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<blockquote data-quote="Frawan" data-source="post: 4149094" data-attributes="member: 57527">Well - At least I got a partial explanation from Wiz. there. Thank you for that.As for the many people who keeps saying that Paizo going their own ways is not a &quot;blow&quot; Wizards, I think you are wrong. Wizards might still be the leader when it comes to D&amp;D, but Paizo has surely cut some good chunks off the cake. When you look at various discussion boards Paizo gets almost as much attention as 4th Edition. Their Pathfinder series has been an overwhelming success, with the issues being sold out as we speak.In 3rd edition we did have various publishers, but none of them really got that much attention from non-hardcore gaming crowd. Since last GenCon and Pathfinder I believe this to have changed. It seems to me that Paizo have continued taking shares from WoTC, and with their announcement of their own RPG they are getting even more, since they will now be an option for the disgruntled 3rd edition players that would have eventually moved to 4th ed.If you look at the publishing schedule of Paizo and compare it to Wizards, Paizo is not just a &quot;nobody&quot; to WoTC. Heck I bet they have produced more high-quality material in the last year than Wizards. While Wiz puts out a book a month, Paizo have several series of books being published. This wouldn't be possible unless people kept bying their stuff. So I say Paizo is growing, and Wizards should take notice when they don't follow their lead.Dont get me wrong here: I wouldn't mind Paizo going 4th edition, as I like the idea of being able to play online when I dont have any gaming friends around, however with the GLS not coming out I guess it was simply not an option.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frawan, post: 4149094, member: 57527"] Well - At least I got a partial explanation from Wiz. there. Thank you for that. As for the many people who keeps saying that Paizo going their own ways is not a "blow" Wizards, I think you are wrong. Wizards might still be the leader when it comes to D&D, but Paizo has surely cut some good chunks off the cake. When you look at various discussion boards Paizo gets almost as much attention as 4th Edition. Their Pathfinder series has been an overwhelming success, with the issues being sold out as we speak. In 3rd edition we did have various publishers, but none of them really got that much attention from non-hardcore gaming crowd. Since last GenCon and Pathfinder I believe this to have changed. It seems to me that Paizo have continued taking shares from WoTC, and with their announcement of their own RPG they are getting even more, since they will now be an option for the disgruntled 3rd edition players that would have eventually moved to 4th ed. If you look at the publishing schedule of Paizo and compare it to Wizards, Paizo is not just a "nobody" to WoTC. Heck I bet they have produced more high-quality material in the last year than Wizards. While Wiz puts out a book a month, Paizo have several series of books being published. This wouldn't be possible unless people kept bying their stuff. So I say Paizo is growing, and Wizards should take notice when they don't follow their lead. Dont get me wrong here: I wouldn't mind Paizo going 4th edition, as I like the idea of being able to play online when I dont have any gaming friends around, however with the GLS not coming out I guess it was simply not an option. [/QUOTE]

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