I've heard a rumor recently that REALLY disturbed me. We can only get Errata for 4e through DDi? So if you DON'T have a subscription, you're SoL for Errata?
Stated plans indicate that Errata will be provided accessible to all, member and non member.
There is no reason to change this as it would upset the gaming community.
Do not believe everything you read.
The rulebooks include errata (since the errata changes the rules therein, and make sure that those of us that bout books "now" will have the same rules as those who buy their books "tomorrow).
I'd have to dig a good ways back, but I'm pretty sure it was asked point-blank if Errata would be DDI or not, and the answer was the DDI would remain free. I think it was an answer from Scott Rouse.
In a nutshell, DDI isn't going to take anything away that has been free in the past (Errata, RPGA, blank character sheets, etc). DDI is an optional supplement/enhancement of the core product.
I'd really like to hear from WotC_DM on this one (seeing as how hes the only one that has effectively given us information on these forums).
Well, I believed a lot of what I read about DDi before the 4e release and a lot of that has proven to be untrue as well. And there have been some things that they changed that OBVIOUSLY upset the gaming community. So I wouldn't be shocked at all if they did this, just even more irritated than I am already.
I'd really like to hear from WotC_DM on this one (seeing as how hes the only one that has effectively given us information on these forums).
Well WotC_DM can not speak to marketing or business design plan or plan changes except how it might effect the programing (at best). That is left to others to do, alas most of the others do not inspire much trust when they post or say something.
Well WotC_DM can not speak to marketing or business design plan or plan changes except how it might effect the programing (at best). That is left to others to do, alas most of the others do not inspire much trust when they post or say something.
Either way, he is the best damn spokesperson for DDI to date. If HE says it, no matter which department it is from, people will probably believe it and respect what is said.
Again, a funny thing that the non-native English speaker is the best one communicating to people on the forums.
That will be the current answer.
Just check whether you are required to be logged in in order to access the Updates (under Products tab).
That will be the current answer.
I had to log in to get the update from this month or ended up on that strange page like trying to download the DDI article PDFs themselves.
Maybe that was since fixed?
Insider SHOULD be its own website, and not a subsection for the D&D website.
When it becomes a pay service, the problem will arise where no one knows what is what with it all being the same site except for the CMS saying you need to log in, and the problems had with it and getting it working as is could continue to be problems that disrupt the free content.
Insider SHOULD be its own website, and not a subsection for the D&D website.
I'll agree with that, as it would help alleviate a great many of the issues listed above. Though the entire site has been in need of a decent reworking for quite some time.
I'll agree with that, as it would help alleviate a great many of the issues listed above. Though the entire site has been in need of a decent reworking for quite some time.
I dunno... every time they rework it, it just gets more complicated :P
They are already releasing Errata for free, and it's not some 'free trial' of errata
like the Compendium and such are. Also, you heard this in a rumor, which usually stems from truth: I could easily see many ways that the 'Errata will be available sooner with D&Di' could be transformed into 'Errata will only be available with D&Di'.Thanks,
Hdier
I'm 90% certain that Errata will be available without D&Di.
They are already releasing Errata for free, and it's not some 'free trial' of errata
Thanks,
Hdier
A long time ago I asked about this.
The answer I received then was because of the way Errata is handled Insiders and non Insiders would have access to the material at just about the same time. That being an Insider would not provide much, if any, advantage as far as timing of Errata releases.
A long time ago I asked about this.
The answer I received then was because of the way Errata is handled Insiders and non Insiders would have access to the material at just about the same time. That being an Insider would not provide much, if any, advantage as far as timing of Errata releases.
The major difference in timing may come from the different departments in charge of things. Odds are the guys with the pay service are little more prompt about putting stuff on the compendium compared to the webmaster loading up a bunch of new pdfs.
Doesn't mean they will be (with recent days as examples) but probably.
The major difference in timing may come from the different departments in charge of things. Odds are the guys with the pay service are little more prompt about putting stuff on the compendium compared to the webmaster loading up a bunch of new pdfs.
Doesn't mean they will be (with recent days as examples) but probably.
Under this CMS everything works the same way, thus why the compiled Dragon and Dungeon for August are non-existent so far....
The compiled issues are there, though there seem to be browser issues with downloading Dragon, and they've lost the Expeditionary Dispatch from that issue, pushing it back to this month.
I bet a regular old link would work but having to check for being signed in causes a bit of problems making the client-side portion verify. Wonder if there is a way to make the testing for being signed in be server-side?So that article was missing missing or just not in the PDF? I never look at the TOC.
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They had the article in the 366 table of contents, but they haven't released it. Instead they added it to the 367 table of contents. So maybe a release this month. Not encouraging me to pay for anything if they can't match their own planned release schedule.
And here I was all about complementing them on making the Dragon and Dungeon a-=la-carte so people could get them without having a fully subscription, and they cannot even maintain any kind of quality to them.
They are going to have to end up making those free as well as errata, since they are pretty much just playtest versions of some things that will exist in future products.
I don't pay to playtest your game. Never paid to do any beta testing before, and never will. You pay ME to test your product, not the other way around!