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<blockquote data-quote="eriktheguy" data-source="post: 5102119" data-attributes="member: 83662">The DDI vs print issue is why I don't buy books anymore (now that I have a DDI subscription). My brother still buys them all (he gets store credit at the place he works). Anyways, I'm a 'do everything on my computer' sort of guy, and I'm hoping that 5e leans more towards the digital side of things. I've been completely thrilled with the incorporation of errata into DDI and I love the character builder and what the adventure tools are shaping up to be.I'm hoping that 5e is primarily digital with a 'physical book' option. Remember how WotC eased us into point buy with 3e and then made it the default in 4e? They're sneaky. Hopefully this digital trend they started continues into future editions.They were new at marketing digital when they started their company, and they could definitely look at existing business models as an example. PDFs were a bad idea for Wizards (great idea for pirates). There are secure ways to market digital products online (systems like steam are making embarrassing amounts of money).I did some research and even recent releases of DDI are harder to pirate than they used to be (I don't condone piracy, I pay for my subscription).So once Wizards gets the hang of this 'internet' thing, I don't expect errata to be too much of a future problem.The question is, will they be able to implement major math fixes for issues like expertise?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eriktheguy, post: 5102119, member: 83662"] The DDI vs print issue is why I don't buy books anymore (now that I have a DDI subscription). My brother still buys them all (he gets store credit at the place he works). Anyways, I'm a 'do everything on my computer' sort of guy, and I'm hoping that 5e leans more towards the digital side of things. I've been completely thrilled with the incorporation of errata into DDI and I love the character builder and what the adventure tools are shaping up to be. I'm hoping that 5e is primarily digital with a 'physical book' option. Remember how WotC eased us into point buy with 3e and then made it the default in 4e? They're sneaky. Hopefully this digital trend they started continues into future editions. They were new at marketing digital when they started their company, and they could definitely look at existing business models as an example. PDFs were a bad idea for Wizards (great idea for pirates). There are secure ways to market digital products online (systems like steam are making embarrassing amounts of money). I did some research and even recent releases of DDI are harder to pirate than they used to be (I don't condone piracy, I pay for my subscription). So once Wizards gets the hang of this 'internet' thing, I don't expect errata to be too much of a future problem. The question is, will they be able to implement major math fixes for issues like expertise? [/QUOTE]

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