Yeah I'm saying the exact same thing everyone else has in the forum, but squeaky wheel gets the grease and all that. Not to mention that this change wont earn DnDBeyond more money. It'll just push users towards other, better 3rd party content, free homebrew, and piracy. Players don't want to buy a whole book just for a couple of character creation options, and DM's don't want to RE-BUY a book they likely already own, or wont use in a homebrew campaign.
The fact that books are sold digitally should lend itself towards MORE flexibility in the marketplace that physical stores can't emulate, not regress back to those same purchasing models. And that's not even mentioning the abhorrent lack of communication, the removal of accessibility features, and the utterly baffling method of re-applying our discounts.
I agree and want this feature back. As a DM and a Player buying what my players, and I, need as it comes up is easier than rebuying books.
I already own a lot of the DnD books physically and didn't mind spending a bit more on digital pieces. But I don't want to buy a digital book and if I had to would just go back to pen and paper.
Also now I can't see what do I own and what I don't without a lot of extra hassle. That move just seems bizzare and really pushes me away from not using the resource at all.
Buying piecemeal was what got me to buy complete copies. Converted me.
Really awful decision on the Hasbro's part.
I saw someone post that to break even on $2 content, they just had to convert 1 of 15 people for $30 content, but I think that greatly simplifies the numbers. Because there will be people who buy $5 worth of content, $10 or even $20 worth of content. You miss out on three $10 folks and you've gotta find another person that's going to drop a whole $30.
I could see a process in which the first 3-6 months with content, it's all bundled up, then is opened to piecemeal after that. Sorta like platform exclusivity windows for games. That's the balanced solution. It also plays into the fact that folks are much more likely to buy bits of older content rather than full sources. WOTC & DDB would be well served to announce, "hey, we're working on integrating piecemeal content into the new marketplace. bear with us," and even if they're not touching it, or waiting to see what sales numbers look like, they'd at least have quelled the anger somewhat.
I own a load of physical books. I rebought what was needed for my players in DnDBeyond using a'la carte. I basicaly "own" on DnDBeyond only stuff that I already have in physical form. With no piecemeal purchases and two new campaigns I'm starting in July I asked my players to create characters with what I have and share within my subscription, so I can download that and I will immediately cancel my subscription to DnDbeyond. Vote with your wallet. I'd rather rewrite stuff I already own into Foundry VTT rather than buy whole books in digital form despite owning a physical.
The heads of WOTC do not like DNDB, they are trying to destroy it, this is just step one. Next they will pull the ability for DMs to share content with their play groups then eventually, DNDB will be replaced by in app purchases in whatever digital crap they are going to roll out. They'll give some lame excuse why everything you own in DNDB won't transfer over, so everything will have to be re-purchased and can't be shared. I can see the writing on the wall folks, I know how these corporate people think and they do not value their customers.
Is the bundles also gone? It seems they wiped the old marketplace and made a new marketplace that is lacking. It's still hard to even find the books or pieces you want.
Made sense when this was its own entity. I was happy to pay for the hard work the D&DBeyond coding staff did to port the physical books into digital despite the fact I owned physical books. It was sensible and worthwhile that I could purchase piecemeal what I needed or wanted for certain campaigns. Once Hasbro/Wizards bought them out, I dug the fact you could purchase physical/digital bundled content. Thought it was still too pricey, but ok, maybe they didn't want to undercut local game stores...
WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT. This company has gone full anti-consumer. They are just going to churn out partnered content that has to be purchased in full and then oversaturate the market with "official homebrew" until eventually the homebrew feature is discontinued. "D&Dbeyond" flexible and easily accessible digital content (which initially made it such such an amazing resource) has now been diluted into uselessness.
Yeah I'm saying the exact same thing everyone else has in the forum, but squeaky wheel gets the grease and all that. Not to mention that this change wont earn DnDBeyond more money. It'll just push users towards other, better 3rd party content, free homebrew, and piracy. Players don't want to buy a whole book just for a couple of character creation options, and DM's don't want to RE-BUY a book they likely already own, or wont use in a homebrew campaign.
The fact that books are sold digitally should lend itself towards MORE flexibility in the marketplace that physical stores can't emulate, not regress back to those same purchasing models. And that's not even mentioning the abhorrent lack of communication, the removal of accessibility features, and the utterly baffling method of re-applying our discounts.
They are showing that the promises after the OGL scandal was just to save face. They don't care about the players and are trying to hide it.
This year I got into Dndbeyond officially. Bought a ton of options a la carte. I realized I had missed a subclass one of my players wanted to play. I went to go buy it and realized this awful development on the website. I've been enjoying the ease of creating characters, using the new maps, etc.
However, this change will likely lead me to stop buying from Dndbeyond entirely. I hardly ever write out negative reviews, but this was earned. Fantastic decision, WOTC executives!
Yeah, I am always hesitant about buying pay-to-play material from any site. However, the a la carte aspect of DND beyond purchases allowed me to make a happy exception. It was much more approachable than spending 30 dollars on a digital copy of a book I already own. The cost of individual items was affordable and just adding the option made me feel like my needs were being considered. Instead of being taken to the cleaners by an exploitative pay-to-play policy as is so often the case, this company was attempting to meet my needs. The option to buy entire books and get a better overall deal was always there for those for whom that option fits best. I knew I would never be that person but I was willing to spend a couple of dollars here or there for a trait or feat that would add another level to a character. Not anymore.
This will not gain WOTC any more money, all these greedy companies are doing is pushing away possible consumers and breeding a new generation of pirates. I was prepared to spend the $2 to get the content I wanted, but now I will just have access to all content for free, great move from WotC.
Have they responded to this issue anywhere or are they ignoring their consumers? My favorite thing about a la carte was seeing exactly what a book offered, knowing what I will be able to buy helped me decide if I wanted to buy the book or not and sometimes I won't want to buy it but I'll spend a little on it for one thing just so I don't homebrew something like it offline. Not having this visibility pushes me to not want to buy anything until I have a copy, but by then, I might not have a reason to purchase anything because I'm playing with others already and the hype is gone. There is a lot of visible third party content out there. D&D is about a community experience bringing families and friends together. We spend money because it's our passion and support the cause but we have never needed to buy anything as we can make everything on our own. Creativity is part of the journey. I hope they fix this issue. Homebrewing is fun but I certainly love a good surprise and provided content on dndbeyond but it feels like they aren't even upgrading the site either. I hope this is temporary and they make major user experience upgrades that are overdo soon...
Yes, 100 percent bring back A La Carte, it was literally the only reason I ever made a single purchase on DnD beyond, and without it I never will again. I'm not a DM, I'll never need half the things in a source book, just let be buy the player options and be done with it.
Adding my support in as well. I purchased so many things a la carte. Taking that away does not translate into book sales from someone like me. I utilized a la carte because I could pay a couple bucks here and there for things I wanted to try. I’m not going to purchase a whole book just to get an item or subclass. The end result is fewer purchases from me as well as making me grumpier towards WOTC.
I have been posting on as many related threads as possible about this and upvoting every comment about it. Its a disgrace that despite all of the pushback we are being met by radio silence. Another terrible business decision from Wizards, not too surprising though, it is in keeping with their philosophy. Funny how they decided to go with Wizards in their name, An intelligence based class...
100% agree with this, additionally I'm personally annoyed that we have also lost a means to hide/sort what can be bought based on what we already own. Seriously DNDBeyond fix your shit.
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Yeah I'm saying the exact same thing everyone else has in the forum, but squeaky wheel gets the grease and all that. Not to mention that this change wont earn DnDBeyond more money. It'll just push users towards other, better 3rd party content, free homebrew, and piracy. Players don't want to buy a whole book just for a couple of character creation options, and DM's don't want to RE-BUY a book they likely already own, or wont use in a homebrew campaign.
The fact that books are sold digitally should lend itself towards MORE flexibility in the marketplace that physical stores can't emulate, not regress back to those same purchasing models. And that's not even mentioning the abhorrent lack of communication, the removal of accessibility features, and the utterly baffling method of re-applying our discounts.
I agree and want this feature back. As a DM and a Player buying what my players, and I, need as it comes up is easier than rebuying books.
I already own a lot of the DnD books physically and didn't mind spending a bit more on digital pieces. But I don't want to buy a digital book and if I had to would just go back to pen and paper.
Also now I can't see what do I own and what I don't without a lot of extra hassle. That move just seems bizzare and really pushes me away from not using the resource at all.
Buying piecemeal was what got me to buy complete copies. Converted me.
Really awful decision on the Hasbro's part.
I saw someone post that to break even on $2 content, they just had to convert 1 of 15 people for $30 content, but I think that greatly simplifies the numbers. Because there will be people who buy $5 worth of content, $10 or even $20 worth of content. You miss out on three $10 folks and you've gotta find another person that's going to drop a whole $30.
I could see a process in which the first 3-6 months with content, it's all bundled up, then is opened to piecemeal after that. Sorta like platform exclusivity windows for games. That's the balanced solution. It also plays into the fact that folks are much more likely to buy bits of older content rather than full sources. WOTC & DDB would be well served to announce, "hey, we're working on integrating piecemeal content into the new marketplace. bear with us," and even if they're not touching it, or waiting to see what sales numbers look like, they'd at least have quelled the anger somewhat.
I own a load of physical books. I rebought what was needed for my players in DnDBeyond using a'la carte. I basicaly "own" on DnDBeyond only stuff that I already have in physical form. With no piecemeal purchases and two new campaigns I'm starting in July I asked my players to create characters with what I have and share within my subscription, so I can download that and I will immediately cancel my subscription to DnDbeyond. Vote with your wallet. I'd rather rewrite stuff I already own into Foundry VTT rather than buy whole books in digital form despite owning a physical.
The heads of WOTC do not like DNDB, they are trying to destroy it, this is just step one. Next they will pull the ability for DMs to share content with their play groups then eventually, DNDB will be replaced by in app purchases in whatever digital crap they are going to roll out. They'll give some lame excuse why everything you own in DNDB won't transfer over, so everything will have to be re-purchased and can't be shared. I can see the writing on the wall folks, I know how these corporate people think and they do not value their customers.
I was about to buy SOME of a book. Now I will buy NONE of that book.
Is the bundles also gone? It seems they wiped the old marketplace and made a new marketplace that is lacking. It's still hard to even find the books or pieces you want.
Made sense when this was its own entity. I was happy to pay for the hard work the D&DBeyond coding staff did to port the physical books into digital despite the fact I owned physical books. It was sensible and worthwhile that I could purchase piecemeal what I needed or wanted for certain campaigns. Once Hasbro/Wizards bought them out, I dug the fact you could purchase physical/digital bundled content. Thought it was still too pricey, but ok, maybe they didn't want to undercut local game stores...
WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT. This company has gone full anti-consumer. They are just going to churn out partnered content that has to be purchased in full and then oversaturate the market with "official homebrew" until eventually the homebrew feature is discontinued. "D&Dbeyond" flexible and easily accessible digital content (which initially made it such such an amazing resource) has now been diluted into uselessness.
They are showing that the promises after the OGL scandal was just to save face. They don't care about the players and are trying to hide it.
With Onednd it will probably get worse.
And now I'm fully ready to switch to pathfinder 2e full time .
I second it
This year I got into Dndbeyond officially. Bought a ton of options a la carte. I realized I had missed a subclass one of my players wanted to play. I went to go buy it and realized this awful development on the website. I've been enjoying the ease of creating characters, using the new maps, etc.
However, this change will likely lead me to stop buying from Dndbeyond entirely. I hardly ever write out negative reviews, but this was earned. Fantastic decision, WOTC executives!
Yeah, I am always hesitant about buying pay-to-play material from any site. However, the a la carte aspect of DND beyond purchases allowed me to make a happy exception. It was much more approachable than spending 30 dollars on a digital copy of a book I already own. The cost of individual items was affordable and just adding the option made me feel like my needs were being considered. Instead of being taken to the cleaners by an exploitative pay-to-play policy as is so often the case, this company was attempting to meet my needs. The option to buy entire books and get a better overall deal was always there for those for whom that option fits best. I knew I would never be that person but I was willing to spend a couple of dollars here or there for a trait or feat that would add another level to a character. Not anymore.
Since there is no à la carte option anymore ; my disapointment is immeasurable , and my D&D purchase experience at the Marketplace is ruined.
This will not gain WOTC any more money, all these greedy companies are doing is pushing away possible consumers and breeding a new generation of pirates. I was prepared to spend the $2 to get the content I wanted, but now I will just have access to all content for free, great move from WotC.
Have they responded to this issue anywhere or are they ignoring their consumers? My favorite thing about a la carte was seeing exactly what a book offered, knowing what I will be able to buy helped me decide if I wanted to buy the book or not and sometimes I won't want to buy it but I'll spend a little on it for one thing just so I don't homebrew something like it offline. Not having this visibility pushes me to not want to buy anything until I have a copy, but by then, I might not have a reason to purchase anything because I'm playing with others already and the hype is gone. There is a lot of visible third party content out there. D&D is about a community experience bringing families and friends together. We spend money because it's our passion and support the cause but we have never needed to buy anything as we can make everything on our own. Creativity is part of the journey. I hope they fix this issue. Homebrewing is fun but I certainly love a good surprise and provided content on dndbeyond but it feels like they aren't even upgrading the site either. I hope this is temporary and they make major user experience upgrades that are overdo soon...
Yes, 100 percent bring back A La Carte, it was literally the only reason I ever made a single purchase on DnD beyond, and without it I never will again.
I'm not a DM, I'll never need half the things in a source book, just let be buy the player options and be done with it.
Adding my support in as well. I purchased so many things a la carte. Taking that away does not translate into book sales from someone like me. I utilized a la carte because I could pay a couple bucks here and there for things I wanted to try. I’m not going to purchase a whole book just to get an item or subclass. The end result is fewer purchases from me as well as making me grumpier towards WOTC.
I have been posting on as many related threads as possible about this and upvoting every comment about it. Its a disgrace that despite all of the pushback we are being met by radio silence. Another terrible business decision from Wizards, not too surprising though, it is in keeping with their philosophy.
Funny how they decided to go with Wizards in their name, An intelligence based class...
100% agree with this, additionally I'm personally annoyed that we have also lost a means to hide/sort what can be bought based on what we already own. Seriously DNDBeyond fix your shit.