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5 years ago ::
May 07, 2008 - 9:04PM
#11
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Im a bit worried about this too. The virtual table top is the primary reason im subscribing. I can live without the magazines, what I want is to be able to play with other people online. I will reserve judgement untill the follow up information comes out, but if its a long wait for the tabletop i really dont see it being worth the money.
Edit: I wonder if they are behind schedule in developing the table top and character creator tools? Bill did talk about a limited period after the trail where there would be lower rates. Maybe they will charge less untill the full product is ready. Either way, very frustrating news.
How about just saying they are "having problems with the printers" and be done with it for now?
I called it vaporware a while ago and it does appears they can not or will not provide a usable, full functional, product that they said they would. Perhaps I misread the signs, just have a bad feeling/belief about how things are reported to be going.
Plans are always subject to change.
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5 years ago ::
May 08, 2008 - 10:18AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 22, 2004
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Personnally, I think it will be *crap* like it was with 3E :P There program won't be ready, with multiple bugs that users will enhance... and found. Updates will come month after... sounds familiar ? As per Dragon & Dungeon... they haven't been able to follow Paizo's footsteps by putting 2 adventures + 1 adventure Paths per month !!! I know its free, but they should have left it to Paizo's until and a bit after the 4e launch... that way, customers wouldn't have grown an hate for they're "breathtaking" digital experience that results in complete... failure. Never change a product before its 110 % perfect. Customers hate when things don't work for the money they put in... 15$ for something that doesn't work properly is truly like the ******** E-tools was. Is it that hard to make a computer program that WORKS for D&D ? To this date, D&D programs have always failed (TSR Core Rules, 3e Character Generator and E-tools). Does not look good for the new generation 
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5 years ago ::
May 08, 2008 - 10:37AM
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Date Joined:
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Is it that hard to make a computer program that WORKS for D&D ? To this date, D&D programs have always failed (TSR Core Rules, 3e Character Generator and E-tools). Does not look good for the new generation
HeroForge worked and will be converting. They are even going to be platform independent.
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5 years ago ::
May 08, 2008 - 12:09PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 22, 2004
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That's the point... 3rd party company have better programs... they have less money and manpower to create a program like that than WotC had... and yet, they made a better program (as PCgen and RPGxplorer).
I do hope that for this version, it will be the right one, but being an online program that you can use when you suscribe, I don't believe it would be that much a success ! Why would I pay 15$ eternally to use a Character Creator when I could have a 3rd party (one payment) or free one do the job ?
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5 years ago ::
May 09, 2008 - 10:37AM
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Date Joined:
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Very disappointing. Way to let us down guys. I hope you reconsider your price of $15 unless its REALLY good stuff.
Until then we'll just sit here and be hoping you won't Blizzard out on us. We won't have to wait 10 years for the next update to DDI will we? (For those of you who caught the starcraft reference, I thank you.)
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5 years ago ::
May 11, 2008 - 12:53PM
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Date Joined:
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there are 3 pricing options if you go for the yearly subscription you pay 10 a month if you got 3 month then you pay 13 if you go monthly then you pay 15. They did say something about a first time special pricing at launch and also said the longer you are a subscriber the more of a discount on price you get or something to that extent
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5 years ago ::
May 21, 2008 - 9:33AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 31, 2001
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Based on what we've seen so far, I'd say they are at least 6 months off from rolling out all their digital products. That's just a guess based on what I've seen from gleemax, magic online, the online board games, the 'preview period' of the DDI, and my experience as a software developer working on both windows apps and web sites.
I think there is a chance that the whole project could crater and never come out, or come out in greatly reduced form. It's happened to companies who specialize in software development, and WotC certainly isn't that.
Of course this is all completely speculative and admittedly pessimistic. I hope I'm proven wrong.
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