D&D 3E/3.5 The Real Question for 3e Grognards

[HeavenShallBurn]

Now that we're out of print and being passed over do we get a forum on Dragonsfoot too? It's been a while since I stopped by Dragonsfoot, but with the looming obsolescence of my preferred version I braved the flaming pit. I mean those of us not going to 4e will probably end up being pushed out of EN World by the overwhelming proliferation of 4e. So finding a new home would be nice.

Unfortunately the suggestion was met with pitchforks and torches. (Wasn't that exactly what I expected.) I've seen people on the boards here complain about the 4e arguments, nothing. I swear I halfway expected to see the disembodied hands of nerd rage reach through my monitor screen and strangle me to death after gouging out my eyes and feeding them to me!

So the question is where do we go, we homeless wanderers of the universally hated edition. Cultists of the Elder Iterations will not allow us refuge in their holy sanctums. And the unfaithful who have passed on to flashier new devotions won't be seen with us. Do we not need a homeland of our own, a domain to preserve the sacred lore of 3e? Shall we wander in the electron deserts for 40 years before out deliverance, and will any of us be alive to see the promised land?

 

[Xethreau]

Yeah, that sounds about right

 

[Turjan]

Morrus said that 3.x will always have its place on this site. I guess, the "4e" and the "General" forums will switch places or something like that.

 

[Erik Mona]

There seem to be a lot of 3.5 fans on paizo.com.

--Erik

 

[Henry]

I'm pretty darned sure that 3e lovers won't want for a home on the internet. Between Paizo's site, RPG.net, and ENWorld, we gotcha covered!

 

[MrFilthyIke]

It's been a while since I stopped by Dragonsfoot, but with the looming obsolescence of my preferred version I braved the flaming pit.

3E friends don't let 3E friends wander into Dragonspoot. We're here for you HSB.

 

[Khairn]

I'm pretty darned sure that 3e lovers won't want for a home on the internet. Between Paizo's site, RPG.net, and ENWorld, we gotcha covered!

Once the books are published it will be interesting to see where 3E players actually end up congregating. Paizo has its current support of 3E via Pathfinder as a welcome mat, while RPG.net has its usual eclectic mix of gamers. EN has been my home for all things 3E since the edition hit print, but lately its become the home of 4E. Even on Gleemax, EN is promoted as the best place to find all things 4E related. It also doesn't hurt that a number of WotC's game designers appear to be spending more time here than on the Wizard boards.

Heaven poses an intriguing question. It will be interesting to see where most of us end up.

 

[Doug McCrae]

Dragonsfoot and rpg.net both hate 3e. Dragonsfoot hates anything that's new. And by new I mean published this millennium. Rpg.net hates anything that's popular.

I recommend you stay at ENWorld. Presumably there will be a 3e forum once 4e is published.

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

Dragonsfoot really hates 3e.

I've been shot at by people with less hate than I see at Dragonsfoot. It's really disappointing, I mean I may not like 4e but I don't run around spewing that sort of vitriol. You'd think there'd be some commonality with players of the newest last edition.

And I definitely won't be leaving EN World. It's one of the few forums I've actually managed to rack up a decent post count on

 

[Henry]

Guys, I wouldn't come down too hard on Dragonsfoot OR Rpg.net.

DF still has the memory of some really bitter flame wars in its forums (not just 3e vs. earlier editions, but even among lovers of 1e and OD&D over other things, like Castles and Crusades vs. Back In Print Project vs. OSRIC vs. I'm-sure-I'm-missing someone). A lot of members don't want to see that kind of thing return, and 3e was the origin of so much of it.

As for RPG.net, regardless of the opinions of its main forum, it DOES have a d20 forum nowadays, and while 4e would be lumped in with 3e, it's still a very sizable site that offers lots of discussion.

The thing I worry about Paizo most is that so many of its user base seem to have some preconception that they're anti-4e, and rally behind it because of this. If Paizo decided to get a license for 4e stuff, I only hope some rabid fan doesn't start screaming "traitor" when they're nothing of the sort.