So: who plans to buy?

[Fatespinner]

Definitely getting the Beta and the HC. Another Superscriber is sold! (Not like it was hard.)

[Wicht]

120

[Jadeite]

I also plan to buy the Beta and the hardcover when they are released.

[fliprushman]

I'm not sure if I will be purchasing the new game. I am trying to help get it off the ground but I'm quite content with the books I have now. I probably will take some of the tweeks that Alpha offers and putting them to my games but if I do purchase the books, I have a feeling that I will be pleased with it.

[Russell Akred]

I do just as soon as the next set of checks come in. Fifty bucks is something that doesn't fit into impulse buy.

122

Why is the projected Beta release after the hardcover?

[lordzack]

I will be getting both the Beta and the final product.

LilithsThrall wrote:

I think this whole process is very interesting. However, I won't be buying the final product. If I wanted talent trees, I'd go with 4e.

I'd like to find someone who is fixing the bugs in 3x instead of independently replacing it with a 4e knock off.

If you wanted talent trees 4e would disappoint you as it has none.

[Hojas]

I will be buying a copy and it will be mandatory for my 5 players to buy a copy as well :)

[airwalkrr]

While I would prefer a pdf of the beta, I will probably order a hardcopy. Haven't preordered yet, but that's mostly due to a lack of cash at the moment.

[The Real Orion]

Depends on how all of this turns out. If, in the end, it looks like a superior ruleset to my old 3.5 books, then I'll buy this. If it's just another flavour of 3.X, then I won't bother. I'm extremely unlikely to spend money on 4e, at least not until the second printing and/or the inevitable 4.5, in which they will fix all the dumb-ass mistakes that they swear, up and down, have been thoroughly been rooted out of 4e.

[Asgetrion]

I and all the other DMs I personally know are definitely buying the Pathfinder RPG HC. I cannot speak for the others, but I'm going to buy Beta, too. Unless there will dramatical changes in the end product and it will either be too close 3E or 4E (can't see that happening, though ;)

[Timespike]

I'm going to buy it. Then I'll probably give the other GM in my group a copy for his birthday, and eventually get a second copy for my wife to use as a "player's handbook". There's no way I'll miss this one.

Worth mentioning as well is that not only am I buying the finished product, I'm definitely buying at least one copy of the beta.

[Anry]

Unless something utterly ridiculous is placed in the final release, well I'll be getting a copy. Probably at least 3 copies overall through out the group.

[Weylin Stormcrowe 798]

Will probably buy two or three copies of the final hardback as well as two copies of the campaign setting. Will also be buying the various books that add depth to the setting...definitely the oriental book if James gets that to print.

-Weylin Stormcrowe

[R_Kane]

I will definitely be buying a copy of the final release, and it is highly likely I will buy a hardcopy of the Beta release.

[Shawn Kelley 83]

Yes, I will be buying. Unfortunately it looks as though the count ahs been lost.

I have already pre-ordered 4th because I have a group that is switching, but for my other anti-4th group - this may be the solution.

So add three copies to the list.

[bullonir]

Count me in for the final release.

My budget cannot support the Beat release too. Actually, let's blame my kids. :)

What I have seen so far really pleases me!!!!

Patrick

[Wicht]

144

[Kedric the Arrogant]

145!!

I expect that my whole group will change once there is a hardcover. we are all very enthusiastic about what Paizo is doing!!

[Fizzban]

I'll be buying beta and the final product.

Fizz

[SageSTL]

theCimmerian wrote:

...how many people on these forums, or who are among the 15,000 downloads of Pathfinder Alpha 2 so far, plan on buying the release product?

I've already pre-ordered the beta and the final release.

[David Jackson 60]

Preordered both based on what I have seen thusfar, the direction I see it heading, and the quality of previous Paizo products.

Add 2 for me, because I have talked at least 1 friend into buying the new book...and possibly my entire gaming group.

[daemonslye]

My group will all purchase the final books. Add six folks. We are using PRPG and playing through Curse of the Crimson Throne atm.

~D

[Lady Melo]

I plan to buy the beta, and unless 4e is terrifyingly better* then it is coming off to be (which I do not for see, even though it might still be fun and I still have it preordered) I will also then buy the final release.

*Meaning my whole group decides they like it so much they want to be near exclusively play it.

[Elorebaen]

I will be buying.

[Mr Baron]

I think this makes me 158. (hopefully a GenCon 09 purchase!)

I will be buying the hard cover, but probably just downloading the Beta. I suspect that I will be running a PF AP using the PF RPG rules in Sept 09, and if this comes to pass, I will probably be buying a couple of additional copies for my group.

[Samurai]

I definitely plan to buy Pathfinder, and I'm pushing for my DnD group to switch to it rather than 4e, which they are looking at with a very jaded eye right now.

[CD8D]

I can confirm 6 hardcovers within my group, probably no beta, but potentially 4 more.

165

[Tarren Dei]

I'll buy. I love what I'm seeing.

[Tamburlaine]

167.

I have no intention of buying 4e or any of the multitude of related products. I have far too many 3.5e splat books to simply throw them out because of a gratuitous WotC/Hasbro profit-making exercise. I still remember 'converting' to 3.5e from 3e after what seemed like owning 3e for about 5 minutes.

I didn't like everything in the Alpha PRPG; particularly Skills. Every 1st level party would have started as Rogues and then changed to the class they wished to play. But I guess that was why it was the Alpha version. Have WotC been as open with 4e? They have released splat books before the core rules books. Money, money, moeny ... and goodbye gnomes. As it is, I like a lot of the changes in Alpha2. Beta and the final HC will most probably be even better.

I'll definitely be buying Beta and the Hardcover. I am not going to second-guess what my friends will purchase but I'm mostly convinced that several (6+) will buy the PRPG Hardcover. Paizo's campaign/module support is second to none and Golarion is shaping up as the best high fantasy setting for D&D (I'm most familiar with Greyhawk, FR and Eberron).

As for WotC 'weeding out' all of the 'errors' in 4e, I keenly remember the fact that the original WotC design team for 3e didn't playtest the system beyond 10th level. Anyone remember the original Haste spell? Yep; they didn't playtest all of the spells either. Besides, there must be errors in 4e so WotC can release 4.5e in 2010 ...

[Arengrey]

I never feel cheated when I purchase from Paizo, they deliver a quality product with great online customer serice and support. I'm preordering right now!

[lojakz]

I will definitely be buying, I'll also buy the beta when it becomes available.
I'll be introducing some nieces and nephews to gaming this summer (and maybe getting some others re-involved in gaming.
Depending on how well I am financially (and how well a business venture goes for me) I'll probably be picking up several copies of the book to give out to them.

[Sir Pavel]

I'm still undecided on whether or not I'm going to be even purchasing the beta. I was excited with the first Alpha release, but the second one was just too disappointing. We'll see how things go.

If I do end up buying the hard cover, I would only get one for my entire group.

[Navior]

I've already pre-ordered the hardcover.

[Chaotic_Blues]

I'm buying it, and I think most of the people I'm playing with are as well, I think.

[Andrew Turner]

Already pre-ordered the Beta and HC.

[Gavgoyle]

You betcha! And I'll be trying to convince my party members to, as well, but I won't count them at this time.

The Beta is sitting in my cart, I'll buy it when I have a couple of items ready.

[James Keegan]

I really like the way it's headed and I think my players will love it.

So I will be buying it unless it's scrapped in favor of the My Little Pony RPG that has also been discussed*.

*

Spoiler:

At which point, I will buy two copies of each book. You can comb their hair!

[Heathansson]

Uh, my daughter has one; the hair is pretty nappy.

[Heathansson]

Looks like 174(?)

[Adam Daigle]

Yep. I'm on board.

[Radavel]

The count is 175.

[Locke1520]

I'll be buying the beta and the HC.

[CrackedOzy]

I'll be buying both the Beta and Final versions and at least one of my players will be too. I'm also going to pick up the Gazetteer, Gods & Magic book, and probably the Revised Monsters book too.

178.

[Michael Dean]

If I go to Gen Con, I'll buy the beta, otherwise I'll just download it. But I'm definitely picking up the hardcover final next year.

So, 179

[Big Bucket]

180 - I'll be picking up the beta and the hardcover.

[Thomas Mack 727]

Not at the moment for me. There are some great changes so far, especially in balancing and modifying the classes, but at this instant I dont consider it enough of a change to spend money on it.

The game is headed in the right direction though and if it continues to advance at this point (and 4th ed is as mechanistic as it looks) then I will almost certainly buy it.

As someone said before though, if 4th ed turns out awesome then I will probably move on in that direction instead. After all people released good expansions for 2nd/3rd Ed as well and they have been largely forgotten.

Heres hoping this game does better.

[Aureus]

#181! I certainly buy the beta and most probably will buy the final version. Quite sure that another player of my group will do the same. :)

EDIT: so it is actually #181 and #182! ;)

[Aarontendo]

I don't know yet if I'll buy it or not. I'm liking a lot of what I see thus far, but won't make a decision until quite a bit later on it. To be honest I'd wanna know what's going to be in the book a bit more before I commit.

So far Jason is doing a great job on it. I've not gotten to playtest it yet but looking through the alpha has me pretty stoked.

[Keldarth]

I'm absolutely buying the Beta, and if nothing disastrous happens in the meantime, the final hardcover version too. And I'm pretty sure my gaming buddies will buy it too.

So we are what... #183 and probably up to 186