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<blockquote data-quote="Monkey King" data-source="post: 3830505" data-attributes="member: 22474">I'd want to see some of the following:New Monsters, not retreads. The Creature Catalogs by Paizo were especially good.Playable Maps scaled for printing at 1&quot; per square.More Variety: A range of subgenres, not just FR and Eberron. Season it with Dragonlance fiction, Al-Qadim variant rules, and Planescape encounters. Emphasis on major NPCs with a history in the game (Tales of Mordenkainen, or whatever replaces the Demonomicon). Some tie-in for long-term players.A series on the Far Realms by Bruce CordellThings I'd like to see DDI avoid:Product-of-the-Month: The shameless marketing stuff gets old fast.Rules Wankery: Some web articles seem to be just about abusing the rules (that 30-headed Tarrasque article, for instance). If it's useless and unplayable crunch, don't bother.I have high hopes that the DDI will put some Hasbro muscle into the online offerings. They've&nbsp; had a long time to prep for the freebie launch, and months more before the pay-for-access launch. I'm looking forward to increasing quality over the coming months.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monkey King, post: 3830505, member: 22474"] I'd want to see some of the following: [B]New Monsters,[/B] not retreads. The Creature Catalogs by Paizo were especially good. [B]Playable Maps[/B] scaled for printing at 1" per square. [B]More Variety:[/B] A range of subgenres, not just FR and Eberron. Season it with Dragonlance fiction, Al-Qadim variant rules, and Planescape encounters. [B]Emphasis on major NPCs [/B]with a history in the game (Tales of Mordenkainen, or whatever replaces the Demonomicon). Some tie-in for long-term players. A series on the [B]Far Realms [/B] by Bruce Cordell Things I'd like to see DDI avoid: [B]Product-of-the-Month:[/B] The shameless marketing stuff gets old fast. [B]Rules Wankery:[/B] Some web articles seem to be just about abusing the rules (that 30-headed Tarrasque article, for instance). If it's useless and unplayable crunch, don't bother. I have high hopes that the DDI will put some Hasbro muscle into the online offerings. They've had a long time to prep for the freebie launch, and months more before the pay-for-access launch. I'm looking forward to increasing quality over the coming months. [/QUOTE]

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