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#1
YoungOnce
Jan 06, 2013 20:23:40 I have been downloading the Dungeon magazines and the Dragon magazines to my I-pad bookstore. Up until about issue 186 or so, I was able to download the whole issue, after that, it looks like you can only download articles and not whole issues. Am I wrong?
#2
Matyr
Jan 06, 2013 20:31:34 Compiled issues are sometimes either missed or outdated. That being said I vaguely remember something about not making compiled issues after a certain point. I haven't started my "Download all issues in prep for 5e nuke to my DDI sub" yet.
#3
YoungOnce
Jan 06, 2013 20:41:11
Compiled issues are sometimes either missed or outdated. That being said I vaguely remember something about not making compiled issues after a certain point. I haven't started my "Download all issues in prep for 5e nuke to my DDI sub" yet.

Ha! How do you read minds like that?
#4
Matyr
Jan 07, 2013 1:46:58 I earned the ability at 1500 posts.

At 2000 I get a puppy.
#5
thespaceinvader
Jan 08, 2013 2:51:31 They stopped compiling Dragon and Dungeon for around a year and a half because

Nobody liked it.
#6
YoungOnce
Jan 08, 2013 16:08:22
They stopped compiling Dragon and Dungeon for around a year and a half because

Nobody liked it.

Nobody liked being able to download the whole issue at once?

It would sure be easier to get it all now.
#7
Seeker95
Jan 08, 2013 16:37:30
Nobody liked being able to download the whole issue at once?

It would sure be easier to get it all now.

thespacedinvader did not present an accurate explanation. What happened was more along the lines of...

Then:
WotC: We notice that way more people download individual articles than download the compiled issue. Folks must not like downloading the compiled issue, so let's stop doing that.

Now:
WotC: People keep asking us for the compiled issue. They must not like reading articles a little at a time, so we should stop letting them see things a bit at a time and only offer the compiled issue.

Personally, I believe this is directly related to the same Washington State logic that allows for passing a law that legalizing the possession of marijuana but keeps it illegal to buy or sell it. WotC has not really thought through any 4e-affecting decision with any visible evidence of widom or logic. Granted, Dragon and Dungeon are not 4e-specific, but this ridiculous all-or-nothing mentality they have expressed happened during Mearls' watch.
#8
thespaceinvader
Jan 08, 2013 17:51:54
They stopped compiling Dragon and Dungeon for around a year and a half because

Nobody liked it.

Nobody liked being able to download the whole issue at once?

It would sure be easier to get it all now.

Nobody liked them stopping.
#9
Matyr
Jan 08, 2013 22:56:11 There was also that one really awkward case where I had to write in and poke at them to fix their compiled issue when they copy-pasted a feat I needed to work into not working. That was fun... Way more fun than not having the issue though.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 YoungOnce Jan 06, 2013 20:23:40	I have been downloading the Dungeon magazines and the Dragon magazines to my I-pad bookstore. Up until about issue 186 or so, I was able to download the whole issue, after that, it looks like you can only download articles and not whole issues. Am I wrong?
#2 Matyr Jan 06, 2013 20:31:34	Compiled issues are sometimes either missed or outdated. That being said I vaguely remember something about not making compiled issues after a certain point. I haven't started my "Download all issues in prep for 5e nuke to my DDI sub" yet.
#3 YoungOnce Jan 06, 2013 20:41:11	Compiled issues are sometimes either missed or outdated. That being said I vaguely remember something about not making compiled issues after a certain point. I haven't started my "Download all issues in prep for 5e nuke to my DDI sub" yet. Ha! How do you read minds like that?
#4 Matyr Jan 07, 2013 1:46:58	I earned the ability at 1500 posts. At 2000 I get a puppy.
#5 thespaceinvader Jan 08, 2013 2:51:31	They stopped compiling Dragon and Dungeon for around a year and a half because Nobody liked it.
#6 YoungOnce Jan 08, 2013 16:08:22	They stopped compiling Dragon and Dungeon for around a year and a half because Nobody liked it. Nobody liked being able to download the whole issue at once? It would sure be easier to get it all now.
#7 Seeker95 Jan 08, 2013 16:37:30	Nobody liked being able to download the whole issue at once? It would sure be easier to get it all now. thespacedinvader did not present an accurate explanation. What happened was more along the lines of... Then: WotC: We notice that way more people download individual articles than download the compiled issue. Folks must not like downloading the compiled issue, so let's stop doing that. Now: WotC: People keep asking us for the compiled issue. They must not like reading articles a little at a time, so we should stop letting them see things a bit at a time and only offer the compiled issue. Personally, I believe this is directly related to the same Washington State logic that allows for passing a law that legalizing the possession of marijuana but keeps it illegal to buy or sell it. WotC has not really thought through any 4e-affecting decision with any visible evidence of widom or logic. Granted, Dragon and Dungeon are not 4e-specific, but this ridiculous all-or-nothing mentality they have expressed happened during Mearls' watch.
#8 thespaceinvader Jan 08, 2013 17:51:54	They stopped compiling Dragon and Dungeon for around a year and a half because Nobody liked it. Nobody liked being able to download the whole issue at once? It would sure be easier to get it all now. Nobody liked them stopping.
#9 Matyr Jan 08, 2013 22:56:11	There was also that one really awkward case where I had to write in and poke at them to fix their compiled issue when they copy-pasted a feat I needed to work into not working. That was fun... Way more fun than not having the issue though.