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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5519502" data-attributes="member: 15538">I just don't understand the "churn" and "bloat" accusations. Ultimate Magic is something I want; I was never happy with the Spell Compendium at all, and the Tome of Magic tantalized but did not wow, but I always liked the idea of more magic. Ultimate Combat isn't something I had anticipated, but if it fulfills to some extent the promise of the title, I'm all for that. I like the idea of one big book covering each topic worth covering. If Paizo didn't do that; I'd be disappointed. Moreoever, I'd be motivated to, directly or indirectly, see that someone produced such books. I bought the Inner Sea Region Guide recently. Partly, to see what all the cool kids were into these days, but also because it looks really well made. I appreciate and enjoy it. The problem, IMO, is not that WotC produced too many books, but that they produced so many books with really uneven quality.I've never purchased an AP, and it's doubtful I will ever purchase more than one or two. My interest in Golarion is only incidental. My plan is mainly to purchase one of each four or five-star Pathfinder book that comes out. Then, in about five or six years, assuming not much else changes for me or for the industry, I'll purchase a copy of Pathfinder Revised. Then Ultimate Magic II: Electric Bugaloo, which cleans up a couple of dozen spells from the first one that turned out not to be such a hot idea. etc. I'm not ideological when it comes to games. I purchase games to play, and to read, and to a minor extent, to analyze. I don't purchase them based on some overarching thinking of what Paizo "should" be doing. I recognize that I occupy one end of a spectrum, with someone still running the free Pathfinder Beta and converting APs on the other. I don't care if Paizo puts out one rulebook a year, or twenty; I'll try to buy a copy of anything they put out, if it's good. If it's not good, I won't buy it. If I run out of money, I stop buying. I don't really comprehend the idea of "too much" Pathfinder since I can always choose not to include material. There are physical limits to storing books, which is one practical limit on how much Pathfinder I could deal with.</blockquote>

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