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I'm just kind of confused as to why a PDF of the "print" TRO, so you can pick up the quirks and such, wouldn't just be easier to do than "we'll be re-editing/formatting a Republic only TRO." This particular product has had a very strange, and rather off-putting, roll out. Print first exclusive, I guess I can get (though that seems rather antithetical to CGL's model for the last...rather long time). This one just seems wacky, and badly handled from a product management standpoint. I'll freely state I'm sure there are a thousand things going on behind the scenes that make it all make sense. But from out here, it's just confusing as all hell. Mixed messages abound.

they could be experimenting with a new way to roll out.  I mean lets face it the PDF TROs were a great way to get psyched, and at best out of the two dozen units we saw in each only about 5 or 6 made it in the print.  the goal for CGL was for fans to buy the print book (when it hits shelves) and one or two PDFs of thier favorite factions.  would they like it if everyone bought the whole set?  of course, but thier sales goal was probably much more modest.

See i'd be happy with that if they'd released all 8 books as PDF's but the fact that they've released 7 and then said 'if you want the 8th you have to buy it in DTF' has pissed me off, i've been replacing all my older books with pdf as i can afford it and only buying new stuff as pdf's, not good customer service all.

Given that minatures are a much larger part of their sales than they for CGL, I would imagine not.

By tossing in a few goodies a print-only product doesn't seem like a rip off IMO.

I'm not sure that I think it's a rip-off, it just seems like an odd change. Print only isn't really something that has frequently been done by CGL in the past. Sure, there has been staggered release schedules and such, but print only products that never see a PDF version are very much the exception and not the rule over CGL's tenure. After this many years of conditioning myself and the rest of the fan base to have a PDF at some point (and a PDF of the actual print version, one that doesn't lack things found in the print version)...it does seem like a bit of a jarring change. It also feels like a policy shift that is a bit outdated (if it is in fact a policy shift...I have no clue). And total first world problems here, but for me as a PDF only fan, it just grates on me. I can get the Republic units but not the quirk rules (or some sort of rules, as I recall that being mentioned as not likely in the Republic PDF). I've set up my CGL material buying habits based on their historical stance on PDF/print products. It sounds like that stance may be changing, and I don't think that change is for the better. I'm not sure what that means for my future buying habits, outside of the fact that I won't be buying Field Manuals again. I forgot how dry and boring they really are. It's not the fault of the particular book, just the scope of what they have to cover.

Still no sign of the TRO as a PDF then?

Or any of the PDF exclusives that have been coming soon for several months then?

Or Handbook Kurita? (how many years now?)

Its things like this that will drive people away and kill the game long term.

I know its disappointing Six but I have a feeling we are about to see the SL era Field Reports soon.