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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Talaysen" data-source="post: 508413" data-attributes="member: 340">Yes, and I think that's the part that makes them look very childish indeed. "Yes, it sold very well, but some subscribers were mean to us so we're not going to do it anymore! So there!"It's not like they really lost money over it anyway...it sounds to me like they probably made a tidy profit with the newsstand sales, and it's not like the subscribers demanded (or, I would presume, got even if they did demand) their money back. I can't imagine there were very many subscriptions cancelled over that issue, if any. Heck, if you ask me, the hubbub over Dragon #300 was probably far more fierce and far more potentially damaging; tell me, Johnny, does that mean you'll be skipping directly from #399 to #401?And I'm sick and tired of people saying "well, you're getting so many pages per year for an incredible price". That's apples and oranges. When I buy a sourcebook, or ten sourcebooks, or a hundred, I know what I'm getting. I pick and choose the material I buy. There may still be some stuff I won't use, but for the most part, it all deals with something I'm interested in. Some issues of Dragon are entirely decent from my perspective; some have only one or two redeeming factors. I'm basically paying for the luck of the draw. Feedback should shape things to the point where I find more to my liking in each issue, but then, Paizo has to deal with the feedback from a vast number of sources, and they have now demonstrated that they may not respond well to that feedback. Aside from that, magazines are always less expensive than sourcebooks by definition.This looks even worse when you take into account the recent increase in subscription prices. As I said: a lot of subscribers will probably be cheated unless said prices are lowered once again or the Annual is somehow restored. And, as I said, I for one would be willing to accept another slight increase if that's what will convince you to restore the Annual. But this decision is quite unfair, and I think sufficient reason for that feeling of injustice has been given.</blockquote>

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