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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 6297633" data-attributes="member: 3400">I think it's selling well because, simply enough, people enjoy the D&amp;D experience it provides well enough to buy it. And it is clear to me, no matter if you're a critic of PF or of 4e, gamers seem to want to be part of or have an ongoing D&amp;D experience. That desire, call it brand identification if you want, drives people to debate how to change something to be the game they want it to be - or preserve it from such change - rather than seek out games that fit their preferences better than D&amp;D/whatever D&amp;D is changing into.Actually, I'd argue that a lot of people who didn't like 4e did just that - they moved to PF because they didn't like what D&amp;D was changing into. But that's a complicated issue because PF is explicitly the torchbearer for 3e-style D&amp;D and is being treated as and considered to be D&amp;D by a lot of the D&amp;D-fan community. So, ultimately, I'm lumping 4e-critics/PF-fans into the same issue of wanting to be D&amp;D players and wanting D&amp;D to be the D&amp;D of their preference.EDIT: And, of course, Paizo's a good company, that provides good customer service, and makes good products. What's not to like?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 6297633, member: 3400"] I think it's selling well because, simply enough, people enjoy the D&D experience it provides well enough to buy it. And it is clear to me, no matter if you're a critic of PF or of 4e, gamers seem to [b]want[/b] to be part of or have an ongoing D&D experience. That desire, call it brand identification if you want, drives people to debate how to change something to be the game they want it to be - or preserve it from such change - rather than seek out games that fit their preferences better than D&D/whatever D&D is changing into. Actually, I'd argue that a lot of people who didn't like 4e did just that - they moved to PF because they didn't like what D&D was changing into. But that's a complicated issue because PF is explicitly the torchbearer for 3e-style D&D and is being treated as and considered to be D&D by a lot of the D&D-fan community. So, ultimately, I'm lumping 4e-critics/PF-fans into the same issue of wanting to be D&D players and wanting D&D to be the D&D of [b]their[/b] preference. EDIT: And, of course, Paizo's a good company, that provides good customer service, and makes good products. What's not to like? [/QUOTE]

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