16 hours ago, Imwookie2 said:I hate this crap. Who are you to tell people that have spent large amounts of money on a game not to worry about it?
The shear amount of people worried about the future of this game proves that it is at least something worth discussing. The classic "if there is smoke there is fire" applies here.
The shear amount of people worried is difficult to say. On these forums, I'd say the majority of active forum users really aren't worried. Who knows about the general population?
The point is that posts of doom and gloom (especially all these largely unwarranted ones) are at worst a self-fulfilling prophecy and at best meaningless. What will really kill the game is no one buying it. The only evidence we have of people not buying it is anecdotal evidence of "My lgs can't sell these!" The only hard evidence we've had is that FFG already had to reprint. That's a pretty good sign and it makes any talk of "ded gaem" utterly false for the present moment. The game is only dead in certain local stores which is true of many games which enjoy broader success. Armada is mostly successful, for example, but there are occasional stores that don't really play it. That's fine.
So yes, people can tell you not to worry (at least for now) because we have solid evidence that the game is doing fine. Anyone who says otherwise is allowing their vision to be obscured by their own experience and is failing to see the broader picture. To be fair if your local scene sucks, then you individually may not want to continue to buy and play the game as you do need someone to play with.