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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7752310" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>This is apples and oranges.</p><p></p><p>What you're discussing isn't an announcement from Paizo. We got the Pathfinder 2 announcement back in March, leading to teasing articles giving a taste of mechanics every few days as they slowly build to the PDF/book release. </p><p>WotC did the same thing with 5e. One morning, no warning, 5e announcement with news of a playtest. </p><p></p><p>Even the previews of the next book's content and blog articles on design wasn't that different from how WotC did their edition change. Or even how they do their new physical book releases. Previews and the like. </p><p>And the shot of the first printing on a designers desk on a social media feed is pretty common among the industry. We saw that for <em>Tome of Foes</em>. And pretty much every single release since social media accounts were created. The "hey, look what I got today!"</p><p></p><p></p><p>Okay, so you don't like the doodles and teasing. The social media guessing games that proceeded the reveal of <em>Waterdeep</em>. *shrug* Then don't pay attention. That's super easy to ignore by just not participating. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I prefer the slow burn and public reveals to Paizo's method of "announcing" new accessories, which is either announcing them at a panel at PaizoCon, where you need to find a transcript made by someone at the panel or banquet. Typically paired with blurry off-center photos. </p><p>Or the product just appears as a preorder on their website and sits there until it's noticed. </p><p></p><p></p><p>But the "guessing game" as you refer to it has never gone on for months. The #nostoneunturned thing went on a little less than a month. And this current teasing was to hype something less than a week away. T</p><p>hat also has more to do with WotC not announcing their products and storylines a year ahead. We already know the schedule for Pathfinder adventures from now to July 2019, and Player Companions & Campaign setting books until January. </p><p>I imagine the rate of release also makes an impact. You can't make a big deal about your new release when you have almost two dozen small products coming out over the next six months. </p><p></p><p></p><p>There's also the less official teasing, where the team makes a vague hint and the fans spend the next several months guessing. But that happens even without the hints, when fans find listings for books online. That's less WotC and more then fans looking for clues everywhere; I think WotC is teasing because they know the fans are looking for hints and will invent hints where there was none. They really just need to say "I don't want to give anything away..." and people will jump over their next sentence or the look on their face and pick it apart for clues. </p><p>That's less on the company and more on the fanbase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7752310, member: 37579"] This is apples and oranges. What you're discussing isn't an announcement from Paizo. We got the Pathfinder 2 announcement back in March, leading to teasing articles giving a taste of mechanics every few days as they slowly build to the PDF/book release. WotC did the same thing with 5e. One morning, no warning, 5e announcement with news of a playtest. Even the previews of the next book's content and blog articles on design wasn't that different from how WotC did their edition change. Or even how they do their new physical book releases. Previews and the like. And the shot of the first printing on a designers desk on a social media feed is pretty common among the industry. We saw that for [I]Tome of Foes[/I]. And pretty much every single release since social media accounts were created. The "hey, look what I got today!" Okay, so you don't like the doodles and teasing. The social media guessing games that proceeded the reveal of [I]Waterdeep[/I]. *shrug* Then don't pay attention. That's super easy to ignore by just not participating. Personally, I prefer the slow burn and public reveals to Paizo's method of "announcing" new accessories, which is either announcing them at a panel at PaizoCon, where you need to find a transcript made by someone at the panel or banquet. Typically paired with blurry off-center photos. Or the product just appears as a preorder on their website and sits there until it's noticed. But the "guessing game" as you refer to it has never gone on for months. The #nostoneunturned thing went on a little less than a month. And this current teasing was to hype something less than a week away. T hat also has more to do with WotC not announcing their products and storylines a year ahead. We already know the schedule for Pathfinder adventures from now to July 2019, and Player Companions & Campaign setting books until January. I imagine the rate of release also makes an impact. You can't make a big deal about your new release when you have almost two dozen small products coming out over the next six months. There's also the less official teasing, where the team makes a vague hint and the fans spend the next several months guessing. But that happens even without the hints, when fans find listings for books online. That's less WotC and more then fans looking for clues everywhere; I think WotC is teasing because they know the fans are looking for hints and will invent hints where there was none. They really just need to say "I don't want to give anything away..." and people will jump over their next sentence or the look on their face and pick it apart for clues. That's less on the company and more on the fanbase. [/QUOTE]
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