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11 months ago ::
Jul 17, 2012 - 7:22AM
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Sorry but WotC employees don't really interact on these forums. I mean it happens very rarely, but not enough to have any expectation of it happening for specific questions. They have always said questions should be directed to customer support.
If you'll allow me to speculate, I'd say chances of iOS or Android versions of the current toolset are extremely low. (Near zero).
It's always possible that they are working a new suite of tools for D&D Next that will indeed support tablets. Hope springs eternal.
Well, not from me, but, you know, from someone. Maybe you will be that hopeful person!
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11 months ago ::
Jul 17, 2012 - 8:41AM
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Don't expect any wotc employees to respond here. They won't. Don't expect any improvement on the 4E digital tools. They will add new content from any dragon articles and maybe fix a few small bugs. That's it.
Then the 4E digital tools will probably all go away at some point in the next 2 years.
I have a android tablet so I understand where you are coming from. But 4E customers are no longer a priority for Wotc, unless they are interested in buying Next products when they are released. There is a chance that Next products will be handled better when it comes to digital books and online tools, but whether that will happen is only a guess.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 17, 2012 - 12:04PM
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Don't expect any wotc employees to respond here. They won't.
Don't expect any improvement on the 4E digital tools. They will add new content from any dragon articles and maybe fix a few small bugs. That's it.
Then the 4E digital tools will probably all go away at some point in the next 2 years.
I have a android tablet so I understand where you are coming from. But 4E customers are no longer a priority for Wotc, unless they are interested in buying Next products when they are released.
There is a chance that Next products will be handled better when it comes to digital books and online tools, but whether that will happen is only a guess.
Trust me I did not really expect any WotC employees to respond, not truly. I was hoping I was wrong and proved I was right though. Which is really sad. It tells the consumer that WotC just does not care about it's consumers at all. If this was the Paizo Boards this would not be the case, a Paizo employee would come on and make some kind of statement. If only to say they can't comment on it. It says alot about both companies. Paizo cares and WotC does not. I know it is harsh but I am not proven wrong and I am prepared to eat crow if I am, and a WotC employee comes in and says that I am wrong.
They will not be any different with the D&D Next products either. It might seem like it at first but only to promote it a little then they will again take the stance that they are now.. not caring about us once again and it will NOT take long at all.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 18, 2012 - 2:28AM
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The Virtual Tabletop didn't even get out of beta before they announced they were retiring the system it was designed for. What does that tell you about WotCs commitment to their tools, or their customers?
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11 months ago ::
Jul 18, 2012 - 3:46AM
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The Virtual Tabletop didn't even get out of beta before they announced they were retiring the system it was designed for. What does that tell you about WotCs commitment to their tools, or their customers?
They said they did not get the support required to continue the VTT and yet they did and it was only in BETA, how much support did they expect to get with it in a Beta Form for pete's sake? I am really disappointed in WotC in general and wish that they would take the customer in to account when they make these broad encompassing decisions and yet they think that they know best and slip futher down the food chain of RPG marketting.
For 35 years D&D ruled the roost and now it is slipping further and further down the list as far as top sales 
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11 months ago ::
Jul 18, 2012 - 4:29AM
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The Virtual Tabletop didn't even get out of beta before they announced they were retiring the system it was designed for. What does that tell you about WotCs commitment to their tools, or their customers?
They said they did not get the support required to continue the VTT and yet they did and it was only in BETA, how much support did they expect to get with it in a Beta Form for pete's sake? I am really disappointed in WotC in general and wish that they would take the customer in to account when they make these broad encompassing decisions and yet they think that they know best and slip futher down the food chain of RPG marketting.
For 35 years D&D ruled the roost and now it is slipping further and further down the list as far as top sales
If it was ready 4 years ago when they said it would, it might have got a little more traction.
WotC brought some much-needed freshness to D&D. 3rd ed and above have had some dramatic departures from the previous two, and I think they've both been pretty successful in their own rights.
But WotC has also shown that they have no commitment, and are poor at planning and follow-through. The 3.5 revision, 4th Eds Essentials, the utter lack of support for classes like Artificers and Runepriests, the changing from the Offline to Online Character Builder, and most blatantly, the tiny lifespan of 4th ed demonstrate this.
Good ideas, patchy execution, no dedication.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 18, 2012 - 8:36PM
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It would REALLY be nice to hear from someone and I mean ANYONE from WotC to come in here and say SOMETHING!!
Why is it that no one from WotC can give us something like we are not workiong on something like this nor do we care or yes we are working on it and we do care or we do care and can't say anything other then that. Are we really asking for to much that WotC can't say anything to us and thus basically saying "kiss off we DON'T care!!"
They Won't. WOTC's business model seems to be remain in the 20th century while their customers enter the 21st. They don't want any part of the digital market, despite the fact that the digital market is where *everyone* is moving to. Why buy a laptop when your phone lets you browse the web? When your tablet lets you watch netflix? But WOTC remains adamant that you have that laptop to access their stuff... and Digital Books/PDFs?. . the RIAA needs to learn this lesson, as does WOTC.. Piracy will happen, it can't be stopped.. but to pull out of the market for fear of losing a few dollars. . . well, 0% of $0 seems more appealing than even 50% of lots of $money... go figure.
"Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? NOW you're scared!" - Rose Tyler
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4 months ago ::
Jan 17, 2013 - 8:32PM
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Wow. Big surprise WotC employees still do not come in here and make a single comment as to whether or not they will be doing ANYTHING other then Silverlight with a DDI account at all. That is so pathetic
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 1:13PM
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After two years of ... however you want to characterize their support, I am starting to seriously consider throwing in the towel, dropping insider and switching to pathfinder.
There is a lot to like about 4e but they are dropping it anyway, so it's the right time to try the alternative.
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