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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7376382"><p>Honestly I suspect this is <em>probably</em> true, but my data set is pretty limited. It seems like an awful lot of people buy the APs <em>even though they then complain about them</em>. So, at least for now, tweaking the formula might not serve any purpose.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, I know a group of teenagers who play D&D who are not buying the APs. They are homebrewing all their adventures. They have disposable income so that's not the problem. They just don't find the APs appealing.</p><p></p><p>Could they be convinced to buy APs if they followed a different formula? I don't know. And if WotC adheres to a policy of "don't fiddle with something that doesn't seem to be broken" we never will know.</p><p></p><p>EDIT</p><p></p><p>Oh, wait, I just realized: the one adventure supplement that interested them is Yawning Portal. This is both evidence of WotC's willingness to try a different formula <em>and</em> that doing so was successful in appealing to a previously untapped market segment.</p><p></p><p>If you don't think that's evidence of exactly what I'm talking about then we are not arguing about the same thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7376382"] Honestly I suspect this is [I]probably[/I] true, but my data set is pretty limited. It seems like an awful lot of people buy the APs [I]even though they then complain about them[/I]. So, at least for now, tweaking the formula might not serve any purpose. On the other hand, I know a group of teenagers who play D&D who are not buying the APs. They are homebrewing all their adventures. They have disposable income so that's not the problem. They just don't find the APs appealing. Could they be convinced to buy APs if they followed a different formula? I don't know. And if WotC adheres to a policy of "don't fiddle with something that doesn't seem to be broken" we never will know. EDIT Oh, wait, I just realized: the one adventure supplement that interested them is Yawning Portal. This is both evidence of WotC's willingness to try a different formula [I]and[/I] that doing so was successful in appealing to a previously untapped market segment. If you don't think that's evidence of exactly what I'm talking about then we are not arguing about the same thing. [/QUOTE]
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