After the debacle with eTools, Wizards should have been throwing every online resource they had at getting the online gaming table and character creator working.
A lot of veteran players were burned by eTools, and needed a good lunch to regain faith in the company's online initiatives. And new players needed to see this component working as promised (especially since the back page of every core book has an ad for D&D Insider).
Combined with the ill will created by killing off Dragon and Dungeon Magazine, well, they needed to hit it out of the park.
And, of course, they didn't. So yeah, I agree ... this is an epic fail in the making, and it could weaken 4E if the finished product is as crappy as their previous initiatives.
Thu, 07/31/2008 - 12:35pm
After the debacle with eTools, Wizards should have been throwing every online resource they had at getting the online gaming table and character creator working.
A lot of veteran players were burned by eTools, and needed a good lunch to regain faith in the company's online initiatives. And new players needed to see this component working as promised (especially since the back page of every core book has an ad for D&D Insider).
Combined with the ill will created by killing off Dragon and Dungeon Magazine, well, they needed to hit it out of the park.
And, of course, they didn't. So yeah, I agree ... this is an epic fail in the making, and it could weaken 4E if the finished product is as crappy as their previous initiatives.
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