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What I miss is being able to look up previous orders (that page wasn't without its issues).
The knock-on effect is the lack of the notice on a product page informing me that I already purchased that product, when, and with a link to the order.
Between the two, it made it easy for me to work my way through purchasing items (like minis) without missing some and repurchasing others. So, now I have to manually keep a separate database, which then becomes an intense amount of work.
Having that "You last purchased this on..." notice was fantastic and I wish more stores would do this.

I'm guessing this is done to reduce the load on the database and static pages are quicker to send. If that's the case, I'd at least like the orders page back with the ability to search it, the old one was clunky at best.

Edit:
When I click on the link for previous orders, I am taken to the order page. There just isn't an option in My Account to go to My Orders.

BLUF: The ORC should kill OGL. For good.

At first, I didn't want to think that WotC would be as stupid as the "leak" makes them out to be. (In a way, I suspect this is a trolling exercise.) Given the high volume of amazing content (I support way, way, waaaaayyyyyy too many on Kickstarter), it's no wonder they would want to tap into that creative market.

It's almost ironic that WotC, formed by a group of gamers, nearly killed D&D, then bought it to keep it alive. I didn't game for a while, shortly after 3rd Edition came out, but I kept my subscriptions to Dragon and Dungeon magazine going throughout my haitus.

When I restarted, it was right before the announcement of 4th Edition. I literally skipped the bulk of 3rd Edition and spent a lot of money catching up. 4th Edition was no surprise, Hasbro wanted to change the nature of the game from role/roll-playing to a mini-buying rush, nearly killing D&D. The only reason I bought 4th Edition core books was because Paizo was offering 10% discount on an entire order. I made sure to clear my wishlist and the discount more than covered the price of the cost.

I moved along with PF, ignoring 4th Ed and 5e until recently when I finally made a friend that's a gamer. (Previous attempts to find a gaming group all failed.) So, I jumped back into 5e.

Near the end again. (rofl)

What is ironic is Hasbro bought WotC and nearly killed D&D a second time, and now they seem to think the 3rd time's the charm, trying to focus D&D on pay-to-play content and services (I'm not against making money, but not keen on vampiric payment schemes either), as well as futilely trying to tap into the creativity of thousands of content creators without actually having to work at it. It would be like IBM suddenly declaring they could confiscate all code written for PCs, ever. (IBM has a very shady past, so it's no surprise when corporations attempt such things.)

I look forward to the new license. Even if WotC doesn't follow through, the ORC should kill OGL.

I've been struggling with this for a couple of weeks using Chrome. I could log in using FireFox. Clearing cookies and cache didn't fix the problem. Eventually, I found a setting that block third party cookies in Incognito.

To get there select:
Three vertical dots (Customize and control Google Chrome menu)
Settings
Security and Privacy
Cookies and other site data

You can do one of two things:
1) Change the general setting to "Allow all cookies"

2) Scroll down to "Sites that can always use cookies"
Click "Add"
Enter [*.]paizo.com
Select "Including third-party cookies on this site
Click Add

This will probably work for any other sites when in Incognito. I think an update enabled this. So far Paizo is the only site I found impacted by this.

I currently have several subscriptions, Player Companion being one. If I do nothing, will it migrate to Lost Omens automatically or just end?

Judging from the email I received yesterday and tis post, I can only assume that the Paizo staff are as addicted to Kickstart as I am. A very dangerous habit. I haven't contributed yet, still trying to determine what level I want. But looking at Kicktraq, it doesn't look good. But since Lisa's email yesterday, we've rallied and the contributions have shot up tremendously (the single largest day yet). Thanks, Lisa.

To Lisa and all the amazing staff at Paizo,

When, out of the blue, I first found out that Paizo was taking over the subscriptions, I was dubious at first, not because I thought you couldn't do it, but because I hadn't heard of you and internet spoofing was a growing concern. My subscriptions were hit and miss on arrival (magazines via APO are just that way). Without any reason to truly be doubtful, I went ahead and renewed; the option to subscribe online was fantastic since mail gets lost around my house.

You've done an amazing job and the end of Dragon and Dungeon as a regular feature in my life was a loss. With the advent of AP, I am glad to be one of the charter members (even if it's not reflected in my tag). I haven't been the most active in gaming and the site, but I've watched the site grow over the years. I am certainly glad to have stuck with Paizo.

I had just decided to bring gaming back into my life as a regular feature and went on a massive spending spree buying a lot of used books on Amazon when Wizards posted a big notice on their site stating 4dventure. #*(&^$%! Having just purchased what is probably one of the most eclectic collections of RPG books, I wasn't interested in moving on with 4E. I was glad when you moved past 3.5 without ditching it. I did pre-order the 4E set from you to take full advantage of you're one time discount and made full use of it, though I probably could have done better.

Reading the history (and looking forward to the rest) has been an eye-opener and I'm glad to have supported Paizo in my own small way. I'm grateful that you didn't give up when things looked the darkest.

I now understand why you haven't published a replacement magazine. I was ecstatic when Wayfider 1 came out and thought you had finally picked up the magazine reigns, but alas, this was not to be. Disappointing, but understandable. It looks like you're supporting Wayfinder as a fanzine. I think that's a great idea, maybe those of us who aren't able to win RPG Superstar can still get our ideas shared in virtual print. I believe it will add a lot to the community.

I've been happy with Paizo and the products you've put out over the years (and don't plan to ever lose the Charter Member tag), keep up the good work. Strike that, keep up the excellent work!

Failthfully yours,
Sean

P.S. When can we load up our own avatars?

I don't have a problem with giving up the rights (I've put in a submission).

There are scores of success stories filled with massive rejections. Harry Potter was rejected by 12 publishing houses. So not making the cut on one contest is hardly the the Gauge of Likelihood to Succeed. (I know, she didn't give up the rights, but that's not the point here.)

So, I don't get picked. (I don't expect to. There's a lot of amazing talent and I'm looking forward to the winner's module.) But taking inspiration from stories like J.K. Rowling's, I slink off and later I persevere and get my item published in a book (I'm an aspiring writer), or another RPG, or even in a Kobold Quarterly article.

While I consider the possibility somewhere between slim and none, what really is the likelihood that Paizo is going to come after me?

This of course assumes my item was notible enough to remember, or Paizo has a memory like an elephant, and discovers I made money off IP I gave them the rights to, but they rejected.

Thanks, Sean, Ryan, Clark, and Neil, we appreciate your time. And thanks to Paizo for a shot at the top.