I would say they added it as a pre order to ramp up quarterly revenue to showcase to their leadership the benefit for more resources in order speed up their roadmap.
I was thinking it is stupid to pre order because there is no true benefit (I'm not worried about their server load, ability to take our money or ...) but since I want them to move faster I'm going to do it.
This could be true, in which case I’m fine with it. I would like DDB to be profitable so that they ca. continue developing it.
I could see this being a useful metric for them and WotC to compare the number of DDB preorders to the number of hardcover preorders. If they were to conjntue go offer preorders, they could track over time and use that as an indicator of growth/demand for the service.
It’s also a nice, albeit small benefit for users to be able to order it up front and and not have to worry about trying to log in on the day of launch to get it and have to contend with the significantly increased site traffic in the marketplace (as others have mentioned.
Finally, it’s a good test of a preorder system that they noted that they added in the most recent change log. They can use this time to work out any bugs before the next book after Xanathar’s comes out, when the user base could be larger.
Is there a release date for the DDB/hobby store version? They've said it will be before the general release, but not exactly when.
Hobby store releases are on a set schedule of being 11 days (I always think of it as two Fridays before the listed release date, since releases are usually scheduled for Tuesdays) earlier, which is why they don't usually mention a specific day since they've been doing it this way for years now.
LOL Would be totally worth that
" Video Games don't kill people; Lag kills people " ~ A Wise Old Man
lets start a petition to get that ;) lol
Still now news of BadEye about the beholder his wife made for him as a bonus for pre-order xanathar book ?
if you offer it as bonus even if it take like 6 month to get mine i dont mind waiting for it ;)
would be nice if we could chose the colors too ;)
So long as its any colors other then the newest Beholder from the Minis :P.
" Video Games don't kill people; Lag kills people " ~ A Wise Old Man
hehehe - well if anything it looks good on Xanathar. LOLOLOL
" Video Games don't kill people; Lag kills people " ~ A Wise Old Man
Has anyone heard anything on them pre-order bonuses??????!??!?!?!.. gettin a lil antsy over here LOL
" Video Games don't kill people; Lag kills people " ~ A Wise Old Man
Is there a release date for the DDB/hobby store version? They've said it will be before the general release, but not exactly when.
i read somewhere it will be available for early release the november 10th i guess its mean for hobby store
I guess they could open up one chosen of the XGE subclasses early if you preorder and maybe get some forum/character creator flair.
" Video Games don't kill people; Lag kills people " ~ A Wise Old Man
@BadEye can you update us on this? Thanks.
yeah tell us if your wife start making our xanatar beholder ;) loll
" Video Games don't kill people; Lag kills people " ~ A Wise Old Man
Normally pre orders for D&D books are cheaper then buying it at launch.
" Video Games don't kill people; Lag kills people " ~ A Wise Old Man