No, the fact I can theoretically do it myself does not mean I'm not allowed to have opinions on the work of others.I still don't understand why you haven't just made your dream heartbreaker project for 5e rather than hoping that Paizo or EN Publishing did the work for you. I think that you could do a good job and undoubtedly have a better vision for what you want out of an advanced 5e.
Capp, I assume you are giving this advice in the LevelUp forum, but this is the Pathfinder forum on a thread about PF2e sales rank. I wasn't following how levelUp came into the conversation and just wanted to make sure you knew where you're postingNo, the fact I can theoretically do it myself does not mean I'm not allowed to have opinions on the work of others.
I'm writing these posts as free advice. I'm hoping Level Up heeds it, since "othernessization" is what has sunk so very many projects with similar goals to Level Up. I'm drawing attention to what I know to be very easy to forget about otherwise.
For instance, surveys. I'm positive that if the project listens too much to feedback it will immediately bloom out to become something much more than what was communicated as its original goals. That's just human enthusiasm for you. But something more is also something else, and therein lies the danger.
Playtest feedback is nearly never answered by people who care about the issue I've drawn your attention to. It falls upon the dev team to remember their original goals and weed out lots of really great ideas that just have no place in a book that isn't entirely its own thing.
I'm not saying that you aren't allowed to have opinions on the work of others when I ask you why you haven't made your dream vision of 5e. I'm genuinely just curious why you haven't since you seem to have a clear vision for what sort of thing you want.No, the fact I can theoretically do it myself does not mean I'm not allowed to have opinions on the work of others.
The APG is out, and PF2E is much lower than it was when this prediction was made.
Yeah, looking at Amazon rankings over time, the PF2 CRB rank has noticeably slumped starting in August, while the 5e PHB sales have remained steady. (Source: Amazon Sales Estimator, plugging in ASIN: 1640781684)
Interesting.
One possibility is that after holding more or less steady (relative to 5e) for over a year, there's suddenly been a sharp drop off in interest starting in August. That's possible, though a little surprising - you'd expect a drop off in interest in a product to be more gradual.
Looking at the data more carefully, another possibility presents itself. Namely, the lowest FBA price for the PF2 CRB (using the tool above, the bright red line) has been $38.99 for almost a year (from Nov 2019 to Aug 6th 2020), and then it jumped up to $53.99 -- an almost 40% price increase -- at the start of August, and has stayed there. Since the timing of this increase coincides perfectly with PF2's slump in Amazon rankings, I'm inclined to think this is a more plausible explanation.
Very cool, thank you for sharing. How do you tell the activity is going up? I've never been to this subreddit (or the 5e one), but I do check out the UA one a lot.I only discovered this online tool recently, but it looks like the Subreddit for Pathfinder 2e has been steadily growing, with an uptick of interest since the APG's release: Subreddit Stats - statistics for every subreddit
Very cool, thank you for sharing. How do you tell the activity is going up? I've never been to this subreddit (or the 5e one), but I do check out the UA one a lot.
For those who are interested, this is what you get at the link:
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It's there, not sure what I did before (maybe I just didn't scroll down!Strange... do you not see graphs? This is what I see:
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