D&D 4E 4e and Enworld - How's that gunna work?

[Rechan]

So, when 4e is launched, what happens to EnWorld?

Will there be a seperate 4e area for 4e Rules and 4e Houserules, or will the 4e and 3e co-exist in the Rules/Houserules area?

If the latter, then wouldn't we need to tag something as 3e or 4e, to avoid confusion?

 

[Henry]

We really haven't discussed it -- my initial thought is your first option, though. Just like there's a forum for "separate d20 games", it may be just as easy to have a 3E branch, with general/rules/characters subforums etc. and a 4E branch with its own general/rules/characters subforums.

OR, 4E stuff becomes the new "D&D" forum, with 3E becoming the "3E and earlier" D&D forum. It will be driven entirely by traffic control needs, of that I'm certain, same as it always has, rather than breaking out forums just because they're neat little categories, and have a bunch of "dead" forums as a result.

Final decision is Russ', of course, but we're still a few months off from giving it serious thought, really.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I think the second (of Henry's) options is better. Then you could just put in tags for the different editions in each of the "Old Versions" forum.

Then again, it's not like earlier versions are being segregated right now, and it doesn't seem to be a problem.

 

[Rechan]

Thanks for moving.

My first instinct is that we don't need a separate General forum for the editions, becuase it's just General chat about campaign worlds and adventure design and Order of the Stick stuff.

 

[Deset Gled]

I honestly don't think any changes are necessary. The only forums right now that are version-specific are the 4e news forum and the d20/OGL/nonD+D forum. Everything else is general, and you will find discussion about all versions of D+D in them. Nothing changed when 3.5 came around. There's no reason to think we can't shift to 4e just as easily.

 

[Henry]

I honestly don't think any changes are necessary. The only forums right now that are version-specific are the 4e news forum and the d20/OGL/nonD+D forum. Everything else is general, and you will find discussion about all versions of D+D in them. Nothing changed when 3.5 came around. There's no reason to think we can't shift to 4e just as easily.

The only thing that might make a difference is that I fully expect there to be a LOOOOT of 3E chatter still going on even after 4E's release, enough to make one thread of 3E and 4E very impractical. But again, nothing's set in stone yet, or worth worrying about for a while.

 

[Creamsteak]

We really haven't discussed it -- my initial thought is your first option, though. Just like there's a forum for "separate d20 games", it may be just as easy to have a 3E branch, with general/rules/characters subforums etc. and a 4E branch with its own general/rules/characters subforums.

OR, 4E stuff becomes the new "D&D" forum, with 3E becoming the "3E and earlier" D&D forum. It will be driven entirely by traffic control needs, of that I'm certain, same as it always has, rather than breaking out forums just because they're neat little categories, and have a bunch of "dead" forums as a result.

Final decision is Russ', of course, but we're still a few months off from giving it serious thought, really.

My preference is some use of subforums.

D&D Rules (unstated assumption of 4e)
-3rd Edition D&D Rules
House Rules (unstated assumption of 4e)
-3rd Edition D&D Houserules

 

[Odhanan]

If I stick around for a 3rd ed section of ENWorld, I would want it separate from 4E's (i.e. NOT a sub-forum, if avoidable at all).

 

[Angel Tarragon]

To be honest, I'm hoping for a split.
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[Deset Gled]

My preference is some use of subforums.

D&D Rules (unstated assumption of 4e)
-3rd Edition D&D Rules
House Rules (unstated assumption of 4e)
-3rd Edition D&D Houserules

Where would discussion of 2e or 1e rules go in such a system? Would the Conversions sub-forum then need a sub-sub-forum for conversion of 2e to 3e material?