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12 months ago ::
Jun 20, 2012 - 1:31PM
#11
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Date Joined:
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I can't see why they would remove them from the website
Ditto. I mean, they might eventually, but I couldn't see them doing so in the short term. (I'm mean heck, they still have stuff for 3e and even 2e on their site... and they're in the process posting 1e stuff)
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12 months ago ::
Jun 21, 2012 - 3:18PM
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Date Joined:
May 26, 2011
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What I'd like to see is a stand-alone Character Builder, Monster Builder and a Compendium DB with a front-end sold as a once off program at the end of 4e's life-span, ie. once 5e is released.
Won't happen, but it'd be nice.
I'd also like to see the math finally retro-fixed since the excuses for not doing so (new players getting confused, yeah right) would no longer apply and they've admitted in 5e articles that the math was off and that feat taxes were actually feat taxes.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 21, 2012 - 7:44PM
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The best I hope for is that some very savvy person will create a mod for the old character builder which would include all the more recent stuff. (I will prevent myself from getting into trouble here by ironically stating that that wish includes a more open license for such third party efforts.)
lol, it has existed for what 2 years now? I don't really keep up with it, but I'm pretty sure they support everything up through at least HoS, probably HotFW as well. Honestly I don't think there's much of a license issue. You have to have a copy of the program to use the mods. In any case, I'm highly skeptical a bunch of kids are going to pay much attention to a C&D etc, they just post the stuff on Google. It will be around forever. If the Internet has taught us anything it is that once stuff is out there you just can't really kill it and it is a waste of time trying.
I'm guessing that there will be 5e DDI. If that is true I'm also guessing that the 4e DDI stuff will remain online for good while. Mostly because there's just not a lot of reason to need to take it down. They can just stuff the 4e tools page and etc off in some corner and we can use it. No doubt eventually it won't be worth the pittance of keeping the server up and running, but that day could be far in the future.
That is not dead which may eternal lie
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12 months ago ::
Jun 22, 2012 - 2:44AM
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Date Joined:
May 17, 2009
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-Stuff-
They totally don't keep it pretty much up to date.
COUGH, SPASM, COUGH
I wouldn't know.
Seriously, though, you should check out the PbP Haven. You might also like Real Adventures, IF you're cool. | Knights of W.T.F.- Silver Spur Winner | |
4enclave, a place where 4e fans can talk 4e in peace.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 22, 2012 - 8:23AM
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You guys talking about Hero Lab? It does require a D&Di account and you have to manually update it when there is new stuff in the compendium. And it's only as up-to-date and correct as the online Compendium ....
Bottom line, if you are already paying for D&Di, just use that Character Builder. In the future, if WotC drops support of the D&Di character builder, at least Hero Lab will continue to work ... well, until WotC drops support of the online Compendium....
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12 months ago ::
Jun 25, 2012 - 3:20PM
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You guys talking about Hero Lab?
I don't think so.
Heard that there's something that WotC wanted to kill, but it not only never died but actually now shames WotC by being more up to date than it's official replacement.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 30, 2012 - 9:02AM
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Date Joined:
Aug 31, 2007
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If they keep the 4e tools online, I will continue to give them my DDI money. Otherwise, I will not. Hopefully, enough others feel the same way that they'll be encouraged to keep those tools available.
I am with Swamp Dog on that!
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11 months ago ::
Jul 01, 2012 - 3:20PM
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Date Joined:
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You guys talking about Hero Lab?
I don't think so.
Heard that there's something that WotC wanted to kill, but it not only never died but actually now shames WotC by being more up to date than it's official replacement.
With how light the mechanics released are, its not hard to add most rules elements to the program within a day or so.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 01, 2012 - 8:04PM
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Nov 27, 2009
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Well I was under the impression you paid for a DDI account and your characters were preserved online. They take that away, then why would I continue to pay for an account?
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11 months ago ::
Jul 05, 2012 - 10:39PM
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Is there any simple way of extracting all the data from the online Compendium?
I know someone from WotC said that WotC would continue supporting the 4E online tools but I am sure that same person will lose their job in one of the twice-yearly layoffs sometime in the next two years.
Cheers
Imruphel
aka Scrivener of Doom
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