Wotc Forum vs Enworld Forum

[Orius]

For what it’s worth the "noob/new" player (and yes there are many appearing on WOTC boards) is one of WOTC goals. They already have the purchasing dollars of die-hard and other players. The noob players that keep popping up on many of their boards shows that WOTC is successful in expanding and gaining new customers. Go to their D&D General boards and you will see on any given day see posts by new players asking for guidance in starting and playing D&D. How often do you see that here? This place is a dedicated fan site primarily for experienced players, while WOTC boards’ are a customer relations and marketing tool.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a bad thing. It's good for WotC to try to attract newer players. Still, I prefer this board, because I don't like reading lots of threads about really basic game aspects.

 

[Orius]

No offense, but I'd rather read posts from Dave Arneson. My "Gygax is God!" phase went the way of the 90's.

Hey, no argument there. It'd be great to see some of Arneson's views on the game too. He's the one who is responsible for a lot of the standard D&Disms like HD, AC and so on, but he simply isn't as well known as Gygax, which is a shame.

And it's not a matter of Gygax worship for me. I respect the man, even if I don't agree with him all the time, and I occasionally like reading about the really early days of the game.

 

[GlassJaw]

I gave up on the WotC boards. I used to post there a LOT (close to 5,000 posts IIRC). Posting there is an exercise in futility IMO. I grew tired of the fighters are too weak, the ranger sucks, my sorc revision, explain AoO's to me threads, the member of so-and-so lame group sigs, the mile-long sigs, and the atrocious spelling.

You post on the WotC boards until you find ENWorld, then you "graduate".

I most often visit the Character Optimization forum when I am over at the WotC site. If you go there, keep your eyes open for any post by Snow Savant; she is a brilliant, creative, and very personable and classy forum regular.

The CO (when it was called the Min/Max board) is where I used to post the most. I would also defend it to last. No more. That board should be renamed the House of the Broken Characters or The DM's Worst Nightmare. Snow knows the rules, without question, but most of the builds in that board are unplayable. It usually operates under the guise of seeing how far you can push the rules, just for fun of course, but that's all you see. There aren't any "normal" builds in there anymore. They are all out to break the bank. It's also one of the busiest boards because it's exactly what every new book o' crunch promotes.

My only regret is that I found ENWorld sooner. :\

 

[diaglo]

To be honest... I've never had a problem on the WotC boards, but I have been treated quite rudely on ENW forums.

moi aussi.