Dragon Pay Articles
Playing Shadar-kai
Necromantic Rituals
Bane
Spotlight Interview
Planar Epic Destinies
Dungeon Delves
Returned Tarmalune
Ampersand
Design & Development
Dragon Free Articles
Editorial
RPGA Report
Confessions
Dungeon Pay Articles
Scales of War #8
Depths of Madness
House of Pain
Save My Game
Dungeoncraft
Editorial
Dungeon Free Articles
Vicious Venues
Previews
The Shaman
Primal Power
Excerts
Player's Handbook 2
Free
In the Works
Digital Insider
Fiction: Black Crusade
Podcast
Use This Book Tonight
Penny Arcade Podcast #1
So now it is time for everyone to analyze to their hearts content. I personally feel that this looks to be a slight improvement from the last two months at a first glance. Although as always it does depend heavily on the quality of the articles themselves.
You click on january calendar and it still takes you to february.. fail
Which unfortunately has been about par for the magazines lately.
Also, is it just me, or is Dungeon contentless this month? No standalone adventures
I'm wondering what the "Dungeon Delve" article has to do in Dragon Magazine, but let's see, maybay it will contain options for delving characters.
An article on the church of Bane would be interesting.
Tarmalune will be a new Realm article which is great.
Playing Shadar-Kai sounds interesting.
Necromantic Rituals may be very cool.
Planar Epic destinies... ok... I don't think we need them, but we got less intersting stuff the last months.
It still bothers me that there are no great feature articles like the gladiator articles and no class acts. But - that has to be said - it is an improvement over the last 2 issues. Febuary is a short month after all and maybe March will continue the positive trend.
Dragon Free Articles
Ampersand
Design & Development
Editorial
RPGA Report
Confessions
Dungeon Free Articles
Editorial
Vicious Venues
Save My Game
Dungeoncraft
Where do you see that these are free articles? Non-subscribers can't access this material.
Eh.....
You click on january calendar and it still takes you to february.
I have already notified CM about this.
Where do you see that these are free articles? Non-subscribers can't access this material.
I made the assumption that anything in italics(with the exception of the Scales of War #8) was free as almost everything that I knew was going to be free was in italics. In retrospect that might have been a mistake as I had forgotten that Ampersand and Design and Development have been pay content. However the editorials, RPGA Report, and Confessions are free. My apologies for any confusion brought by not double checking things.
I'm actually looking forward to holding off because it means I won't be hassled with canceling auto-renew this month. Nice change of pace :P.
As far as trying to remember what's actually free and what's pay, I still haven't gotten it all straight.
Hopefully it's in one of the PHB2 previews, cause I'd be disappointed if the class I'm most interested in is the only one not previewed...
So... Where the heck's the Avenger preview?
Hopefully it's in one of the PHB2 previews, cause I'd be disappointed if the class I'm most interested in is the only one not previewed...
The calendar lists 4 excerpts from the PHB2 that will be free content on the website, so it's possible that one of those could be part of the Avenger class. Ampersand might also include another preview from PHB2, so there should be a lot of info available by the end of the month.
I made the assumption that anything in italics(with the exception of the Scales of War #8) was free as almost everything that I knew was going to be free was in italics. In retrospect that might have been a mistake as I had forgotten that Ampersand and Design and Development have been pay content. However the editorials, RPGA Report, and Confessions are free. My apologies for any confusion brought by not double checking things.
Vicious Venues, the RPGA report and Confessions are free. Although I'm still confused as to why Vicious Venues and Confessions are free and the RPGA report is considered part of Dragon, but I'm not complaining.
The Editorials, Save My Game, and Dungeoncraft are all pay content.
Vicious Venues, the RPGA report and Confessions are free. Although I'm still confused as to why Vicious Venues and Confessions are free and the RPGA report is considered part of Dragon, but I'm not complaining.
The Editorials, Save My Game, and Dungeoncraft are all pay content.
Okay I updated the list. Although I left Dragon's editorial as free content since I can view the last two without logging in.
Must hold tongue ... fear of banning ... can't, arghh, glack, wait ... nooooooooo!
:D
Tom
Edit: I see the adventure now has a name. That is good!
The rest is very wait and see.
As far as trying to remember what's actually free and what's pay, I still haven't gotten it all straight.
As a nonsubscriber, I also haven't. I used to be VERY knowledgable about WotC's site and all of their great free stuff. I haven't really bothered with the new layout.
It's unfortunate. The site is no longer a draw for me. I just come straight to the forums now to get my news on what is actually happening. I don't even bother trying to use their free stuff. As far as I am concerned, they might as well make it all "pay" as it's too damn difficult to use the site without membership.
Ah well. There are other sites.
Moar Class Acts pleaz! The last one was in november, and it's the best Dragon column there is!Shadar-Kai article is gone!
Now all we're getting on the 16th is a preview of Primal Power. Considering previews are not compiled into the end-of-month mag, I don't think that should count as actual content.
So much for a meatier Dragon in Febuary (after a lite December and January)
. The Dungeon Delve article looks to be a glorified preview, so it doesn't count as much as it would otherwise, in my mind.BTW Anyone know when is Primal Power coming out? I haven't heard anything. Logically, shouldn't Divine Power follow Arcane Power? (due in April, I think).
BTW Anyone know when is Primal Power coming out? I haven't heard anything. Logically, shouldn't Divine Power follow Arcane Power? (due in April, I think).
Look at WoTC product list, they've got all the way up to November (draconomicon II)
as for shadar kai aritcle gone, *BIG FROWN*
Shadar-Kai article is gone!
Bogus. So are several PHB2 excerpts (though they're not usually compiled content, I like that stuff anyway).
Thank god the character builder and compendium are worht the money....
If you stay silent long enough your now loyal customers will run off to companies that care for their customers. So please reconsider.
By the way: Has anyone called their customer support for answers?
WotC, PLEASE answer to your loyal customer base... we've been buying books and paying for DDI subscriptions, we deserve an answer to the unsettling things happening to Dragon Magazine...
If you stay silent long enough your now loyal customers will run off to companies that care for their customers. So please reconsider.
By the way: Has anyone called their customer support for answers?
Sorry I haven't been paying attention to the cries for indignation on WotC. So why are we mad at them this time? Is it because the Playing Shadar-Kai article is being released on the 16th? Or is it the decrease in the number of excerts from PHBII and the missing preview from a book that isn't going to be released for close to half a year from now?
It was because the Shadar-kai article was removed from the calendar completely for a stretch. It's been put back on, but it's annoying when something you were looking forward to is seemingly canceled.
They've put it back. I, at least, am no longer annoyed.
Changing the editorial calendar after feb 1 (when 1-month sign-ups conceivably could have signed up expecting that content) is a no-no in my book.
That makes sense. I like knowing what I'm gonna buy in advance; having something yoinked at the last moment is annoying. There is the 'fine print' to consider though ;):
"This editorial calendar is a living document. Content may be added, article titles may change, and articles may shift dates for scheduling reasons. The calendar will be updated accordingly to reflect any changes."
The editorial calendar gives the readers a sneak peek of an issue still in the works. The end-of-month issue compilation is when things are finalized.
I'm just glad the Shadar kai article is back. I've decided I'm gonna snatch this issue after all. A new "Deities & Demigods" recurring feature (and Bane to boot)-- I can't wait ;).
I mean, a Primal Power sneak peek will be pretty sweet too.
I just went by Chris Youngs’s desk and asked him about the date being changed on the Shadar-Kai article in Dragon Magazine. He said they switched the Planar Epic Destinies article with Playing Shadar-kai, to make time for another development pass on the Shadar-kai article.
- Chuck
Nice.....
This was supposed to be the good month...
So the Shadar-Kai article gets delayed and Planar Epic destinies gets moved up. Apparently Necromantic Rituals are completely gone, and today the Planar Epic Destinies Article is horrendously late.
Nice.....
This was supposed to be the good month...
Necromatic Rituals appears to have just been renamed.
and the Planar Epic Destinies article that was moved up isn't done/ready/up yet!
It is up now. I don't know how long it has been up, but it is up now.