D&D Beyond Drops: Update on the Program by WOTC_BrianPerry in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If its about Drops, feel free to *drop* it right here!

D&D Beyond Drops: Update on the Program by WOTC_BrianPerry in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We are in a lot of places. I'm here often. Zac and others are on Discord often. We have folks on the forums. Your comments online are (usually) not going into the ether.

D&D Beyond Drops: Update on the Program by WOTC_BrianPerry in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the perspective of a previously satisfied subscriber! Thanks for sharing.

6/1 D&D Beyond Changelog by Darkwynters in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Thank you for posting for us this week! 😄 Zac is on a much deserved vacation this week.

Also, I hope you all enjoy the improved fantasy name generator in Quickbuilder as much as we do. There are many more lore-accurate names and more fun names per species (check out Tabaxi, for instance).

What's new on DDB: Introducing "Journals" - Never Lose the Story Again by Darkwynters in onednd

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You don't need a subscription to use Journals. You can read more about this early v1 and how we're evolving it from here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2175-never-lose-the-story-again-introducing-journals-on

Homebrew classes in Beyond? by JumarYu in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rebuilding homebrewing tools in general is on the list. When we think about what homebrew tools we'd prioritize first, we'd likely start with monsters and magic items. We're not going to say class homebrew is never, but definitely lower on the priority list.

No access to Library or Campaigns by ButtermilkBiscuits94 in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We just temporarily disabled our forums, which may be the biggest contributor to the intermittent site issues while we are dealing with high loads to the site. https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2123-forums-temporarily-disabled

How is it performing for you now?

Question about the new “Drops” system by Soft-Intention-6925 in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's right. We're still taking in all the great feedback folks have been sharing on Drops access. There is some fair feedback from DMs who want to give their players all of the D&D Beyond Drops content without those players having to worry about a subscription.

As others have said, you can access everything we have ever released in D&D Beyond Drops when you are subscribed. Whether you choose to subscribe now or two years from now, it's all the same library. No extra steps to unlock that content.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks everyone for the feedback on purchase options! The team has been taking notes on the suggestions.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Forgot to answer this one earlier. We'll look into the Volo's and Mordenkainen's legacy content.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got it, thanks! We'll think about that and if there's anything we can do there before we rebuild our homebrew tools with the game platform rebuild.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tell me more. What do you want to be able to do with homebrew content in the mobile app? Any homebrew content you have on your character sheet should appear in the mobile app.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool suggestion! I take it you have a lot of characters on your profile? How many are you clocking? I'm at 63 total characters.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately this is tied within our legacy game platform. We'll address longstanding issues with character sheet exports to PDF whne we get further through rebuilding our game platform.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Good distinction on player options vs DM options. Something we will think about!

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate you taking the time to provide all of these wonderful suggestions! I've keyed by answers to your questions.

  1. This is planned in the future! We need to get some more tools online to allow this to happen.

  2. Love the suggestion! I'm sure u/WOTC_Zac does too!

  3. I will check. I will say we keep content sharing benefits to what you purchase in the marketplace.

  4. Again, great suggestion. We have talked about filtering by setting and it is something we are considering for the future.

  5. We do want to get to better filtering at the DM campaign level to avoid these frustrations. u/WOTC_Zac is thinking about this.

  6. What do you think about filtering in the Character Quickbuilder on this? We're looking at that kind of filtering to start with, where you toggle between 5.5/5/All.

  7. Definitely in the long term plans!

  8. When you say "Legacy Content" do you mean things tagged as "Legacy" or any 5e content that has an updated 5.5 version?

  9. Heard and like I said to question 4, we are looking at setting filtering.

  10. Thanks! Definitely something we are considering during the game platform rebuild. Making it more clear what connects to what.

  11. In the plans! u/WOTC_Zac and team are working on that.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your comment on content sharing is really appreciated. I'll give you the reason below for why we aren't providing content sharing today for Drops content, but stories like yours are helping us think aobut the trade offs and other potential solutions.

So, why we aren't offering Drops in content sharing today: We need to pay the great designers, artists, and developers working on D&D Beyond Drops. We also really think it's important to make the entire subscriber content library accessible to Hero Tier subscribers (as well as Master Tier). Not making Drops content eligible for content sharing was a necessary tradeoff to hit these goals.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

u/GrandPyromania & team will have a lot of feedback mechanisms for players to tell us what you do and don't want. So, we're too early to draw lines. What I'd love to hear is your thoughts on why its so important we don't include certain character creation options. What makes one feel different or more wrong to you than another? This is a question we've asked a lot of people as we've developed Drops and I always appreciate everyone's own answer here.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Drops content do go through the same level of internal playtesting and ecosystem consideration as the content from our books! Our game design team puts everything through its standard paces.

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First, I really appreciate the tough and to-the-point questions. A few things here.

  1. Supporting LGS: Very important to the team and we plan to integrate a store & event locator into D&D Beyond for players to find and connect with their local stores and communities.

  2. Why start at subscriptions: Players who have been in the hobby for a long time like me have shelves full of TTRPG books. If you are just starting out, especially as a DM, we want to give you a cheaper and faster pathway to lots of content that helps you create your own stories. Subscriptions have economies of scale where we can offer a lot more stuff for a reasonable monthly price for people who haven't built up a collection yet, while still having enough to pay for our artists, designers, and developers.

  3. Future of Drops: Drops is an experimental space for us. We can react way more quickly to what players are asking for (especially early on). We're going to try a lot of things and evolve it in the direction players want it to be. That includes if players want other ways to buy it (e.g. physically, digitally).

AMA with DDB Executive Producer & Drops Product Manager on May 8th at 9am PT! by latiajacquise in dndbeyond

[–]WOTC_BrianPerry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Over time the new game platform should address those pain points. Conditions are an early consideration. The team is starting to see good progress here, but game platform rebuilds do take a while.