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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corpsetaker" data-source="post: 6987603" data-attributes="member: 6776548">Well I'm going to have to disagree with you here because the prep time of these AP's is just as long as someone running a homebrew. Prep time has been cut by loads do to the more simple rules and charts that are provided. I've been running and playing for 32+ years and I can prep a homebrew quicker than using these AP's. These AP's are obviously not meant for beginners so those people who can run these AP's could more than not just create a homebrew quicker. Homebrew games have more a flow to them while these AP's are specific. Now if you like the stories then fair enough, but when it comes to quicker prep I disagree. People will start to get burnt out on AP's and want to venture in more homebrew worlds, in fact, the surveys have already said that most people play homebrew over AP's and other adventures. New players will no longer be new for too much longer and will want to expand to other things instead of these straight road AP's. Right now they are in a position with the release schedule that there really is no way to fail. It's not like they are investing huge amounts of money in product after product so while their release schedule is holding up, it's not doing as well as Mearls likes to pretend it is. It's a move that will not drive away customers, but keeps the potential from going anywhere. They don't know what new people want because a new force of players have come on board. It's like someone telling you they've never tried an apple before and you tell them they won't like it because you don't. I bet you if they dropped back to 1 AP a year and gave us more variety such as sourcebooks and more world building tools we would see a bigger increase. They are keeping new players, and old, from getting something because they don't like it. All we hear about is how well the PHB is doing which shows people like the rules which was already a given. Nothing there that's proof about their release schedule and their AP releases.</blockquote>

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