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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6253874" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>I was providing options, trying to give you the most possible choices. </p><p>And, again, there is a good chance the classes will be OGL and free on d20pfsd.com for a total cost of $0. Like most Pathfinder options. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well… this is being done by a small publisher (i.e. people doing it out-of-pocket in their free time) because there’s an audience that wants Bo9S classes balanced for Pathfinder. They are doing it knowing they’re likely to only sell a few hundred copies and might barely turn a profit (if they don’t lose money), because most people will pirate or turn to d20pfsrd.com. </p><p>So it’s not much of a cash grab as much as a hole they’re throwing their money into while asking for a couple of bucks to minimize the financial loss. </p><p></p><p></p><p>That’s a huge difference from the leading name in the industry not playtesting the game enough, so they need to make some major revisions a couple years after launch. </p><p></p><p></p><p>You had two major complaints:</p><p>1) Having to buy new books</p><p>2) Not wanting a boring fighter.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I thought I’d give you the option, to see which complaint was stronger: not spending money or boring fighters. You might be hesitant to spend but willing to drop a few bucks for a non-boring fighter. Or you might want to save your money but only have the boring fighter. At least this way you had the option. </p><p>Of course, there are currently something like twenty official classes in the game (thirty if you count the playtest classes). So there are plenty of options other than the fighter. BUT if you really wanted a fighter type class and the paladin, ranger, brawler, magus, cavalier, or war priest just didn’t work for you (and your GM was dead set against the late 3e classes) then you had another alternative.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, we get it, you don’t like Quadratic Wizards/ Linear Fighters. That horse has been beaten so much in the past fifteen years there’s not even skin left. </p><p>Yes, the balance was imperfect. We all know. We just stopped caring or it doesn’t affect our games. And beating the skeletal horse isn't going to improve you friend's game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6253874, member: 37579"] I was providing options, trying to give you the most possible choices. And, again, there is a good chance the classes will be OGL and free on d20pfsd.com for a total cost of $0. Like most Pathfinder options. Well… this is being done by a small publisher (i.e. people doing it out-of-pocket in their free time) because there’s an audience that wants Bo9S classes balanced for Pathfinder. They are doing it knowing they’re likely to only sell a few hundred copies and might barely turn a profit (if they don’t lose money), because most people will pirate or turn to d20pfsrd.com. So it’s not much of a cash grab as much as a hole they’re throwing their money into while asking for a couple of bucks to minimize the financial loss. That’s a huge difference from the leading name in the industry not playtesting the game enough, so they need to make some major revisions a couple years after launch. You had two major complaints: 1) Having to buy new books 2) Not wanting a boring fighter. I thought I’d give you the option, to see which complaint was stronger: not spending money or boring fighters. You might be hesitant to spend but willing to drop a few bucks for a non-boring fighter. Or you might want to save your money but only have the boring fighter. At least this way you had the option. Of course, there are currently something like twenty official classes in the game (thirty if you count the playtest classes). So there are plenty of options other than the fighter. BUT if you really wanted a fighter type class and the paladin, ranger, brawler, magus, cavalier, or war priest just didn’t work for you (and your GM was dead set against the late 3e classes) then you had another alternative. Yes, we get it, you don’t like Quadratic Wizards/ Linear Fighters. That horse has been beaten so much in the past fifteen years there’s not even skin left. Yes, the balance was imperfect. We all know. We just stopped caring or it doesn’t affect our games. And beating the skeletal horse isn't going to improve you friend's game. [/QUOTE]
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