Pathfinder 1E Why do you discuss Pathfinder on ENWorld instead of Paizo.com?

[SSquirrel]

I'm ok with the separate forums here at ENWorld. 3E, 4E and OGL are all in different groups so if you only really care about one of those and don't want to dig past threads about unrelated things, you can do so. Not too many forums to worry with and it improves the signal:noise ratio. Potentially limits the thread crappers too heh.

 

[seankreynolds]

Okay, lemme ask you this: what specific things would you like to see on the Paizo boards to improve them? For a long time, we've only had Gary doing programming stuff, but now we have Ross as well, and that should mean we can make some long-awaited improvements to our boards. So... what can we do better?

 

[Twowolves]

Okay, lemme ask you this: what specific things would you like to see on the Paizo boards to improve them?
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So... what can we do better?

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That and separate the business end of the boards from the game discussion end.

 

[Sammael]

Here are some of my suggestions:

1. Separate the forums from other site content. The way it's currently set up is that forums don't have enough screen real estate because of the huge (and distracting) side bar and the intruding search box on top.

2. The forum main page should preview only ONE post per subforum. Those who want to see everything should use the "view active threads" option (basically, a list of threads ordered by date and time of last post, descending).

3. Reduce the number of sub-forums to improve visibility and make sure the categories are logical and have enough traffic to support them (e.g. never make a separate subforum for something that receives 1-2 posts per month).

4. Add the option to categorize posts and add tags.

5. Provide an optional high-contrast dark skin for the forums. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just functional.

6. Rich-text editor and quick reply options. This is 2009, after all.

 

[Voadam]

This is my gaming site. I am primarily a 3e +OGL focused gamer and though I like Pathfinder and Paizo a lot I don't want a second set of forums to keep up on. Same reason I don't participate on WotC, Necromancer Games, Malhavoc, and Giant in the Playground forums. I've been here a while, I participate and discuss things that interest me, I know where things are, I play pbp games here, I see stuff about new products and gaming ideas that interest me, whether it is 3e D&D, 3e D&D OGL, OGL variant systems, d20 Modern, Pathfinder, 4e, or the occasional other system.

 

[Psion]

1) I was a member of ENWorld before Pathfinder was a twinkling in Paizo's collective eye.
2) I much prefer vbulliten to... whatever that is that Paizo uses.

 

[Mark]

1) I was a member of ENWorld before Pathfinder was a twinkling in Paizo's collective eye.
2) I much prefer vbulliten to... whatever that is that Paizo uses.

I have to agree on both counts and I will add that while I have posted on Paizo a few times, it does utilize a system that I find to be awkward. If they used a system more familiar to me, I would probably post there more but still not as much as I post here.

 

[Liquidsabre]

I visit both the Paizo and ENWorld forums. Here I love having one place to go for everything Pathfinder. As for the reason why I enjoy coming to ENWorld, its the quality of posters and posts found here to be honest. I find them to be quite above average in usefulness as far as internet message boards go. I've also been visiting these forums here since 3e first came out, I enjoy seeing a few familiar "faces" and I've gone from college student to rapidly growing curmudgeon, I couldn't possibly change now.

 

[Starbuck_II]

This has been said quite a bit, but it can't be said enough. During the alpha and beta period of Pathfinder, the attitude of the boards were certainly enough to keep me away as well. If you weren't gushing all over the new material you got tarred and feathered. Heaven forbid you don't agree with the direction of some of the material or thing one of the principle goals they claim was important got lost in the shuffle.

Not to say that ENWorlders don't get hyper defensive on things they like, we all can. But it was an awful mob mentality over there that made it no fun to post or read over there. I wasn't just bashing stuff to bash it, I was being constructive. Ahh well.

Yeah, I saw that when I checked out the Paizo forums.
At times they did seem to want hive mentality only (like a Swarm), but sometimes they seemed to listen to the complaints. It was mostly the fans swarming (designers seemed to stay out of it), but I've always been one for under dog so that did'nt seem right.

Mainly, I go here because Paizo's organization is hard to navigate sometimes. Since they added new ones (for the contests) it became even harder.

Mostly just go to look at what they got: some day when I get another offline group (currently group less), it is likely it will be a pathfinder group so must be ready if that occurs by being up to date.

 

[lrsach01]

Okay, lemme ask you this: what specific things would you like to see on the Paizo boards to improve them? For a long time, we've only had Gary doing programming stuff, but now we have Ross as well, and that should mean we can make some long-awaited improvements to our boards. So... what can we do better?

Make it an actual FORUM and not a blog style posting system. This promotes conversation. The current Paizo board is tied to the store item comment function making posts less conversational. This should be separated out. Also, lots of topics are nearly impossible to find because of archiving.