The Wizards site finally seems to be updated with DDI information. But the site is also being fickle. Based on what little I could see the DDI subscribers might have all the digital content. No buying books for me!
I know this won't float some peoples boat. ;P
The Wizards site finally seems to be updated with DDI information.
When will information become content?
This is it...?? How disappointing... I don't see ANYTHING worthwhile - I hope at midnight they put up some actual CONTENT.
Well at least they changed something. I don't think they even had a DDI section that was active yesterday.
Alright, I am grasping for straws here. But it shows that maybe someday we might have something called DDI. And the IT support is top notch. Ah smurf...
They did post a article saying there would need to be some transition time before things were kosher.
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-Now that site is acting really, really, screwy. Grumble, grumble, grumble!
-I went by my FLGS today to see if they just so happened to put out the 4E books. No darn it! But they did have a box of them behind the counter, and a display set up by the DnD section for tomorrow with no books in it yet. God how I wanted to jump ol' boy and take his stuff! JK! Well I figure I will be up at 0700 waiting not so patiently for those books. Thats even if I go to sleep tonight! ROFL!
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Interesting note:
The list of authors for the next Dragon include Nick Logue and Ari Marmell, putting an end on the speculation that OGL writters would be forbidden to write for 4E at the same time.
What i am interested in is to know what will be the fee for their DDI.
Precisely if everyone will have to pay the monthly fee, or just the DM.
I happen to play online with some friends, using Skype (for the vocal chat) and OpenRPG (for the maps), so the dungeon design tool and game table might be useful for my group.
As my players are cheap bastards, i will probably have to pay for them to make them use the game table if a fee is needed.
What i am interested in is to know what will be the fee for their DDI.
Precisely if everyone will have to pay the monthly fee, or just the DM.
I happen to play online with some friends, using Skype (for the vocal chat) and OpenRPG (for the maps), so the dungeon design tool and game table might be useful for my group.
As my players are cheap bastards, i will probably have to pay for them to make them use the game table if a fee is needed.
Aye the most irritating thing with the DDI is how much things still seem to be up in the air. I fully intend on subscribing, at least for the first year, to see what they'll have, but so far I'm not even sure what I'll be getting for my intended subscription, other than Dragon/Dungeon/a virtual tabletop. Is there some sort of rules database? I think so but details have changed so many times I really have no clue at this point ...
Cheers! :)
There should be a rules compendium thingie, giving you access to updates online, like errata, precisions and so on.
It should be different from the pdf version of the books which is also planned.
If anything, I am thinking of NOT subscribing for the first year. Let them figure out the bugs, fix errata and then subscribe. But I will probably succumb to temptation. And then get mad because they are not up to snuff. Being an early adoptor sucks.
Even if a little voice in my head tells me i should resist, i know that i won't be able to and that i will buy the books, subscribe the DDI fee and all.
I tend to fail my Will saves for these things.
That doesn't mean i will convert to D&D4, i will probably just get the stuff, even if i don't use it.
I looked at the site, and am wondering if I was just seeing things. Does it really say that you are going to need a Intel p4 2.6 GHz or AMD XP 2400+ processor to run the DDI experience? That's a pretty large demand for the common user. I just bought a new laptop (first new computer in 8 years), and I upgraded to a 2.4 GHz processor.
I'm on the side of the fence that is going to wait and watch all the bugs get fixed before I crash my new computer on it.
I looked at the site, and am wondering if I was just seeing things. Does it really say that you are going to need a Intel p4 2.6 GHz or AMD XP 2400+ processor to run the DDI experience? That's a pretty large demand for the common user. I just bought a new laptop (first new computer in 8 years), and I upgraded to a 2.4 GHz processor.
I'm on the side of the fence that is going to wait and watch all the bugs get fixed before I crash my new computer on it.
At least you have a PC. I am using a Mac... Sigh...
Alright, do we have any clue on when this thing will be functional? I at least want the Character Builder.
The Wizards site finally seems to be updated with DDI information.When will information become content?
But the medium IS the message!
Alright, do we have any clue on when this thing will be functional? I at least want the Character Builder.
The lead design of the DDI posted roughly around when 4E was released and, essentially, said the whole project was FUBAR'd and had no expected release date, other than "it'll come eventually". Maybe someone still has a link to his post on Gleemax? He seemed pretty upfront and honest about the whole thing, as well as apologetic. I'd like the Character Builder too, so hopefully they get it up and running soon!
Cheers! :)
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free mags until its up
heh
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DragonMagazines? Where?plus side
free mags until its up
hehAnd I agree, getting these two for free is rocking me hard right now. Codex of Betrayal this month is sweet! :)
I have been pretty happy with the online offerings as well. I would probably pay if the quality stays where it has been.
Um, those aren't magazines. I get magazines at newsstands and coffee shops. They look like pdf's to me...</snark>
I understand you're just being snarky, but you're definition of magazine seems to differ from the accepted meaning of the word. Those are magazines, whether you'd like to admit so or not.
Cheers! :)
I have been pretty happy with the online offerings as well. I would probably pay if the quality stays where it has been.
Indeed! I plan on subscribing whenever this free period ends. :)
Um, those aren't magazines. I get magazines at newsstands and coffee shops. They look like pdf's to me...</snark>
I agree but it's the closest thing we have now, isn't it?
Um, those aren't magazines. I get magazines at newsstands and coffee shops. They look like pdf's to me...</snark>
They are *online* magazines... Hence, the pdfs (which is a file format).
I agree but it's the closest thing we have now, isn't it?
I disagree. I get a nice package from Paizo about once a month. That's closer.
I agree but it's the closest thing we have now, isn't it?I disagree. I get a nice package from Paizo about once a month. That's closer.
Since the goal seems to degenerate the thread into various a semantic arguments:
Paizo does not send you magazines either - those are books.
As pleasant as the free Dragon and Dungeon eZines are; I will be happy when they give me the promised ability to use the content in the Character Generator! I just want what was promised. It is an election year, I should have known better.
This is disgusting. I am complaining about not being able to spend money.
As pleasant as the free Dragon and Dungeon eZines are; I will be happy when they give me the promised ability to use the content in the Character Generator! I just want what was promised. It is an election year, I should have known better.
This is disgusting. I am complaining about not being able to spend money.
I have some 3.5 Editions books to sell you then!
WOTC upgraded the DDI site (sort of) . . .
. . . and then broke it.
http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1061525
It's just not worth further comment.
Um, those aren't magazines...</snark>
I understand you're just being snarky...
Snark! Snark!
It's just not worth further comment.
Sure it is! When did we become too good for cheap jabs? :P
I have been pretty happy with the online offerings as well...Indeed! I plan on subscribing whenever this free period ends. :)
Yeah, I'm thinking the online mags are more than worth the subscription price -- despite having no plans to use the other components. But time will tell.
Um, those aren't magazines...</snark>I understand you're just being snarky...Snark! Snark!
I never knew a snark was aquatic! :O!
I never knew a snark was aquatic! :O!
That's what you get for failing your Dungeoneering check :P
I never knew a snark was aquatic! :O!That's what you get for failing your Dungeoneering check :P
LOL