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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Destil" data-source="post: 5402877" data-attributes="member: 1980">I'd wager quite a bit of the need for the online versions of CB and the like is entirely because of some decree from on high (either legal or corporate leadership) in regards to piracy. Remember, WotC pulled down ALL official PDF support because of piracy. It's the stupidest move they've made since they started 4E and really shows that they "just don't get it" when it comes to the realities of a modern digital marketplace.The new CB is an improvement in many areas, but primarily UI and still lacks some of the under the hood features the offline one has. This is exactly what I'd expect from a team forced to bring the data onto their servers, and they at least made good use of the lessons learned from the original.But the whole reason for the existence of it just shows how utterly incompetent Wizards leadership is when it comes to digital (aside from Magic Online, which I'm sure makes money hand over fist).No question that they'll still be printing books. But their online strategy is something else entirely (how much effort are they spending on VTT? Have you even seen the most recent 4E maptools frameworks? Beaten to the market by years and for free).</blockquote>