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<blockquote data-quote="garyh" data-source="post: 4667087" data-attributes="member: 6078">But here's the thing - you can subscribe for a month, get the Character Builder as it exists now, then if you don't buy any books until PHB3, subscribe for the month PHB3 comes out, and you now have the PHB3 data (and ALL data from EVERYTHING to that point).&nbsp; Given that the monthly rate, even if you only subscribe for a month, isn't that much, this seems way better for us as consumers to me than them selling the base unit, then individual data sets for each book.&nbsp; I can't see the &quot;base program plus expansion pack&quot; model costing any less than the &quot;sub occasionally when a book comes out you want to have in the program&quot; model.And in case you aren't aware, the Character Builder is not a web app that you lose access to when your sub expires.&nbsp; It's a downloadable program that then exists forever on your PC.&nbsp; You only need an active sub to update with the new books, and if you want to just sign up one month a year and get the data that way, that works.Oh, and there are options you can check that remove rules you aren't using from the selectable options, so if you don't want to use the data from Martial Power because you don't own the book, you can chose to remove those as options (although the rules in the Character Builder are complete, so you could totally use powers from MP that you only have access to via the Character Builder and not be missing anything.&nbsp; Which is also cool).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="garyh, post: 4667087, member: 6078"] But here's the thing - you can subscribe for a month, get the Character Builder as it exists now, then if you don't buy any books until PHB3, subscribe for the month PHB3 comes out, and you now have the PHB3 data (and ALL data from EVERYTHING to that point). Given that the monthly rate, even if you only subscribe for a month, isn't that much, this seems way better for us as consumers to me than them selling the base unit, then individual data sets for each book. I can't see the "base program plus expansion pack" model costing any less than the "sub occasionally when a book comes out you want to have in the program" model. And in case you aren't aware, the Character Builder is not a web app that you lose access to when your sub expires. It's a downloadable program that then exists forever on your PC. You only need an active sub to update with the new books, and if you want to just sign up one month a year and get the data that way, that works. Oh, and there are options you can check that remove rules you aren't using from the selectable options, so if you don't want to use the data from Martial Power because you don't own the book, you can chose to remove those as options (although the rules in the Character Builder are complete, so you could totally use powers from MP that you only have access to via the Character Builder and not be missing anything. Which is also cool). [/QUOTE]

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