I preordered Spelljammer when it was available to preorder. The past few months have been hectic for me so I didn't pay much attention to what was happening online. Only now do I find out that there was an introductory campaing to the thing that was free but available for a limited time.
What was the point in that? Screwing over anyone who is "late to the party"?
If it was made available for purchase after the free period I would be okay with it, but I see no point in making it unavailable. It just makes me very disappointed and very frustrated.
Whoever came up with this idea, I hope you get locked out of your car at a motorway rest stop and have to wait 5 hours for roadside assistance to arrive.
For what it's worth, it doesn't connect or tie in to the light of xaryxis adventure in any way. You can probably find it online, it is only a level 1-3 adventure.
Think they did the same thing with the Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium (those monsters aren't in the beastiary) and the Vecna dossier.
"Limited time offers" are there to drive traffic. It's a way of doing business, I don't know if it's the best way, but it is a way. For whatever reason, DDB wanted to incentivise engagement for the windows within which those freebies were offered, just like the subcriber bonuses (you can say there's difference, and you're right in some ways in that regards but not if we're talking driving engagement).
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Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
I preordered Spelljammer when it was available to preorder. The past few months have been hectic for me so I didn't pay much attention to what was happening online. Only now do I find out that there was an introductory campaing to the thing that was free but available for a limited time.
What was the point in that? Screwing over anyone who is "late to the party"?
If it was made available for purchase after the free period I would be okay with it, but I see no point in making it unavailable. It just makes me very disappointed and very frustrated.
Whoever came up with this idea, I hope you get locked out of your car at a motorway rest stop and have to wait 5 hours for roadside assistance to arrive.
I agree.
For what it's worth, it doesn't connect or tie in to the light of xaryxis adventure in any way. You can probably find it online, it is only a level 1-3 adventure.
Think they did the same thing with the Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium (those monsters aren't in the beastiary) and the Vecna dossier.
"Limited time offers" are there to drive traffic. It's a way of doing business, I don't know if it's the best way, but it is a way. For whatever reason, DDB wanted to incentivise engagement for the windows within which those freebies were offered, just like the subcriber bonuses (you can say there's difference, and you're right in some ways in that regards but not if we're talking driving engagement).
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Especially since I consider Spelljammer Academy to be the only true spelljammer adventure.