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Hi folks,

Setting this feedback thread in advance for the next Digital Insider, due to go live tomorrow.

Many thanks!

He finally got it right at the end!
That is EXACTLY what the weekly insider should look like.

Of course, now its all over... The Irony.

Assassins, familiars, and monks... oh my!

I don't think I can wait for all that good stuff... anyone know any relatively harmless ways I can knock myself out for about 3 months?

The last DDI?

"When this column began, information was streaming at an amazing rate. It was a time of constant change and constant growth, and we had a lot to let you know about. That’s no longer the case, and as many of you have recognized, I don’t have a ton of new information to pass along on a weekly basis. So, this will be the last regularly scheduled installment of Digital Insider. "

Does this mean no progress is being made?

"We will stay in touch, just not on a weekly basis. When we have something new or exciting to say, you’ll see it as a news item, or on the message boards, or in an editorial or column. In most cases, we’ll use a combination of these methods to best get the word out."

OK how about those promised PDFs, auto renew or Paypal to mention a few outstanding issues? Seeing news items require dealing with the web site (which has been an issue from at least launch of 4th if not before with occasional fixes and occasional failures), reading the editorials require being a member and getting the word out in general has been a failure to communicate the bad with the good.

Ending this column which for the most part had nothing of use to say makes sense, however also indicates WotC really does not want to tell the people what is going on.  Oh seeing the Hasbro profit reports it of course could mean that bandwidth usage has been restricted and or another round of force adjustment is coming.

The few of the community asked for more information and the answer is less.

End feedback before I say other things.

You asked for feedback, here it is.

I'm struggling with how to give Wizards my money. I want to give Wizards my money. I've enjoyed LFR quite a bit, and feel guilty that I'm getting so much enjoyment with very little monetary output. I'm signed up for Insider, and I've bought the core books, but I'm not really interested in other materials. Here's why:

* I don't want a whole shelf of books I won't use very often. I have a huge pile of 2E books from before my recently-ended 10-year hiatus from D&D. I don't want to shlep around a ton of books either.
* I don't want a huge briefcase full of tiles either. I'd be happy to pay $5 for a high-rez map I can have printed at kinkos. Were I to own my own game shop, I'd be interested in buying laminated version of maps for LFR and Scales modules.
* I don't want to buy a box of randomized minis. I hear you're solving this issue, so I won't dwell on it too much. But I need 10 kobolds for my next module--how many booster packs would I have to buy to get them?
* I don't want to manage a bunch of update files and books with notes written in them. Electronic resources have infinitesimal costs to update, they should be.
* I don't want to manage a bunch of LFR adventure logs. I'd be happy to look at banner ads or Google ads to have a real RPGA Web site that lets me show my characters' history off to my friends. I'd even be interested in a standard Web 2.0 model: 1 character is free but up to 10 characters costs $5/month and was tied to my RPGA number.
* I like plotlines. Story is why I play D&D. I'd be much more interested in buying a pack of minis if they were the exact ones I needed for a certain LFR module. I'd pay the price of an MTG booster for RPGA legal power/item/creation cards that were only usable during a 6-month window that represented a plotline.

I know that RPGA/LFR and D&D 4E aren't exactly the same entities, but since LFR is 99% of my gateway to D&D, it's where I see most of the opportunity. The character builder is a great first step. There is so much opportunity in this space, however.