Will you subscribe to DDI?
- Thread starter Ulorian - Agent of Chaos
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Wormwood
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Probably.
The promised features look good, and being able to supplement my tabletop game with the occasional 'virtual session' is a real selling point for me. Dragon and Dungeon content needs to be of equivelent utility as their magazine counterparts. Online support for my purchased books is a bonus.
If the DI is executed well, I'll definitely join.
The promised features look good, and being able to supplement my tabletop game with the occasional 'virtual session' is a real selling point for me. Dragon and Dungeon content needs to be of equivelent utility as their magazine counterparts. Online support for my purchased books is a bonus.
If the DI is executed well, I'll definitely join.
I selected "Doubtful." I won't pay money for what is essentially an online magazine. I never had a subscription to a D&D magazine in the past, and I imagine I will live without it in the future.
I would be willing to play if I found a gaming group that played over the electronic interface, if that interface is actually usable, and if I decide that playing in that manner is actually fun.
I would be willing to play if I found a gaming group that played over the electronic interface, if that interface is actually usable, and if I decide that playing in that manner is actually fun.
I've yet to see a single thing offered in the DDI that has any value for me and my gaming groups.
-There is too significant a difference between the real magazines and the limited accessibility of the E-Drag and E-Dun that the DDI is offering for them to be of use
-I actually have players and groups that I game with "face to face" so the e-table has only a little curiosity factor
-The character generator might have been of some use, but unless I'll be able to add and subtract content for me and my players its useless for my homebrew as it can't handle my house rules
-E versions of the books I buy is an interesting feature, but hardly worth $120 a year, and any errata should be provided for free regardless of my subscription in the DDI. Of course the concept of errata from WotC is still "vaporware" in my opinion, as we still have not seen anything since 2006.
All in all, despite the fan-fare about the DDI, it has little relevance and offers no real functionality for my gaming groups.
-There is too significant a difference between the real magazines and the limited accessibility of the E-Drag and E-Dun that the DDI is offering for them to be of use
-I actually have players and groups that I game with "face to face" so the e-table has only a little curiosity factor
-The character generator might have been of some use, but unless I'll be able to add and subtract content for me and my players its useless for my homebrew as it can't handle my house rules
-E versions of the books I buy is an interesting feature, but hardly worth $120 a year, and any errata should be provided for free regardless of my subscription in the DDI. Of course the concept of errata from WotC is still "vaporware" in my opinion, as we still have not seen anything since 2006.
All in all, despite the fan-fare about the DDI, it has little relevance and offers no real functionality for my gaming groups.
I said yes simply because I'm a sucker for such bells and whistles. With my new promotion, subsequent rise in pay, and the fact that I blow $50-100 a month on worthless crap just 'cause I want, $120 a year doesn't sound so bad! 
Plus, it might rez my old online game.
The future of my subscription relies on two variables: if it sucks, I'll just cancel the subscription. If I feel i'm getting my money's worth, I'll keep it.
Plus, it might rez my old online game.The future of my subscription relies on two variables: if it sucks, I'll just cancel the subscription. If I feel i'm getting my money's worth, I'll keep it.
Kid Charlemagne
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I figure I'll give it a shot for a year, and see how it goes.
I picked 50/50, but there's some explanation needed...
If I end up DM'ing 4e, almost certainly; Dungeon, Dragon, and a bunch of other online tools for $10/mo sounds like an excellent deal in that case. Really, if you're DMing 4e, have a Windows PC and a good internet connection, and aren't broke, I don't know why you wouldn't subscribe to D&DI.
If I end up playing 4e, and there's a lot of useful content for non-DMs, possibly. I can certainly afford it, and all the tools should run fine on my PC. But if I'm a player rather than a DM, and not involved in any virtual tabletop games (and short of getting the old gang from college together for a session with players in San Diego, LA, Boston, and Raleigh, I can't see it), I'm not sure I'd get all that much use out of it.
If I'm not playing or running 4e, then almost certainly not. There'd have to be a pretty significant amount of SWSE stuff, and I'd have to want to play 4e even though my group wasn't switching/hadn't switched yet.
If I end up DM'ing 4e, almost certainly; Dungeon, Dragon, and a bunch of other online tools for $10/mo sounds like an excellent deal in that case. Really, if you're DMing 4e, have a Windows PC and a good internet connection, and aren't broke, I don't know why you wouldn't subscribe to D&DI.
If I end up playing 4e, and there's a lot of useful content for non-DMs, possibly. I can certainly afford it, and all the tools should run fine on my PC. But if I'm a player rather than a DM, and not involved in any virtual tabletop games (and short of getting the old gang from college together for a session with players in San Diego, LA, Boston, and Raleigh, I can't see it), I'm not sure I'd get all that much use out of it.
If I'm not playing or running 4e, then almost certainly not. There'd have to be a pretty significant amount of SWSE stuff, and I'd have to want to play 4e even though my group wasn't switching/hadn't switched yet.
Ulorian - Agent of Chaos
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One thing that would have me worried about DDI is that the WotC web staff doesn't exactly have a stellar track record: they can't get a search function to work and they shut down for an hour every day for 'maintenance'. I develop enterprise-level web applications (front- and back-end) for a living. This maintenance is most likely a database backup and possibly a database re-optimisation (PostgreSQL VACUUM or similar). Now I'm not a DBA (database administrator), but most databases that I know of support backups/optimisations while the database server is running (albeit at a performance cost, which is why these operations are typically run during low traffic periods).
At the risk of sounding uncharitable, to me, this speaks to a lack of experience/expertise on the part of the web developers employed at WotC. Maybe there's something I'm missing; is there a DBA out there who can change my opinion of the WotC web development team?
Playing devil's advocate: even if the WotC website maintenance folks aren't that experienced, that doesn't spell doom for DDI. It's possible that they have a separate, more experienced team working on DDI. This makes some sense, as many of the DDI components are far more complex than maintaining a website forum built with a simple 'out-of-the-box' software package.
At the risk of sounding uncharitable, to me, this speaks to a lack of experience/expertise on the part of the web developers employed at WotC. Maybe there's something I'm missing; is there a DBA out there who can change my opinion of the WotC web development team?
Playing devil's advocate: even if the WotC website maintenance folks aren't that experienced, that doesn't spell doom for DDI. It's possible that they have a separate, more experienced team working on DDI. This makes some sense, as many of the DDI components are far more complex than maintaining a website forum built with a simple 'out-of-the-box' software package.
catsclaw227
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I was going to vote "Probably" --- but who am I kidding. I will buy it and keep it for at least a year. I am a DM, a player and I will likely buy into 4e when it goes live.
Dungeon, Dragon, VTT, Access to book enhancements, character builder online, etc.
How much of the current online content will they move to DDI?
Dungeon, Dragon, VTT, Access to book enhancements, character builder online, etc.
How much of the current online content will they move to DDI?
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