tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post963224317773186197..comments2023-09-21T10:30:10.699+02:00Comments on Square Fireballs: Character Builder goes online!Pericohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-26608449548453826142010-12-10T17:51:16.988+01:002010-12-10T17:51:16.988+01:00I hope they'll make a trial available because ...I hope they'll make a trial available because forming new groups with 4e noobs is a pain right now. It's hard enough to convince people to play a new system or start roleplaying altogether. Right now, this forces potential players to buy a rulebook/subscription right off the bat or requires intensive counseling by the DM in the character generation process where you could just let them play with the builder beta before.<br /><br />Oh and Stephen? Class act. Closing your little anecdote with a "if you don't agree with me you are just dirty pirates anyway" ad hominem. Go the extra mile next time and call them all out as closet pedophiles, why even showing restraint, ey?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06104740822690500370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-67558315284935771262010-11-28T19:51:42.293+01:002010-11-28T19:51:42.293+01:00I suppose I look at this with the same mindset I a...I suppose I look at this with the same mindset I approach buying comic books each week - if I continue to support the company with my money, it is an investment to continue enjoying something I love. Every week I throw down money on the counter of my local comic shop, something I've done since I was seven, I help pay the costs of developing those comics, keep the local store alive and keep my local economy functioning. Can I download those issues instead of having them in my hands for $3-4 each? Absolutely. But then the avenue of cash to those creators would dry up, the series I like would crash and I wouldn't have anything good to read.<br /><br />The same applies here. Does Wizard make a metric ton of money from these online purchases? Of course, but what do they do with it? Likely if the support of an online service shows an increase in income for the company, more attention will be paid towards it. If it fails to bring in a lot of loot, then they'll axe it entirely.<br /><br />For me, it's an investment. It it flawless, no, but I liked how the original, downloadable builder expanded the longer it existed, and I will stick around, with my month-to-month 'donation' to the Wizard cause, to ensure that the online version does the same.<br /><br />Now, I am fully aware people see this as a blanketly naive way of viewing how the gaming economy works, but likely those are the same people torrenting pdfs of each release, complaining when Wizards doesn't get something right, so they have to go download Pathfinder instead.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584490699980116067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-84369619535640284262010-11-09T22:33:59.341+01:002010-11-09T22:33:59.341+01:00I'm pretty sick of the argument that people wh...I'm pretty sick of the argument that people who sign up twice a year are ripping off WotC. If I was not compelled by the magazine content or the other tools I would feel ripped off to be paying $70/year to use the Character Builder. It's a great tool but seriously, $70 every year to play D&D on top of the hundreds I already spend on books and minis? The part that pisses me off the most is they are trying to squeeze money out of the one successful part of DDI, the character builder, rather than trying to build tools that will encourage more people to buy DDI. I'll take a look at the new tool but I'll be calling WotC for a refund on Nov 17th.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-76425828459188932842010-11-04T08:45:38.283+01:002010-11-04T08:45:38.283+01:00Character export and sharing won't be availabl...Character export and sharing won't be available at launch, but they are, allegedly, to be added in upcoming updates (with export getting a very high priority, after seeing player feedback). Now, whether the software update schedule will bring new features in months, or in years, is something that can't be told, yet.<br /><br />The tool developers seem fairly confident, not only in their ability to implement upgrades in a reasonable timeframe, but also in the release of additional tools (including, but apparently not limited to, the online monster builder).<br /><br />Now, everybody is free not to trust Wizards at this (and they have given users a number of reasons not to), but I choose to give them the benefit of doubt (again), in the hope that they will deliver something new. If nothing else, the move to online should make it easier to integrate whatever new stuff they are brewing.<br /><br />As for the data mining, I'm curious... what negative consequences can be expected from them doing so? I guess some players will be zealous of their character's information, perhaps out of principle... but I never worried too much about that kind of stuff.Pericohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-55800276776647290532010-11-04T06:05:53.599+01:002010-11-04T06:05:53.599+01:00No ability to export a character - so no using off...No ability to export a character - so no using offline tools that used the old character builder format. No way for a DM to verify a character by just plugging it into CB...<br /><br />Oh, and you give Wizards an irrevocable right to do whatever they want with any information you post to your character.<br /><br />Sounds like a wonderful tool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-1929103420104628542010-11-04T06:05:35.558+01:002010-11-04T06:05:35.558+01:00No ability to export a character - so no using off...No ability to export a character - so no using offline tools that used the old character builder format. No way for a DM to verify a character by just plugging it into CB...<br /><br />Oh, and you give Wizards an irrevocable right to do whatever they want with any information you post to your character.<br /><br />Sounds like a wonderful tool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-62215987061402014602010-11-03T21:27:15.343+01:002010-11-03T21:27:15.343+01:00Yay! No more Windows emulation, slow and painful u...Yay! No more Windows emulation, slow and painful updates and update limits, e-mailing characters just to have them everywhere... I only see the pirates getting hurt. And if Wizards makes more money in the process... well, I don't really care.<br /><br />PD: Oh, not being able to work offline does indeed suck :SpHontahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458865041017733363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-91312011093205294122010-11-03T01:47:04.988+01:002010-11-03T01:47:04.988+01:00Re: multiuser accounts... I found the following on...Re: multiuser accounts... I found the following on the official thread (http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/26182237/November_16th_Release_for_Web-based_Character_Builder_-_Discussion)<br /><br />> 19. Will it be possible to use the tools with more than one IP at a time? Such as a VTT on the PC and the compendium on the laptop?<br /><br />>In general, I don't see why not. There may be issues working with the Character Builder on the same character at the same time from multiple locations, so please don't do that.Pericohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-15578135797955262282010-11-02T23:27:26.852+01:002010-11-02T23:27:26.852+01:00I'd like to know how are they going to handle ...I'd like to know how are they going to handle multiuser accounts. Now you could only download 5 updates per month so it is somehow controlled but via web? I imagine only one ip will be able to connect at a time… let's see what happens.ASaPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676599565582185976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-51065344939868591802010-11-02T22:04:04.640+01:002010-11-02T22:04:04.640+01:00Data mining?! That's a violation of my charact...Data mining?! That's a violation of my character's privacy!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06501193079029723696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-11893570477734004762010-11-02T21:53:57.389+01:002010-11-02T21:53:57.389+01:00The Mac compatibility issue for the previous versi...The Mac compatibility issue for the previous version had more to do with the app being based on .NET (which doesn't seem to work on Macs). As for the choice for the current platform, it looks like this experience of the dev team with .NET was a factor. Also, one of the programmers was commenting on the official forums, arguing about the quality of development tools for complex web apps in Silverlight vs other options.Pericohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-89534287056992070712010-11-02T21:47:53.747+01:002010-11-02T21:47:53.747+01:00I am wondering why it is not only HTML+javascript....I am wondering why it is not only HTML+javascript.<br />It would not have been so difficult.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631377934919734699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-15273931677975457722010-11-02T21:02:51.591+01:002010-11-02T21:02:51.591+01:00Kinda figured this one would be coming. :)
On the...Kinda figured this one would be coming. :)<br /><br />On the upside, it's platform-neutral now.<br /><br />On the very serious downside, it stabs a dagger right through the heart of my ability to prep during my downtime at work.<br /><br />I hate to say it, but being a PC-user, I see this as all downside without an upside.dwarf74https://www.blogger.com/profile/12736643592510342193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-79031473133002713682010-11-02T20:21:29.372+01:002010-11-02T20:21:29.372+01:00Character Builder never came out for Mac, right? ...Character Builder never came out for Mac, right? I guess this is why.mordicaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713766652793265867noreply@blogger.com