This video from DnD Shorts may provide some insight regarding the situation in general, I certainly found it very enlightening
Mmm... well that's about as damning and bleak an outlook as it gets
sigh... I mean if half that is true then it really "don't look good" and would seem to confirm my suspicion of it being a thing of mindset at the top... So discouraged now am supposed to have a session on Wednesday and when ever I try and prep all is callous corporate greed just gets in the way... I don't know but if it's really those types of mind sets steering the WotC/Hasbro ship your probably not going to see much real change till the share holders throw a fit.
“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
I am a new DM. After spending over $600 for access to digital content, I still need to pay $9 a month to access said content in FoundryVTT. I can play a PC game for $9.99 a month and get access to 100% of the content and have more tools. I don't even have physical Books for the same price.
Back to the title of this post, if you believe DnD Shorts, it would indeed seem that the goal may be to run this into the ground. It's sad and disappointing.
Although site development would be nice, I feel as if DDB has a good amount of core features and a lack of further development isn't what's drawing me away from migrating away from the tabletop... It's the pricing. I feel like the cost they're asking for the digital books is far too steep a cost when many of us already own a physical copy, with no means of buying once and getting a digital code (or buying for significantly cheaper at digital to offset lack of ownership and heavy reduction of print, storage and shipping costs on WotC's end).
This wouldn't be a problem if they tied books into the subscription service. As it stands I really cannot justify being a subscriber when I get what, a removed cap on making some characters and some digital dice each month? Wahoo, what an absolute bargain, sign me up for that $6 per month for literally nothing at all! If the subscription offered access to a core roster of books (PHB, Xanathars, SCAG, Tasha's and Dungeon Master's Guide) with some rotating player books and campaign books that could then be purchased at a discount? Sure, that would be very nice, i'd be far more inclined to actually buy on here, subscribe and stay subscribed and operate more campaigns as I wouldn't feel bound to double dip for extremely basic things.
The issue with this site feels more business orientated than development orientated. I'd sure love a fully integrated system that merged roll20 with voice/video calling, homebrew content, and enhanced customisation but the truth is for the most part I can actually do without or find alternatives. I can't find alternatives if the website won't let me make a particular race for a campaign because the only one of us who owns Monsters of the Multiverse only owns a physical copy, and at that point i'm likely to just do without the site than double dip. With a Gamepass-esque subscription though, i'd probably end up more than double dipping in the long run, but that's not the direction they want to go. Instead they just want to peddle mostly useless things at me and expect me to also pay up again.
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https://youtu.be/J4kGMsZSdbY
This video from DnD Shorts may provide some insight regarding the situation in general, I certainly found it very enlightening
Mmm... well that's about as damning and bleak an outlook as it gets
sigh... I mean if half that is true then it really "don't look good" and would seem to confirm my suspicion of it being a thing of mindset at the top... So discouraged now am supposed to have a session on Wednesday and when ever I try and prep all is callous corporate greed just gets in the way...
I don't know but if it's really those types of mind sets steering the WotC/Hasbro ship your probably not going to see much real change till the share holders throw a fit.
“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
I am a new DM. After spending over $600 for access to digital content, I still need to pay $9 a month to access said content in FoundryVTT. I can play a PC game for $9.99 a month and get access to 100% of the content and have more tools. I don't even have physical Books for the same price.
Back to the title of this post, if you believe DnD Shorts, it would indeed seem that the goal may be to run this into the ground. It's sad and disappointing.
Although site development would be nice, I feel as if DDB has a good amount of core features and a lack of further development isn't what's drawing me away from migrating away from the tabletop... It's the pricing. I feel like the cost they're asking for the digital books is far too steep a cost when many of us already own a physical copy, with no means of buying once and getting a digital code (or buying for significantly cheaper at digital to offset lack of ownership and heavy reduction of print, storage and shipping costs on WotC's end).
This wouldn't be a problem if they tied books into the subscription service. As it stands I really cannot justify being a subscriber when I get what, a removed cap on making some characters and some digital dice each month? Wahoo, what an absolute bargain, sign me up for that $6 per month for literally nothing at all!
If the subscription offered access to a core roster of books (PHB, Xanathars, SCAG, Tasha's and Dungeon Master's Guide) with some rotating player books and campaign books that could then be purchased at a discount? Sure, that would be very nice, i'd be far more inclined to actually buy on here, subscribe and stay subscribed and operate more campaigns as I wouldn't feel bound to double dip for extremely basic things.
The issue with this site feels more business orientated than development orientated. I'd sure love a fully integrated system that merged roll20 with voice/video calling, homebrew content, and enhanced customisation but the truth is for the most part I can actually do without or find alternatives. I can't find alternatives if the website won't let me make a particular race for a campaign because the only one of us who owns Monsters of the Multiverse only owns a physical copy, and at that point i'm likely to just do without the site than double dip.
With a Gamepass-esque subscription though, i'd probably end up more than double dipping in the long run, but that's not the direction they want to go. Instead they just want to peddle mostly useless things at me and expect me to also pay up again.