| brgoss |
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Hiya!
Just watched the youtube upload for this month's Paizo direct, and I'm excited for the Bastions AP coming out. However, I'm VERY concerned on the direction of the AP product. The HC choice I'm good with, maybe. But if Guilt of the Graveward is anything to go by via page count, we're getting less than half the content we were getting in 3 AP issues/volumes. It's around 120 pages, so maybe 30 pages more than a single AP issue. But it cost $45. That's a LOT more for what is being billed as a 'quarterly model with same amount of content'. 30 more pages and HC treatment for roughly $20 more. I mean what's the difference now between an AP HC and the stand alone adventures that were HC as well? Why use the Adventure Path branding at all now?
But I digress on that volume as it was the first one, first big adventure for SF2E so whatever. But I checked out the store entry for the new Hellbreakers PF AP that is slated for March. Maybe I missed it but there was only the thickness dimension and not a rough page count. It's a whopping 1/10 of an inch thicker than GotGW, but it's priced at $80? Maybe the dimensions are off, but that definitely is NOT going to be twice GotGW content, let alone enough to cover what used to be 3 AP volumes for 'quarterly content'.
I completely understand costs to produce and get to market are......problematic in the current climate. I get that money can be tight, but it's tight on everyone's end. While $80 is about what three volumes cost of the prior APs, it seems we're just not getting the content that we used to. And while HC are nice, I want APs to play with my friends, and that means content. I don't know how others feel, but I'd rather have content over the hardcover upgrade.
But maybe I'm wrong. I'm looking forward to the new AP, but I'm also very apprehensive about it as well because I know if it's not much more than what GotGW was, but for almost twice the price I'm not going to be overly happy.
Can you provide any insights beyond just the barebones info that's on that AP's store page, or just the approach period of the new AP direction that can alleviate some of my concerns?
Thanks!