Quote from Darklight >>

Have you considered open sourcing what you've done so far so that the community can pick up where you left off?

 Probably not possible without stripping out the D&D Beyond integration.

can't say i'll miss it. Maybe time to work on actual campaign management and a proper initiative tracker. 

So disappointed by this decision.   Sigil was one of the most promising VTT options available.

Wait... Sigil was still "in development"? I honestly assumed this died earlier in the year... 

Unfortunately no surprise thanks to what has already been mentioned by others. Thanks for trying. I hope this will free up resources to improve dnd beyond and maps vtt.

So sad :(

If you are going to halt production on Sigil, PLEASE work with other VTT developers to offer direct native DnD Beyond integration.  Foundry, Fantasy Grounds, Arkenforge, Talespire, Above VTT, etc.

"This was not a decision made lightly, and it followed months of reflection with all teams involved."

No it didn't, because you fired most of the devs before the project was even close to being ready. They were booted a long time ago and you're just doing this now? Doubt they were included.

"We’ll take the time to do it right in pursuit of developing the best D&D experiences possible."

For those who don't speak infernal, translation: "We will go back to the drawing board to find the next money making scheme to squeeze whatever we can out of the remaining fans, and we won't care whose toes we step on to do it, and we won't care about the feedback from our developers!"

"To everyone who built and played in Sigil—developers, DMs, players, and creators alike—thank you."

Yes, firing everyone before Christmas was a real thank you gesture, I'm sure.

"If you used your paid or trial Master Tier subscription... you'll receive a six-month Master Tier credit."

Because a refund would be so crazy even the Mad Mage wouldn't consider it.

"If you pre-ordered the 2024 Digital and Physical Core Rulebook Bundle on the D&D Beyond Marketplace, or on the international D&D Store, and received the Sigil-exclusive Gold Dragon Digital Miniature, you’ll receive a new digital dice set on D&D Beyond as a replacement reward."

This is pathetic, and you KNOW IT.

Man, if I still cared about D&D and didn't move to Daggerheart, I'd be upset! 

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You fools. You know not what you have wrought. XD

Im sorry to all the people who worked in this and then were laid off. You deserved better. To Wizards doing everything you can to monetize without any legitimate good will toward the service itself, ask yourself why you’re having to lay people off or having strong personalities in the space leave in droves. Well, if you can’t do that, at least let great weapon master and tavern brawler reroll 1’s and 2’s reroll automatically 

This could have been something amazing. You either got lazy or saw that you couldnt monetize it to hell without backlash so you dropped it hard.

If you made the base engine and assets to a few released campaings and then make a marketplace in the same line as Unreal marketplace and it would be golden. But nahh everytime you guys take on something cool its outside of ur skillset and then fail.

You guys need to strip the whole department down and build it a new with talented and driven people. And have less focus on trying to squize the most money you can out of everything.

I tried Sigil once. And in my old notebook it was so heavy and slow, that my group decided to return to maps. We are playing D&D, with books, dices, paper sheets, pencils and now a tablet for maps, not a game that should require a good GPU. 

Hey WOTC, next time you want to spend millions of dollars, why not use it to fix dndbeyond instead of flushing it down the toilet with Sigil? 

Seriously, Sigil was a complete waste of time and money and the core dndbeyond site is YEARS due for a revamp. Instead let's fire 90% of team and leave a skeleton crew up to make it barely functional.. also this is supposed to be the center for all things dnd now. Bravo WOTC, bravo.

Maps has done Sigils job as a VTT ten times better for a fraction of the price. This whole thing was a disaster from the start.

Thanks WIZARD OF THE COAST for killing another great idea! you did awesome! hope d&d gets away from you and really fast

well that just lazy programming, they fired almost everyone, they could do a INCREDIBLE and OFICIAL VTT from D&D that connects with dnd beyond and do amazing stuff, but WotC sucks so much that they even prepare it right

dissapointing , but kind of not surprising if count that behind wotc financial decisions stay detouched from customer base ********.

And as always instead of implementing Code of Hammurabi punishments for corporate suits who by their inaction and pressure manufactured sigil failure from A to Z, it would be developers and programmers  (so guys who actually create content, unlike previously mentioned gnats on franchise body) who lose theit jobs :(

Also guess as person who signed for beta but never played sigil since i'm at mac i get a jackshit instead of compensation, but i guess compensation is hope that wotc corporate suits wouldn't buy other marketplaces or vtts and slowing their development almost to zero, like it's happened to dnd beyond since after wotc purchased it encounter builder just frozen in beta lol

Quote from BrotherGlacius >>

Your second mistake was not looking at the past and realizing that WotC already tried to do a VTT way back in 4th edition and that one never came to fruition either.

Not to be the WotC defender here but the main reason that VTT went bust was due to a m*rd3r s*icid3 by the head of WotC's digital initiative at the time

If you pre-ordered the 2024 Digital and Physical Core Rulebook Bundle on the D&D Beyond Marketplace, or on the international D&D Store, and received the Sigil-exclusive Gold Dragon Digital Miniature, you’ll receive a new digital dice set on D&D Beyond as a replacement reward.

Why would I want that? Can I just have the 3d file for the dragon so I can use it where I want?

I'd like to thank the developers, managers, and everyone else who worked hard on this project. You did an amazing job, and I hope your efforts can now go toward improving existing software or creating new experiences.