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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Moonshade" data-source="post: 4280513" data-attributes="member: 54606">I don't think that if Paizo had still been publishing the magazines they'd have been so unprofessional as to be hostile to 4E in the magazine content when it would have been their job to promote it and they would have expected to use its OGL in the future.If Paizo had continued to publish magazines, maybe they would have received access to 4E rules and inspired WOTC to deliver other publishers the 4E information they'd promised instead of dragging it out past deadlines? In which case Pathfinder might be going 4E right away instead of moving on with 3E and making the best of the situation since it got to the point where they could no longer sit around waiting for 4E rules. Who knows in what form Pathfinder would even exist if Paizo hadn't needed to find a replacement product for Dragon/Dungeon and been able to commit fully to it with the mags no longer requiring the time of their staff?The content of the magazines, especially Dragon, would have offered another opportunity to promote 4E. If even as much 1/3 would have been devoted to promotion (of the rules, previewing the DDI versions of the mags), there's no reason 2/3 couldn't have provided quality content, whether in the form of 3E support or less edition-specific articles. Why would it have led to more accusations of deception if the first 4E announcement had noted that Dragon and Dungeon would continue in print until 4Es release when they'd move online? Why would people have been more hostile (to DDI, WOTC) if they'd had magazines to read instead of the current situation in which the lack of online Dragon/Dungeon (accompanied by claims that WOTC were too busy working on 4E) puts into question WOTC's ability to commit to continued article/adventure support that's worth getting the DDI for?Since they have such a bad reputation when it comes to online projects, I expected something more than this "it'll be good next year, promise" approach. I doubted WOTC's ability to create a good online product when I first heard about DDI. The fact that Dragon/Dungeon were all but ignored for months and parts of the DDI still won't go live tells me that I shouldn't put too much faith in them getting it together and providing a reliable product worth paying for. Convincing people to pay for DDI (and thus make WOTC/4E more successful) should be a major priority. Instead there's delay after delay.</blockquote>

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