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I suppose that they could have waited until all 6 are released but then the complaint would have been nothing was available. And they are still releasing content that is timed to, or very close to, when those products are released by Paizo.Īnd while I applaud your enthusiasm for PF2, it's not like Paizo drops an entire AP in the same month, so I can't see how you're faulting Lone Wolf for releasing AP packages and then ding them for 'only the first 3'. The fact that Lone Wolf was able to have the content of a 600+ book ready at launch with a team their size is amazing.ĭoes HLO need improving? It sure does. Ultimately, you seem to want hold HLO to a standard that even D&D Beyond didn't meet initially. Lone Wolf also coded the PF2 Playtest into HLO a year prior when the playtest launched. PF2 HLO content for Core Rulebook also launched August 2019. Lone Wolf's entire existence is effectively predicated on RPG/wargame support.

Curse also had revenue streams prior to the D&D Beyond partnership with WotC and independent of tabletop RPGs. D&D Beyond was announced in March 2017 and launched in August 2017. For comparison's sake:ĭ&D 5e's PHB launched August 2014. The amount of content that Lone Wolf had to digest and encode for PF2's launch was MASSIVE. Respectfully, you seem to be applying some pretty unrealistic expectations to Lone Wolf and Hero Lab Online. So, this is actually a positive for HLO for your group but it's presented as a negative. Timothy A Dohrer wrote: There are no clear alternatives out there for iPad/MacOS. It makes character creation MUCH easier and faster, and even if it doesn't have the functionality of Hero Lab, P2e is quite a bit simpler to play anyay with fewer of the seemingly endless +1/+2/-1/-2 and other effects that 1e had. It's very good and gets updated regularly, so keeps getting better.

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I tried it using Bluestacks emulator on Windows/MacoS and liked it so much I got a cheap Amazon Fire tablet to install it on.

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We are mainly iOS as well, but a couple guys have Android phones and use Pathbuilder 2. There need to be significant improvements to the experience and cost structure if my group is going to continue with HLO.and maybe Pathfinder 2e!įor what it's worth, I agree with you on Hero Lab Online (we have hundreds of dollars into Classic, and HLO hasn't gotten anyplace near making me want to invest in it). But I am worried that it is too little, too late for my group. I was glad to hear that Lone Wolf was pulling people off RealmWorks to increase support of HLO. It just felt like a kick in the head to tell them they needed to start paying more to get the content when the experience has been so negative. I'm also not sure why the financial model can't be more like D&D Beyond, which allows me to purchase data packages and then share that with my group at no additional cost to them. There are no clear alternatives out there for iPad/MacOS. And then this week we get great new that Age of Ashes package is available, but it is only the first 3 adventures AND it will cost each of them $9.99. There was not support for Age of Ashes at launch. They don't want to pay additional money for additional packages. They don't like being tethered to the Internet. There have not been enough system upgrades. There have been significant bugs and glitches in the software. They were all looking forward to using Hero Lab.īut the transition there has been rough. It was a bit of persuasion on my part to get them to switch to PF2 last August, but we did and we are almost done with Hellknight Hill.and loving it, even with the steep learning curve of the new rules.

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Several of them are engineers, techies, or teachers and have definite experience and opinions about software and interfaces. They are all veteran players but we are older and have less time now so using a tool like Hero Lab is kind of essential to our enjoyment of the game. Now I know this is a rather extreme position, but my group was deep into Hero Lab Classic for PF1 and really enjoyed using it as a tool at the gaming table. At our last gaming session, my group had a discussion about being so frustrated with the Hero Lab Online experience that maybe we should go back to PF1 or even switch to 5E D&D.