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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 5379056" data-attributes="member: 75065">I have to share your sentiment at least Merric.I could see this coming (the online CB) reading between a few of mudbunny's comments when a new and exciing web based tool was announced.But I honestly thought that they could see the dangers that would arise, PR-wise, and hence they would release it with some cream and a cherry on top in the form of  a new tool. This may be true, in so far as it is in the pipeline, to be announced in the future-as-near-as-possible, but that remains irrelevant today, because at the moment its no more than castles in the air.I want DnD to have a long and healthy life. I like 4e and the changes come with it. Conceptually I like the refinements being made continually. I had the feeling 4e was beginning to receive some strongly positive public opinion, which I think is important and necessary. And when I saw the video of the online builder I thought, hey, sweet! It's going to be fast, user friendly ... a step up which I'm sure will assuage some of the rage.And instead it's a mess. I haven't tried it because I don't currently have a subscription but just the reaction is so overwhelmingly negative even from fans of 4e and people as calm and level headed as PCat (jeesh!) that I don't need to. I can stand back from it and see that it barely affects me. I've got a great tool and a life time's worth of gaming already. So nothing will change. But I do want the hobby to continue to grow. I do want 4e to continue to evolve. And such negative public opinion when WotC seemed to be finally turning the tide is very disappointing.I hope they can pull this around. Staying on the fence ... but with my brow furrowed and my arms crossed waitng to see how this plays out.</blockquote>

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