expected price point. I'm suggesting you should be fair when posting on the cost of software here on ENWorld. If people think the [COLOR=Orange][B][I]actual[/I][/B][/COLOR] cost is too much? Then they do. But it's not right to leave people thinking the actual cost is something other than what it really is. Your statement as to the cost of the software is, accordingly, misleading to a casual reader of these forums. I personally don't think that either D20 Pro or Fantasy Grounds or anybody is "screwing over DMs". I think the asking price for their products is eminently fair. And to be clear on this point: I think the price [U]you[/U] expect to pay is neither fair nor reasonable. Your opinion is your own, but that doesn't [B]necessarily[/B] make it a reasonable one. [/QUOTE]

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