I have the Legendary Bundle. The Legendary Bundle page says exactly this:
You will also automatically receive a 15% discount off standard pricing for all future digital Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook and adventure book purchases on D&D Beyond!
Dungeons of Drakkenheim is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure book purchaseable on D&D Beyond. When I want to preorder it on D&D Beyond, my 15% reduction is not applied.
I agree that Dungeons of Drakkenheim is not a WotC-published Dungeons & Dragons adventure book. But is it an adventure book meant to be played with Dungeons & Dragons? Yes, therefore it is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure book, and the reduction should apply. But it doesn't.
The descriptions on the three bundles that offer persistent discounts very clearly state that they only apply to official D&D books, not third party partnered content:
Legendary Bundle
Purchasing this bundle unlocks all official digital sourcebooks and adventure books on D&D Beyond.
Purchasing this bundle unlocks all official fifth edition D&D digital sourcebooks and adventure books available on D&D Beyond. You can read the books and use all of the contents inside with D&D Beyond's Character and Encounter Builders and future tools developed. You will also automatically receive a 15% discount off standard pricing for all future digital Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook and adventure book purchases on D&D Beyond!
Sourcebook Bundle
Purchasing this bundle unlocks all official digital sourcebooks on D&D Beyond.
Purchasing this bundle unlocks all official fifth edition D&D digital sourcebooks available on D&D Beyond. You can read the books and use all of the contents inside with D&D Beyond's Character and Encounter Builders, and future tools developed. You will also automatically receive a 10% discount off standard pricing for all future digital Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook purchases on D&D Beyond!
Adventure Bundle
Purchasing this bundle unlocks all official digital adventure books on D&D Beyond.
Purchasing this bundle unlocks all official fifth edition D&D digital adventure books available on D&D Beyond. You can read the books and use all of the contents inside with D&D Beyond's Character and Encounter Builders and future tools developed. You will also automatically receive a 10% discount off standard pricing for all future digital Dungeons & Dragons adventure book purchases on D&D Beyond!
Please be aware that something being compatible with Dungeons & Dragons does not make it a Dungeons & Dragons product. As such, partnered content is not included in any bundle and therefore does not have any bundle discount applied.
It would be cooler if it did give a discount, But I think I will get it any way. I don’t mind supporting 3rd party books. More options for a platform that works really well for me.
The D&D logo is present on the thumbnail of Dungeons of Drakkenheim. So the marketplace is telling me that it's a D&D product, but then you're telling me it's not?
The D&D logo is present on the thumbnail of Dungeons of Drakkenheim. So the marketplace is telling me that it's a D&D product, but then you're telling me it's not?
There is no D&D logo present on the thumbnails
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There is the D&D Beyond logo, because D&D Beyond is the platform delivering the book. Compare this to an official D&D product such as Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
You can see the D&D logo right there at the top, showing that it's an official D&D product
I see the official logo of D&D as part of the D&D Beyond logo, I see the "Dungeons & Dragons" placated all around Dungeons of Drakkenheim, even in their official description on their website or on any shop where I can buy the book, including this one. But oh no, "D&D adventure" written on the "legendary bundle" page means exactly one thing: "adventure written, edited and published by WotC".
Ambiguous terms, ambiguous logos and designations. Yes, that's a lot of dark patterns to avoid accountability while hyping people.
WotC would better work on their communication (again).
I see the official logo of D&D as part of the D&D Beyond logo,
That's not how that works I'm afraid. The D&D Beyond logo is a distinct logo from the D&D logo, you can't subdivide logos like that
The books are not official D&D books but third party publications released as partnered content. As clearly stated in the bundle descriptions, the bundles and their discounts apply only to official D&D publications, as indicated by the D&D logo, not the D&D Beyond logo.
I agree it's a bit of a dark pattern. The thing about dark patterns though is, they're (generally) not illegal. They're also not always intentional; sometimes they come about just from errors or inconsistencies in the design process (which is why they're usually not illegal, because often they're not deliberately created with intent).
They're misleading in a way that, at best, could be redesigned so as to be less so, and a business that were not deliberately trying to be misleading would likely consider such a redesign. Important caveat here, though, is that logos are a major part of branding and redesigning a logo is a much more risky change compared to, say, redesigning a webpage or a GUI so as to ensure the "Confirm" and "Cancel" buttons don't ever swap locations on the screen.
So, in fairness, I can see both sides here. Is it a bit misleading? Yes. Is it deliberately misleading? Probably not; I'm going with Hanlon's Razor here. Should it be redesigned? Ideally yes, but with acknowledgement that doing so would be a fairly major branding move so I can understand some legitimate reasons why a business would be averse to that (reasons other than that it has potential to mislead consumers in ways that benefit the business, I mean).
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I have the Legendary Bundle. The Legendary Bundle page says exactly this:
Dungeons of Drakkenheim is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure book purchaseable on D&D Beyond. When I want to preorder it on D&D Beyond, my 15% reduction is not applied.
I agree that Dungeons of Drakkenheim is not a WotC-published Dungeons & Dragons adventure book. But is it an adventure book meant to be played with Dungeons & Dragons? Yes, therefore it is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure book, and the reduction should apply. But it doesn't.
Because the 3rd-Party stuff is under a different sales agreement than WotC.
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Well, that's not the promise made to me, as a customer.
Unfortunately, WotC and DDB have been exceptionally poor lately about fulfilling their advertised promises. This is far from the only example.
The descriptions on the three bundles that offer persistent discounts very clearly state that they only apply to official D&D books, not third party partnered content:
Please be aware that something being compatible with Dungeons & Dragons does not make it a Dungeons & Dragons product. As such, partnered content is not included in any bundle and therefore does not have any bundle discount applied.
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It would be cooler if it did give a discount, But I think I will get it any way. I don’t mind supporting 3rd party books. More options for a platform that works really well for me.
I didn’t see what you did there.
The D&D logo is present on the thumbnail of Dungeons of Drakkenheim. So the marketplace is telling me that it's a D&D product, but then you're telling me it's not?
It's a product for DnD not oficial DnD content
There is no D&D logo present on the thumbnails
There is the D&D Beyond logo, because D&D Beyond is the platform delivering the book. Compare this to an official D&D product such as Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
You can see the D&D logo right there at the top, showing that it's an official D&D product
Find my D&D Beyond articles here
I see the official logo of D&D as part of the D&D Beyond logo, I see the "Dungeons & Dragons" placated all around Dungeons of Drakkenheim, even in their official description on their website or on any shop where I can buy the book, including this one. But oh no, "D&D adventure" written on the "legendary bundle" page means exactly one thing: "adventure written, edited and published by WotC".
Ambiguous terms, ambiguous logos and designations. Yes, that's a lot of dark patterns to avoid accountability while hyping people.
WotC would better work on their communication (again).
That's not how that works I'm afraid. The D&D Beyond logo is a distinct logo from the D&D logo, you can't subdivide logos like that
The books are not official D&D books but third party publications released as partnered content. As clearly stated in the bundle descriptions, the bundles and their discounts apply only to official D&D publications, as indicated by the D&D logo, not the D&D Beyond logo.
Find my D&D Beyond articles here
This is why I say it's misleading and a dark pattern.
I agree it's a bit of a dark pattern. The thing about dark patterns though is, they're (generally) not illegal. They're also not always intentional; sometimes they come about just from errors or inconsistencies in the design process (which is why they're usually not illegal, because often they're not deliberately created with intent).
They're misleading in a way that, at best, could be redesigned so as to be less so, and a business that were not deliberately trying to be misleading would likely consider such a redesign. Important caveat here, though, is that logos are a major part of branding and redesigning a logo is a much more risky change compared to, say, redesigning a webpage or a GUI so as to ensure the "Confirm" and "Cancel" buttons don't ever swap locations on the screen.
So, in fairness, I can see both sides here. Is it a bit misleading? Yes. Is it deliberately misleading? Probably not; I'm going with Hanlon's Razor here. Should it be redesigned? Ideally yes, but with acknowledgement that doing so would be a fairly major branding move so I can understand some legitimate reasons why a business would be averse to that (reasons other than that it has potential to mislead consumers in ways that benefit the business, I mean).