>>718046635
>Since Deer dude keeps getting alts so he is generating money in some way.
No, not really.
Units are recorded in batches. They bring in the JP VA to do multiple units at once, even before the book starts OR ends. So Mythic Eikthyrnir and both his Winter and Summer alts were all made at once. This is also evidenced by how his sister Heidrun got that many alts, and shared two of those banners with him. This is just IS offloading the cargo they made two years ago (before Book 8). And they're obligated to make the Brave, since fans voted (but won't pay).
If "generating money" got you units, there would have been a Gullveig or two in the last year, since every banner of her sold gangbusters. Even last year, Gullveig's last banner and Eikthyrnir's first banner were a month apart, and Gullveig's sold Top 3 for the book while Eik was near the bottom.
Same thing with Fodlan units. Even fodderless stuff like Rearmed Marianne sold truckloads more than most Engage units last year, but we keep getting Engage alts while Marianne only got one thing in like five years.