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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 7870867" data-attributes="member: 957"><p>No. I think you are totally wrong there. For better AND for worse, PF1 was 3.5. Their first big poster proclaimed "3.5 Thrives". And at the time there was a ton of discontent with 4E. And the marketplace overall was not burned out on that mechanical system. (The OGLs impact on WotC's market share is a deep rabbit hole of a side conversation)</p><p></p><p>People played, and <em>didn't play</em> PF1 because of their opinion of the PF1 mechanics. (or perhaps their GM's opinion <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p><p></p><p>You can easily find lots of conversation about people converting APs exactly because they so liked the APs while also disliking the mechanics. So clearly those people just didn't play PF1. </p><p>In recent years the overall age of the system and the power of 5E both crushed PF1. The sales dried up because it stopped being the game of choice. (And, really, if your reasoning was right PF! would still be rocking because the APs are still going).</p><p></p><p>There are some really cool things about PF2. But they also alienated a lot of people with some of the core choices they made. I believe the number of people buying APs despite not using the base system will go up.</p><p></p><p>May I ask, are you saying that the first AP is a dud and thus has negatively impacted sales of PF2? I honestly have no opinion because I have so much PF1 content I never even considered the new AP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 7870867, member: 957"] No. I think you are totally wrong there. For better AND for worse, PF1 was 3.5. Their first big poster proclaimed "3.5 Thrives". And at the time there was a ton of discontent with 4E. And the marketplace overall was not burned out on that mechanical system. (The OGLs impact on WotC's market share is a deep rabbit hole of a side conversation) People played, and [I]didn't play[/I] PF1 because of their opinion of the PF1 mechanics. (or perhaps their GM's opinion :) ) You can easily find lots of conversation about people converting APs exactly because they so liked the APs while also disliking the mechanics. So clearly those people just didn't play PF1. In recent years the overall age of the system and the power of 5E both crushed PF1. The sales dried up because it stopped being the game of choice. (And, really, if your reasoning was right PF! would still be rocking because the APs are still going). There are some really cool things about PF2. But they also alienated a lot of people with some of the core choices they made. I believe the number of people buying APs despite not using the base system will go up. May I ask, are you saying that the first AP is a dud and thus has negatively impacted sales of PF2? I honestly have no opinion because I have so much PF1 content I never even considered the new AP. [/QUOTE]
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