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Sep 15, 2010 -- 2:26PM, Nicomacheus wrote:

Looking back at what tools were promised in early 2008, we've only seen the CB and Monster Builder Beta... pre 4e release there were screen shots of the other tools (VIRTUAL GAME TABLE!!!) in dev and I haven't heard anything since...

Think about the various issues D&D 4E "online" has had; I think WotC's layoffs may've reached deep into the online team.  It certainly feels as if they need talent, creativity, and maybe even simple headcount in the non-book area.

I have generally been a backer of DDI in person, and mute on the subject on assorted fora, although very annoyed at those who never seem to give WotC a break.

This, however, is the first time that I have felt like the annual layoffs have hurt the viability of D&D as a game. The seeming lack of continuity in the DDI programming team (is anybody stilll working for that team now who was in 2008?) reinforces the perception that institutional memory is suffering, and thereby affecting my content as a consumer.

Were my subscription to expire this month, or in October, I would share much of the wrothness expressed here and elsewhere.

I will not become truly upset until/unless there is a delay in publication such as happened last October, November, December, and January. (Although, I will note that they did updates 2 weeks apart for Jan/Feb, which redeems that delay somewhat.)

Sep 17, 2010 -- 5:37AM, AsmodeusLore wrote:

Sep 16, 2010 -- 12:45PM, GuJiaXian wrote:

I never even got the e-mail about the missed update. And no, it wasn't in my spam folder.

This was the first time they tried to send such a massive mass-email.  I hear it hit their systems pretty hard and not everyone was reached.  Don't know what they've done to correct the problem for the future though.

For most of the people I know who didn't get the e-mail, they have their settings set to block broadcasts. That's not something WotC could do anything about.

I suspect adding a lot of the Dark Sun stuff is probably the set back.  They have to find a way to program in the new Themes into the CB.  Who knows if they're going to put it in its own tab, or maybe mix it into the Background tab or somewhere else.  At any rate, I can imagine that that's probably the biggest hurdle they're facing this time around.

Like I said before, I'm bummed that we're not getting our update until October, but in the grand scheme of things we have to remember that the people at WOTC are people too.  Yes, it's their job to get software and books and articles out according to schedule, but sometimes things just do not work out the way we'd like.  We should all thank our lucky stars that the CB and MB are not going the way of Duke Nukem Forever