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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shasarak" data-source="post: 7736424" data-attributes="member: 94143">That would be true if you only got paid once a year, or I guess in this case once every two years.  Analogies are a very poor way describing an idea though.I dont think that it would be a stretch to say that for all intents and purposes Paizo is Pathfinder so it does not really add anything to the discussion to quibble about the specifics of where the money is coming from.  I mean Paizo also had to pay for all development costs for Starfinder in 2016 as well so being able to recoup those costs in 2017 is feature not a bug.The quote is actually "larger editorial staff than at any time in the past" so yes that is largest staff ever.  Maybe you misread the quote?You could say the same about ICv2, it tells you nothing except what retailers think is happening.  It does not include online sales.  It does not include third party products like Roll20.  I mean the only thing better then the company telling you is being able to sit down with the actual figures and the CFO to go through them with you.I dont know why, Eric says that it is time to do it and he is the one that should know.I do agree with you that a single year seems....unrealistically confident.  I mean just look at what happened with the Shifter for example.  I can understand the desire to get it done by GenCon and on the otherhand I would prefer to see it done right.</blockquote>