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#1 _Satyesu_ Jan 24, 2010 11:29:19	do you have any idea when the virtual gaming table, etc that was hyped before 4e's release will be out?
#2 Janx_14 Jan 24, 2010 13:31:26	No, its on the backburner for now while they work on other D&DI stuff.
#3 Shiftkitty Jan 29, 2010 19:38:55	Do you know if they're doing anything to expand the Adventure Tools? I'd like to see a power builder similar to the monster builder.
#4 Samrin Jan 29, 2010 19:49:39	Do you know if they're doing anything to expand the Adventure Tools? I'd like to see a power builder similar to the monster builder. I'd expect the encounter builder next.
#5 VaultDweller Feb 01, 2010 7:40:33	I'd expect the encounter builder next. That's a fair guess, even though they can hardly have a robust encounter builder without traps - which still aren't handled by any tools.
#6 Shiftkitty Feb 01, 2010 14:10:54	I think they've realized that they may have bitten off more than they can chew, which may explain the slow releases. "Promise the moon, then scramble like hell to deliver on everything" seems to be the current philosophy in businesses these days. I encounter it alot, even where I'm currently working. Unfortunately, that means that some of your promises and plans have to take a back seat to more pressing matters and you can't deliver. While some can understand, there are probably many more who won't, and they are usually quite vocal about it, which leads to bad press. (A thousand "Attaboys" can be wiped out by just one "Oh ****!", to quote my former employer.) But that's just my
#7 Proximo Feb 02, 2010 10:13:04	"Do you know if they're doing anything to expand the Adventure Tools?" Really good question and I share your opinion about business philosophy these days. I would really like to see a official roadmap or something about future releases. But anyway, it has been more than 2 years since the presentation of the new Edition and introduction of their D&DI plans… GenCon 2007 …right? I am disappointed…
#8 Janx_14 Feb 03, 2010 7:32:23	"Do you know if they're doing anything to expand the Adventure Tools?" Really good question and I share your opinion about business philosophy these days. I would really like to see a official roadmap or something about future releases. But anyway, it has been more than 2 years since the presentation of the new Edition and introduction of their D&DI plans… GenCon 2007 …right? I am disappointed…  Alot of people are disapointed, even the Dev's are disapointed. In the end its a publishing company, not a software company, they set their goals just a bit too high, and now they are trying to do what they can to rectify it.
#9 Shiftkitty Feb 03, 2010 9:10:56	Exactly. Promise the moon and scramble like hell to deliver. It fails pretty much 99% of the time, but companies like to rope people in with the Wow Factor, pretending like their reputations don't suffer from it. Apparently, we're all suckers who will keep shoveling money at them no matter what. Maybe we are, maybe we aren't. What I'd like to see is an honest list of expectations, not a wow-razzle-dazzle-gosh-ain't-this-going-to-be-great? fanfare that results in the gaming equivalent not of Beethoven's 9th but of a guy marching around with a kazoo. Hence, I keep my expectations low these days. For example, certain webcomics that swear "Updates every Friday!" I know damn well are going to take longer than that, even though she claims she has the rest of the chapter already done and ready to go, waiting only to be posted. (She has donors, and the only reason I'm not one of them is because of her lack of a consistent delivery. Say 'once a month' if you're only going to do it once a month.) So when they put, what is it, five?, bubbles on the Adventure Tools start screen, I really don't hold my breath that the others will ever be filled.
#10 Proximo Feb 03, 2010 10:00:35	Shiftkitty, your so right! Do not promise anything you cannot deliver. Especially if you are not a Software Company, that may be does not have the know-how and experience to realize such projects in an appropriate time. You can promise your customer features you do not have yet, but only if you are sure you can deliver them in time. More than 2 YEARS!!! It is still hard to believe that. I wonder what happened to the preview Game Table and Character Vizualizer? Obviously, that must have been fakes. But in the end… we´ll all stay D&DI Subscribers, patiently waiting for the bubbles to be filled. Shiftkitty, your so right,… so right!
#11 ranadiel Feb 03, 2010 10:11:47	Shiftkitty, your so right! Do not promise anything you cannot deliver. Especially if you are not a Software Company, that may be does not have the know-how and experience to realize such projects in an appropriate time. You can promise your customer features you do not have yet, but only if you are sure you can deliver them in time. More than 2 YEARS!!! It is still hard to believe that. I wonder what happened to the preview Game Table and Character Vizualizer? Obviously, that must have been fakes. But in the end… we´ll all stay D&DI Subscribers, patiently waiting for the bubbles to be filled. Shiftkitty, your so right,… so right! They originally outsourced the programs, so a software company was doing it. The company just failed to deliver and budget issues caused them to bring them in house. The previews shown at Gencon weren't fakes, they were just buggy pre-alpha versions that the developers demoed around the bugs. Last I recall hearing, they would of had to basically rip up the code that they had for the Game Table to such an extent that it would practically be starting over. Take all that as you will. *shrugs*
#12 Proximo Feb 04, 2010 2:26:16	Out of curiosity: What does “shrugs” mean?
#13 thescalesoffate Feb 04, 2010 8:00:24	It means he shrugs.  Like, "I dunno."
#14 bugleyman Feb 05, 2010 15:57:32	do you have any idea when the virtual gaming table, etc that was hyped before 4e's release will be out? My guess (and it's only a guess):  Never
#15 Duskweaver Feb 06, 2010 3:28:39	They originally outsourced the programs, so a software company was doing it. The company just failed to deliver and budget issues caused them to bring them in house. In other words, the software company did to WotC what WotC did to us - i.e. "promising the moon" and then being unable to deliver (at least on time and within budget). As Shiftkitty said, this seems to have become standard practice in the business world.