Pathfinder 1E Things you Think WoTC should follow from Paizo

[Mournblade94]

And please, Wotc, by all that is holy, don´t create another stock high-fantasy world. Publish those you have in your vault? Yes. Create something new and exciting? Yes. Go the Golarion way? No. And i don´t mean that as a dig at Golarion.

Golarion has a much stronger place in the market since WOTC wrecked the realms. Golarion feels like the original Forgotten Realms without the high level NPC's. Essentially there is a choice between Old Forgotten Realms and Golarion. Both are going to give the same theme, but with slightly different feel.

Golarion is a pseudo historical world with magic. YOu can play in just about any historical period using Golarion.

THe designers from the realms are working on Paizo products. They did a great job on the realms before it was taken over by crazy rebooters, so they should do Golarion justice.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

Oh, we have reached the point when we begin to call people who may visit this boards crazy, eh? Well, sorry but all i said was that the marked doesn´t need another kitchen sink setting. And "can play in all historical periods" = kitchen sink.
We don´t need another Generica. We have Castlemourn for that.

 

[avin]

Yeah, I agree. If WotC wants to continue to lead, they have to innovate, set the trend, be "in-the-now", think outside the box, and every other business cliche that I can think of. Really, leaders never follow. Know thy customer and give them 100% better.

Blizzard copies another MMORPGS when they do something nice.

 

[BryonD]

Sadly, yes. I will probably continue buying crunch books. But it will be to read only. Things like the Wilden (PHB3 race) will never be part of my campaigns.

Not sad at all.
If you enjoy reading them enough to justify it and your money goes to support the game you love, then it is win-win.

And the occasional new thing that is so cool it does make it into your game is gravy.

 

[Bumbles]

Oh, we have reached the point when we begin to call people who may visit this boards crazy, eh?

You don't have to be crazy, but it sure helps!

 

[kitsune9]

Blizzard copies another MMORPGS when they do something nice.

I'll probably explode a can of worms if I say Blizzard does the second part and that they know their customer and does it 100% better. I'm not into MMORPGs (regular rpgs are addicting enough), but I know that Blizzard's stuff is really popular.

 

[MichaelSomething]

I'll probably explode a can of worms if I say Blizzard does the second part and that they know their customer and does it 100% better. I'm not into MMORPGs (regular rpgs are addicting enough), but I know that Blizzard's stuff is really popular.

Blizzard doesn't create new gaming ideas; they take old ones and polish them until they are awesome!

 

[PoeticJustice]

It would be really cool to see something like the crit hit and crit miss deck come back for 4E. Maybe Wotc could make one of those.

I'd also like to see more WAR art in Wotc's books and less recycled art. I am very happy that art standards have been raised in this edition.

My favorite Pathfinder articles are the ones that deal with monsters. Wotc does this too, but Pathfinder's little touches--the Goblin song, etc.--are what make their work superior. While I can never have too many monsters, I would like some more flesh on the mechanical skeleton.

Finally, I'd like a monthly print magazine. Not an annual collection, not an online sub website, but a monthly dead-tree format mag. I've never gotten over them cancelling print Dragon, and I still miss it.

 

[xechnao]

Wotc should be the exact opposite of Paizo. Paizo is trying to thrive on developing existing loyal fan bases, Wotc OTOH should try to open and reach to as much of the market as possible.
Since Wotc is the only company that has market exposure, exposure alone does not help. It must create the market, it must create the game. D&D traditions be damned Wotc should be working on a tabletop game that can compete for value with what WoW or the custom fad is offering, but always thinking for the long term. It's true that D&D is a geek's game. But I doubt it is untrue that geeks can be served by a more classic game, a game made to have a long standing presence in time. Ideas behind OD&D are present to many geek games today, including D&D 4e and WoW, so I am fairly positive it is feasible.

 

[kenmarable]

We don´t need another Generica. We have Castlemourn for that.

Did you mean that ironically?

We don't need Golarion because we have Castlemourn?? You'd be better of saying we don't need Golarion because we have the FR grey box. At least old FR had more than one book to support it.

(And I don't mean that as a dig against Castlemourn - I helped on the development on one version of it - but it's a pretty dead end product line unfortunately and Golarion has had far better treatment in my opinion, so I'd say we don't need Castlemourn since we have Golarion.)