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<blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 3812079" data-attributes="member: 40359"><p>Actually, the "rant" was in response to maliszew's question of whether there was a possible scenario that Paizo would continue with 3.5 support in the long run. Erik was replying to that question (which he did vent during), but the "rant" didn't lead to his conclusion that a good 4e is the best option. It was mitigating it. Basically Erik said "I hope 4e is what we want it to be, but since you asked if there is a chance we will support 3.5 in the long term, then...."</p><p></p><p>And being a regular reader of the Paizo forums, I can say that it seems to be more anti-4e (or at probably more commonly 4e-worried than antagonistically ANTI-4e) than pro, but there are definitely supporters. And Erik has stated earlier on that same page and elsewhere basically "the rules sound great, but the flavor doesn't". I know because it largely echoes my same feelings. </p><p></p><p>So, that one "rant" was a response to a specific question. Don't read too much into Paizo's business practices and assume they guide the company based on "a few Grognards on their forums". From what I've seen from Paizo over the past several years is that they are pretty much guided by what their customers (beyond just the forums) want and what they really enjoy personally. On numerous occasions the Paizo staff has told the forum members "the general opinion might be one way here, but our sales figures pretty clearly say otherwise". So they are cognizant of the potential difference in opinions between active forum members and their entire customer base.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and 3.5 support until February 2009 was his worst case scenario given the length of the Pathfinder arcs, timing of when they need to start writing arc 3, and how early they need to see the 4e rules. Their GameMastery modules can convert at any point since they are monthly and disconnected. And hopefully Paizo will get the rules in time to make an informed decision about Pathfinder arc 3. So, again, don't read too much into a single forum post. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kenmarable, post: 3812079, member: 40359"] Actually, the "rant" was in response to maliszew's question of whether there was a possible scenario that Paizo would continue with 3.5 support in the long run. Erik was replying to that question (which he did vent during), but the "rant" didn't lead to his conclusion that a good 4e is the best option. It was mitigating it. Basically Erik said "I hope 4e is what we want it to be, but since you asked if there is a chance we will support 3.5 in the long term, then...." And being a regular reader of the Paizo forums, I can say that it seems to be more anti-4e (or at probably more commonly 4e-worried than antagonistically ANTI-4e) than pro, but there are definitely supporters. And Erik has stated earlier on that same page and elsewhere basically "the rules sound great, but the flavor doesn't". I know because it largely echoes my same feelings. So, that one "rant" was a response to a specific question. Don't read too much into Paizo's business practices and assume they guide the company based on "a few Grognards on their forums". From what I've seen from Paizo over the past several years is that they are pretty much guided by what their customers (beyond just the forums) want and what they really enjoy personally. On numerous occasions the Paizo staff has told the forum members "the general opinion might be one way here, but our sales figures pretty clearly say otherwise". So they are cognizant of the potential difference in opinions between active forum members and their entire customer base. Oh, and 3.5 support until February 2009 was his worst case scenario given the length of the Pathfinder arcs, timing of when they need to start writing arc 3, and how early they need to see the 4e rules. Their GameMastery modules can convert at any point since they are monthly and disconnected. And hopefully Paizo will get the rules in time to make an informed decision about Pathfinder arc 3. So, again, don't read too much into a single forum post. :) [/QUOTE]
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