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5 - Content that can be used for years down the road, if we keep paying the subscription fee. 7 - I should also point out that every year the COST of internet access goes up. 8 - Sure, use one of the biggest gaming convention in the world as your baseline "if it works here it should work everywhere" argument. 9 - What if the server farm you are using to host HLO goes under, do you have a local backup of everyones data? How long would i take to relocate to a different provider? 13 - "when a user’s hosting service is suspended, that user can continue to access all his/her characters normally, albeit in “demo mode”. That means the character is fully viewable, printable, and will even be exportable once that capability is fully integrated for all users. The key restriction is that a character can’t be further edited if it’s beyond a “starting” character (e.g. 1st level)." In other words, all of the data packages, character progression and everything we've paid for is held for ransom until we resume of payment? I have a better idea, since your main justification for internet is to allow players to use advanced features, which last I've heard weren't working yet, and connectivity during gaming sessions, make THAT the part of HLO the subscription is required for. Make the character creation, updating and leveling that we buy data packages for free. |
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If you allow me to make one cynical 'comment' then it would be this: "At this rate the PFS Additional Resources update (usually a delay of 1-2 quarters) for these products will be pushed out faster than you guys" We all know that your staff are being utilized on HLO. But actions speak louder than words and right now your actions are pointing towards a huge absence of support for HLC. The optics of your decisions do not align with the statements of intention from staff and I think you guys need to find away to lessen the gap. |
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With regard to the PF1 updates,see BJ's response here:
http://forums.wolflair.com/showthread.php?t=61110 Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum. |
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Guess it's a good thing they didn't sell a 2018 bundle.
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We will start catching up on our HLC data file releases this month! We have no intention of abandoning classic, and HLO isn't entirely to blame either, we're simply short on freelance data file authors.
I intend to post a call for new contractors soon. Hopefully, that will also aid in keeping us on track. |
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Instead individually replying to many different posts that in some cases are related, I'm going to consolidate things and answer a variety of questions in one post...
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On the Dev side, Colen has departed, as has Ian. On the CS side, DaveN is also no longer here. On the Dev side, we have added DaveM, RyanD, Josh, and Gabe. On the CS side, we have added Rone and RyanF. That's a healthy bit of growth for a tiny company like Lone Wolf, if you ask me. Quote:
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To my knowledge, the gotcha with this request is that "saving" to a PDF is essentially the same as "printing" to a PDF. Generating a PDF typically means creating something "for print" that is simply saved as a PDF instead of going to a physical printer. The only "solution" that I can see here - and I use that term loosely - would be to generate a humongous page that contains the entire contents of the character and all descriptions. Then it would be possible for users to have the browser save the complete page as HTML, which would allow it to be subsequently loaded and viewed in a static manner. That seems incredibly ugly to me, which is why we are planning to support the "snapshot" approach described above to enable offline viewing. Quote:
There is an HLC desktop update due out very soon that includes some improvements/refinements that I think will be well-received. There is also an HLC iPad update due out not long after that with its own set of improvements/refinements. On the data file side, we've been putting stuff into place for multiple books that will start being released in the weeks ahead. So you'll start seeing concrete evidence in the very near future that we're now actively working to get caught up on things that languished while we focused on getting the PF2 Playtest into place for GenCon. Thanks!!! |
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My guess is that you'd do this on the server, but I'm not an experienced web app developer. Last edited by Parody; September 10th, 2018 at 08:52 PM. |
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Rob, thank you very much for posting this and for your replies throughout the thread. As a longtime HLC user I've been pretty skeptical of HLO so far, but this post has allayed my worries enough that I finally pulled the trigger on buying a HLO account for my Starfinder characters.
And I'm loving using it so far! Being able to pull up my character on my phone as well as my tablet and laptop is wonderfully freeing, and the interface is snappy and attractive. There's still a few bugs and missing features, but I appreciate that LW understands and isn't charging for the server fee yet while those things are being worked on. Thanks again for your candor, and for the hard work of everybody at LW. |
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I am supremely disappointed in the direction your company decided to take with going online only with Starfinder and PF2. Seeing as the many hundred of dollars i have sunk into your system i feel discouraged and let down by essentially being told we aren't worth your time to continue pushing forward with the current offline capable system.
Considering how many players i have showed, then they themselves purchased your product. It sucks that we now see your over all plan after spending the money thus far. considering everyone i play with is serving on a ship or overseas where your so called internet capabilities are expanding so wonderfully. You have effectively alienated a entire base of your following. There is no internet that isn't restricted to hell in most of these locations, if any at all. which means there is no purpose for myself, or to try and get others to further support or purchase your product, congratulations. As for the excuse that those who wish may program it ourselves, If i had the time to program to that extent i wouldn't have spent hundreds of dollars supporting your company. truly cannot express my disappointment in your decisions. |
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