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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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 Posted - 12 Oct 2012 : 15:24:07
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| Which further indicates that they're never going to adopt a pay-per-article approach... Oh, well, I can continue not giving them money. |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 12 Oct 2012 : 15:38:52
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| Until recently was not aware they stopped putting them together like promised. *sighs* |
"Small beings can have small wisdom," the dragon said. "And small wise beings are better than small fools. Listen: Wisdom is caring for afterwards."
"Caring for afterwards ...? Ker repeated this without understanding.
"After action, afterwards," the dragon said. "Choose the afterwards first, then the action. Fools choose action first."
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Diffan
Great Reader
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Posted - 12 Oct 2012 : 17:08:03
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I was happy with the original way of doing things, making each article separate and with the option of downloading the whole thing at the end of the month. That way, any changes they could make to the rules or content could be made throughout the month (due to proper feedback) and put the "final" magazine together as a full-download.
Also, as a Piece-by-piece magazine they COULD have made each article a separate cost that didn't require a DDI account. LIke Wooly mentiones, a lot of people might have downloaded JUST the Forgotten Realms articles or the Eberron or Dark Sun articles but left everthing alone. This could be say, $5.00 an article but with a full DDI account, you get a discount because your subscribing to the whole thing.
Just seemed like a missed opportunity to get more money from non-DDI subscribers. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 19 Nov 2012 : 16:59:26
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I am very pleased they're doing this.
It's way overdue and makes for a more professional, organized presentation of monthly material.
Which is to say I am far more likely to at least look over something non-Realms that's in Dragon or Dungeon when these magazines are compiled and "shipped" in one long-form PDF.
EDIT: It also makes citing a source easier when compiling material for reference purposes on wiki pages and the like. |
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Xnella Moonblade-Thann
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 06 Dec 2012 : 18:42:04
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"Sweet water and light laughter until next we meet." - traditional elven farewell
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DDI -- 'Dragon'/'Dungeon' compiled PDFs
