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<blockquote data-quote="triqui" data-source="post: 5883316" data-attributes="member: 57948"><p>The question is not if Paizo could set up a game system to play their D&Desque AP on. The question is if it would be as sucessful as Pathfinder is. We have no way to know (my crystal ball isn't working today), but I'm highly confident it won't. Reading Paizo forum, one could say that a very high percentage of their customer base is formed for people who *liked* 3.5 and *did not like* 4e. So they choosed to stay with the system they liked (slightly revamped). If it were just a matter of not liking 4e, they would had gone and play Exalted, or Vampire The Masquerade, or Rolemaster or whatever. They did not, they did choose to play and *defend* the system they liked.</p><p></p><p>The edition wars are clear about it. For a *huge* amount of people it is not a matter of "choosing your game system". They go and *defend* it, whatever it is (4e or 3.X alike). They start lengthy posts and make heartly debates, both civil and flamatory. If they weren't so adamantly devouts to the previous system, they wouldn't go so far. I honestly doubt those players would had just shrugged their shoulders and go to play anything else en masse as they have done with Paizo. Wouldn't the OGL had existed, Paizo could had made some quality product, yes. Other companies have made excellent quality products over the years (like Vampire The Masquerade, Legends of the Five Rings, WFRPG etc) But those hasn't been a torpedo into WotC floating line as Pathfinfer is. Because Pathfinder isn't just *another competitor game* with excellent adventures. It is *the same game but run by a competitor* with excellent adventures.</p><p></p><p>As before: as a customer, I want OGL. But I can see WotC objections to it. Cocacola does not give up his IP either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="triqui, post: 5883316, member: 57948"] The question is not if Paizo could set up a game system to play their D&Desque AP on. The question is if it would be as sucessful as Pathfinder is. We have no way to know (my crystal ball isn't working today), but I'm highly confident it won't. Reading Paizo forum, one could say that a very high percentage of their customer base is formed for people who *liked* 3.5 and *did not like* 4e. So they choosed to stay with the system they liked (slightly revamped). If it were just a matter of not liking 4e, they would had gone and play Exalted, or Vampire The Masquerade, or Rolemaster or whatever. They did not, they did choose to play and *defend* the system they liked. The edition wars are clear about it. For a *huge* amount of people it is not a matter of "choosing your game system". They go and *defend* it, whatever it is (4e or 3.X alike). They start lengthy posts and make heartly debates, both civil and flamatory. If they weren't so adamantly devouts to the previous system, they wouldn't go so far. I honestly doubt those players would had just shrugged their shoulders and go to play anything else en masse as they have done with Paizo. Wouldn't the OGL had existed, Paizo could had made some quality product, yes. Other companies have made excellent quality products over the years (like Vampire The Masquerade, Legends of the Five Rings, WFRPG etc) But those hasn't been a torpedo into WotC floating line as Pathfinfer is. Because Pathfinder isn't just *another competitor game* with excellent adventures. It is *the same game but run by a competitor* with excellent adventures. As before: as a customer, I want OGL. But I can see WotC objections to it. Cocacola does not give up his IP either. [/QUOTE]
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