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<blockquote data-quote="drl2" data-source="post: 8859160" data-attributes="member: 6983130"><p>I'm a Foundry user (have run 4 different systems and written two) who finds himself disappointed when invited to a game that's hosted on Roll20 because it just feels really antiquated, but having had a number of conversations with people who have done the research and still not made the jump, there are lots of other (mostly situationally valid) reasons people haven't switched. Among them:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No free option</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My system's not available in Foundry and I'm not interested in trying to create it in one of those sandbox builders</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I want to buy official content that isn't available in Foundry and use it without having to deal with some third-party export/import process</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Port forwarding? Waazzat? Somebody recommended something about Oracle cloud services and Docker containers and SSL certificates and does it open up my home network to hacking and.... and... and... <sound of non-tech-geek-head exploding></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Port forwarding? My ISP doesn't allow that! (Alternately: My internet connection is too slow to host!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Or I could pay for monthly hosting (e.g. Forge), which goes back to the first point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There's a big learning curve to switch! (At which point I usually argue that it's relatively easy to get to the point where you have the same functionality as R20 and the learning curve really kicks in when you start playing with all the <em>other</em> stuff you can do, and IMO Foundry is more logically organized once you get used to it...)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My players are logging in on crap hardware</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I heard Foundry was full of bugs because there was an update and some module still hasn't been updated!</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I play in a regular game with someone who's fairly well known in the industry (in a game run by someone else, in Foundry, having moved from R20) and he's somewhat of this opinion - for him, all the flashy features take the focus away from the game itself, and he prefers roll20 for games he runs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>... and, to bring this back to something in the vicinity of the original topic, I suspect I won't be using whatever VTT WOTC comes up with unless a) my players REALLY want to use it and are dead set on 5e, and b) I can actually own any content I pay for, not have to rent ongoing access to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drl2, post: 8859160, member: 6983130"] I'm a Foundry user (have run 4 different systems and written two) who finds himself disappointed when invited to a game that's hosted on Roll20 because it just feels really antiquated, but having had a number of conversations with people who have done the research and still not made the jump, there are lots of other (mostly situationally valid) reasons people haven't switched. Among them: [LIST] [*]No free option [*]My system's not available in Foundry and I'm not interested in trying to create it in one of those sandbox builders [*]I want to buy official content that isn't available in Foundry and use it without having to deal with some third-party export/import process [*]Port forwarding? Waazzat? Somebody recommended something about Oracle cloud services and Docker containers and SSL certificates and does it open up my home network to hacking and.... and... and... <sound of non-tech-geek-head exploding> [*]Port forwarding? My ISP doesn't allow that! (Alternately: My internet connection is too slow to host!) [*]Or I could pay for monthly hosting (e.g. Forge), which goes back to the first point [*]There's a big learning curve to switch! (At which point I usually argue that it's relatively easy to get to the point where you have the same functionality as R20 and the learning curve really kicks in when you start playing with all the [I]other[/I] stuff you can do, and IMO Foundry is more logically organized once you get used to it...) [*]My players are logging in on crap hardware [*]I heard Foundry was full of bugs because there was an update and some module still hasn't been updated! [/LIST] I play in a regular game with someone who's fairly well known in the industry (in a game run by someone else, in Foundry, having moved from R20) and he's somewhat of this opinion - for him, all the flashy features take the focus away from the game itself, and he prefers roll20 for games he runs. ... and, to bring this back to something in the vicinity of the original topic, I suspect I won't be using whatever VTT WOTC comes up with unless a) my players REALLY want to use it and are dead set on 5e, and b) I can actually own any content I pay for, not have to rent ongoing access to it. [/QUOTE]
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