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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bbjore" data-source="post: 5379984" data-attributes="member: 27539">You know, I read all the various responses about how terrible DDI is, how it's a ripoff, and how people are done with 4E because of the character builder stuff, and quite frankly it baffles me. I always thought D&D was a Pen and paper game. You bought the books, and you wrote your character down on a sheet of paper. I can still do this, although now I use copy and paste from the compendium, and it goes even faster. When I'm in a bind for time, I'll use the character builder, and can have character done in 20 minutes using either the offline or online version even with the crashes. For me, it seems like they've done nothing but keep on improving on things as they were 10 years ago. Are things perfect? No. But I hardly think the fact that a gaming accessory doesn't work is a reason to dislike the system or the end of the game itself. That might not be true for everyone, and regardless of how people feel, I truly hope they all find their own bliss in whatever system works for them. But I do wish people would spend more time enjoying a game, any game, with their friends rather than focusing on the shortfalls of a simple accessory. Wizards is a gaming company, it was probably a little unrealistic to expect them to be a top tier program design company in the space of a few years. But I for one am at least glad their trying to improve the game as best they can. I'd rather have them try and fail than not try at all. I waited 20 years for a digital implementation of D&D that made me happy, and I can wait a few more. Until then, I say the compendium alone is worth the price of DDI.</blockquote>

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