WOTC! Give us an update!

[Rechan]

I converted my remaining Dragon/Dungeon subscription to Pathfinder because I thought they seemed interesting. But Eric Mona's attitude on these forums regarding the new edition have convinced me that this is a waste of my money. I will likely be dropping that subscription this week.

Really? Mona hasn't said anything but positive stuff about WotC, and has shown an interest in going with 4e once they see the OGL. What's the problem?

 

[~Johnny~]

I was never really jazzed about the two magazines in the first place. They were real hit and miss. But Pathfinder? Oh GOD yes.

I have the first two Pathfinders and have definitely used elements from them, but I would really like to see more/better art and online PDF downloads of the maps like Dungeon used to have. Um, just in case any Paizo folks happen to be listening at this very moment.

I've actually really enjoyed the DDI content so far (though the adventures have been weak). But they had better get their updating acts together in the next couple of months. Even just sticking to scheduled publishing dates would be an improvement. The mysterious pace of updates right now is just really uncool.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Lack of consistent updates is unpleasant, I agree. But I do think that if WotC starts putting out good material, most of us will start slavering at the chops and will buy in--despite all the naysaying we're doing at the moment.

We gripe because we love our D&D, but in the end we're fickle and will jump on board very quickly once we see subscribers raving. And it won't take that many raving subscribers, really.

I don't mean this as a knock on anyone. It just seems to be the trend that I see with gamers and the internet. Me included.

 

[Jan van Leyden]

I think this DDI has great potential but I fail to see WotC making use of it.

If they give as a free beta of the application(s) and it seems useful during that period, I'll probably try it for two or three months before making a decision.

Most probably I'll just sit and wait until these apps are up and running before my own testing commences.

Dungeon and Dragon, you ask? I don't like reading long texts on-screen. I don't like reading texts oriented for portrait on-screen. I don't like dozens of sheets of paper flying around unbound in my room. What did you ask in the first place?

---
Huldvoll

Jan van Leyden

 

[Scholar & Brutalman]

As an ad for 4e, most of the online stuff has been fine as far as I'm concerned, if rather scant.

As an ad for DDI as a pay service, it's dreadful, and Gleemax sends a message about the quality of their online architecture that's just as bad.

Right now the top Dungeons and Dragons news is a DDO Developer Diary. Who the grandma is interested in DDO here? I'm certainly not, and if I was I'd go to a specialist MMO site, where I suspect I'd be told to play some other game.

 

[Zelster]

GLEEMAX is a terrible name, and deserves the customers it fails to entice.

After 4E can be purchased in local gaming stores worldwide and WotC has a chance to catch up, I still believe that the DI will be worth it. It's easy to complain about content when everything is free, but after a few free months of digital downloads I imagine most hardcore D&D fans will be subscribing to the DI service for one reason or another.

 

[Boregar]

I have a feeling that, given the explanation why there's not more content right now, it would behoove WotC to give one or two months free AFTER the advent of 4th Edition, to show people what the regular content will really look like. If there's not much effort being put out now because of the impending edition change, then seeing what kinds of supplementary content will be worth paying for would be a good change.

I would think that it could well be a good move on WOTC's part to include something with the Player's Handbook that would allow you access to the DI for a limited time. This would allow people to see the DI once it is properly up and running, and hopefully give a better preview than we are seeing currently, but it would also continue to do this after the first month or two and therefore perhaps also draw in those who are not 'early adopters'.