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

[Rokes]

Per the title. Why do you come to ENWorld to discuss Pathfinder instead of discussing it on Paizo's own forums?

I'll get things started:

• Variety: ENWorld has always provided me many different perspectives regarding everything games related. If you're going to Paizo to post, you already like the game. Here, it could be either or.
• Forum Tools: ENWorld forums have so many more options than Paizo's, including major things like PMing and minor items like color fonts, and is IMO better organized than the Paizo boards.
• Moderation: It seems at times over on Paizo's boards that the forumites are allowed to run wild ala Lord of the Flies. Snark is quickly shot down here, and I respect ENWorld for that. Paizo's isn't usually bad, ENWorld is just significantly better.

Please don't turn this into "Paizo Board Suck," because, well, they don't! They have a couple of big advantages (including the rate at which the dev's post there vs. here). I'm mostly intestered in what attributes of ENWorld keep you coming here to discuss Pathfinder.

 

[buzzard]

I comment on both boards actually.

Given their recent difficulties with uptime, I've been here a bit more.

 

[DaveMage]

Two reasons why I discuss Pathfinder here:

1. Not all of the people here are on the paizo boards
2. By all threads being in the same location, they are easier for me to manage.

 

[Wicht]

1) I've been an ENworlder longer than I have been a Paizoite
2) This gives me a place to go when Paizo crashes
3) There are fewer threads here and thus I can read through them quicker for interesting stuff (The Paizo boards are much more active than when I first started there)
4) There are different people here and as a frequenter of both I try to help answer questions for people that don't read the Paizo boards

I still post on both however and my PbP games are all at Paizo. In fact I routinely have both forums up on my computer at the same time.

 

[Remathilis]

Because I like the format of the boards on Enworld more. Paizo's gives me a headache...

 

[Sammael]

Because I like the format of the boards on Enworld more. Paizo's gives me a headache...

This. I cannot comprehend why Paizo doesn't switch to a "normal" forum layout. Plus, the seven gazillion different subforums doesn't really make the forums very friendly to those who don't have the time to find the exact right subforum...

 

[kitsune9]

ENWorld is more of a "central" location for me. I do have an account on Paizo, but I don't have time to really post there and any other forums when I'm posting on ENWorld. I go to ENWorld for general rpg news so it allows me to look at opinions of upcoming products as well if a poster wants to talk about that.

 

[coyote6]

I prefer ENWorld's layout to Paizo's.

Also, I can get to ENWorld from work.

 

[Aus_Snow]

For the most part anyway, I just tend to spend more time (either lurking, or actually posting, in some cases) at general RPG boards, than house ones.

Not because all the house ones are bad/worse/unused, incidentally. And there are some notable (and thoroughly excellent) exceptions, like the Atomic Think Tank, for Mutants & Masterminds.

 

[JediSoth]

Honestly, I don't like Paizo's message board. It's not the people, it's not the attitude, I just don't like how it's presented.

I find it difficult to navigate and a strain on my eyes. Maybe I just haven't found the right place to go to adjust settings, but as of today, I just don't like going there.