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<blockquote data-quote="bielmic" data-source="post: 4605946" data-attributes="member: 30862"><p>most forms of entertainment have a half-life, so to speak. they premiere, steadily gain popularity (hopefully) and then wane, to the point where they are eventually cancelled. you can sometimes prevent that last step by redesigning the entertainment. </p><p> </p><p>i started buying DDM with the first set in order to get minis for the 3.5 campaign i was in. at $10 for 8 minis, they were a steal and i frequently called them the best deal in gaming! (the title later moved to dungeon tiles after DDM went to $15) the paint jobs were ok for the most part and my time had become more limited at the point when they had first premiered so it was right for me. i started playing the skirmish game in order to have something to do with the minis on weeks my rpg was cancelled. after buying first LOTS of boosters initially and then mostly cases for the first 7 sets, i got tired on the randomness. some minis were *must haves* for the rpg and others for the skirmish game and the two rarely coinicided. to get them all without the hassle of trading, i started buying complete sets for the next 4. after 11 sets and over 600 distinct miniatures (which i NEVER would have been able to paint in the same timeframe), i rarely needed any more for the RPG. when they announced the switch to DDM 2.0 and the retirment of 90%+ of my collection from skirmish play (a move they later retracted), i gave up on the skirmish game. they had just invalidated both my knowledge of the game (i.e. the rules) and the vast majority of my physical collection. i now had NO reason to continue either playing or collecting. what about the other people in both the rpg and skirmish groups i played with? most of the RPGers rarely played the skirmish game and pooped out after about a half dozen sets, only picked up scattered singles afterwards. about a third of the skirmish players moved on to dreamblade with their time and $ due to the prize support (these were the most competitive skirmish players in the group) and another 1/3 just got tired of the game after a few years and stopped playing. </p><p> </p><p>the $15 price point would have been the maximum i would have paid for a pack. after i stopped collecting, i noticed on the previews a distinct DECREASE in the quality of the sculpts and paint jobs due to cost savings measures on the part of wotc (the transportation and material cost went up for them and the price stayed the same so they had to sacrifice quality to maintain an acceptable profit margin). the business model they had been using wasn't working anymore and they changed to survive. i applaud any attempt to maintain an introductory line of prepainted minis for the RPG. not everyone is lucky enough to have gotten in as early as me and completed their rpg collection!</p><p> </p><p>p.s. the pig farmer was awesome! it was alot more realistic on the tabletop then the harbinger commoner armed with the +5 vorpal scythe! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bielmic, post: 4605946, member: 30862"] most forms of entertainment have a half-life, so to speak. they premiere, steadily gain popularity (hopefully) and then wane, to the point where they are eventually cancelled. you can sometimes prevent that last step by redesigning the entertainment. i started buying DDM with the first set in order to get minis for the 3.5 campaign i was in. at $10 for 8 minis, they were a steal and i frequently called them the best deal in gaming! (the title later moved to dungeon tiles after DDM went to $15) the paint jobs were ok for the most part and my time had become more limited at the point when they had first premiered so it was right for me. i started playing the skirmish game in order to have something to do with the minis on weeks my rpg was cancelled. after buying first LOTS of boosters initially and then mostly cases for the first 7 sets, i got tired on the randomness. some minis were *must haves* for the rpg and others for the skirmish game and the two rarely coinicided. to get them all without the hassle of trading, i started buying complete sets for the next 4. after 11 sets and over 600 distinct miniatures (which i NEVER would have been able to paint in the same timeframe), i rarely needed any more for the RPG. when they announced the switch to DDM 2.0 and the retirment of 90%+ of my collection from skirmish play (a move they later retracted), i gave up on the skirmish game. they had just invalidated both my knowledge of the game (i.e. the rules) and the vast majority of my physical collection. i now had NO reason to continue either playing or collecting. what about the other people in both the rpg and skirmish groups i played with? most of the RPGers rarely played the skirmish game and pooped out after about a half dozen sets, only picked up scattered singles afterwards. about a third of the skirmish players moved on to dreamblade with their time and $ due to the prize support (these were the most competitive skirmish players in the group) and another 1/3 just got tired of the game after a few years and stopped playing. the $15 price point would have been the maximum i would have paid for a pack. after i stopped collecting, i noticed on the previews a distinct DECREASE in the quality of the sculpts and paint jobs due to cost savings measures on the part of wotc (the transportation and material cost went up for them and the price stayed the same so they had to sacrifice quality to maintain an acceptable profit margin). the business model they had been using wasn't working anymore and they changed to survive. i applaud any attempt to maintain an introductory line of prepainted minis for the RPG. not everyone is lucky enough to have gotten in as early as me and completed their rpg collection! p.s. the pig farmer was awesome! it was alot more realistic on the tabletop then the harbinger commoner armed with the +5 vorpal scythe! :) [/QUOTE]
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