If Paizo had gone 4E ...

[kenmarable]

I would be unhappy if Paizo went 4e.

Although it might get me to give 4e more of a try since Paizo, but it probably still wouldn't be enough to get me to play 4e. From what I've tried of it, it's just not my game of choice (plus my group has zero interest in it, so it'd be an uphill battle to get them to play 4e anyway). No insult to the system or those who like it, I just prefer 3.5/Pathfinder.

I would still buy Paizo's edition-neutral products like the item cards and such, but not much more than that, which would make me sad. I am already starting to miss buying WotC products. Before 4e came out, I was a self-described WotC whore (I suppose completist is the more polite term). Between my dislike of 4e and dislike of the announced changes to the Forgotten Realms, I can't even get interested enough to look at WotC's upcoming products anymore. If Paizo thas taken the same route, I would be a very unhappy camper.

 

[grickherder]

I'd love to see dual statting. If the GSL becomes palatable (hey, it could happen) and can work alongside the OGL, I think 4e/pathfinder hybrid statted products would be pretty cool. Though that does mean that half of the stats for everyone aren't going to be used.

That said, my favorite supplement so far is the systemless Freeport book from Green Ronin.

 

[chaotix42]

I canceled a charter subscription to Pathfinder because it wasn't going to 4e. If Paizo produced some sort of 4e product I would definitely be interested in it.

 

[billd91]

Staying with 3.5, I doubt I'd continue to buy Paizo modules if they shifted wholesale to 4e. 4e just isn't the game for me. As much as I've enjoyed the Pathfinder series so far, going to 4e would be it.

I'd concentrate on Mutants and Masterminds and Call of Cthulhu as my main RPGs instead, once the backlog of 3.5 material I have played out.

 

[Caliber]

At one point Paizo asked a somewhat similar question on their boards (which had the effect of dumping a giant bucket of napalm onto the already smoldering coals of the "debate" but anyway ...) and I'll answer here the same I did there.

Stick to 3.5, not interested. Don't make enough money to buy material for a game I don't actively play.

Move to 4E, in it to win it. I'll subscribe and everything!

 

[Eosin the Red]

I've never been a system snob. 3E, 4E, it doesn't matter to me as long as the writing and story is good.

 

[EATherrian]

Yeah, I seriously like Golarian (or whatever it's called), but my group is going 4E and so I don't see a future there. It's a shame, really. They make the best adventures.

I don't see where Golarion itself is any version or edition. It is a setting. To me they are version-neutral since I convert things to whatever heavily homebrewed version I'm using at the time anyways. Heck I still play pre-FTA Greyhawk.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

Dear system X player, do you realize that Piazo makes many system neutral products like battle matts and tiles that are useful for any fantasy setting? Do you realize that Piazo makes many miniatures and that they have teamed up with Crocodile Games to bring even more awesomeness to your table top regardless of your game?

I assumed the original poster was referring specifically to Edition-dependent products, not the Sytem-neutral products when posing the what-if of 4th Edition.

To extend my answer towards the System-neutral products: never bought them before, not likely to start buying them now, so a switch in paizo's product focus wouldn't change that either.

 

[drothgery]

I didn't buy all that much Paizo stuff in the past (there were two years where I had a subscription to Dungeon, and I bought the Dragon compendium), and I've always bought very little 3rd-party stuff. But I'm not interested in buying any more 3e stuff (I'm still playing 3.5, because my tabletop game hasn't switched yet -- I think we've got two guys who are generally in favor, one serious skeptic, one mild skeptic, and one who would probably just go with the flow, but I'm not buying any more books for it); I might pick up a 4e book or adventure, but there's no way I'd pick up a 3.5 book or adventure (I've got plenty of those that I've never used already).

 

[drscott46]

I echo many of the previous responses - I would buy Paizo adventures in a heartbeat if they were 4e. That's nirvana for me - my preferred adventures with my preferred system. Man...that would rock.

Same exact thing here. The Adventure Paths are so incredibly superior to the WotC 4E modules that it ain't funny. But I just don't have the time to do all that conversion.