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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffh" data-source="post: 5688180" data-attributes="member: 2642">Compelling adventures and an interesting setting.Hey, it seems to work for Paizo.====================================Beyond that one point I specifically wanted to respond to, a few other comments (not directed at Jerome specifically).First of all, there's an important difference between what system I use and what, if any, RPG products I spend money on. The latter is obviously very important to WotC, Paizo and their various peers in a way the former isn't, but to most of us the former is what we think about and the latter is an incidental byproduct of that, if the two are related at all. So there's a disconnect there between the companies' interests and ours.By (among other things) producing a lot of world and adventure material that has at least a measure of portability to other systems, it seems to me Paizo is far more skillfully positioning itself to grab a part of the latter for non-Pathfinder players than WotC is for non-4E players. There are a few good 4E books that are largely system-neutral (e.g. The Plane Above and The Plane Below), but even if you think their quality compares well to Paizo's offerings, a subjective matter I won't opine on here, their relative paucity puts an upper bound on how much of the non-4E dollar they can attract.===================================I'm not sure to what extent the slow release schedule is cause for concern for those into 4E. The amount of 4E crunch coming out now is still at least comparable to, and when Dragon is factored in probably greater than, that for Pathfinder - it just looks sparse because WotC publishes so little else, compared to Paizo. If the individual products are good - and while I am disappointed with HoS, Neverwinter is good and MME is very good - I'm fine with the sparse schedule. I'd rather have a few good products and less feat bloat. The previous rate at which the rules and character options were expanding probably wasn't sustainable, and the recent changes can be seen as pulling it back to the level it always should have been at, precisely to sustain the brand for the long(er) term.</blockquote>

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