A Designer's page

Agreed, but this isn't the place to have them. Those could be had in the threads for them. Here I was just hoping to encourage an official response (possibly inspired by those threads).

We should probably start a convention where you post a question in here and then link to a thread relating to the question with a note to post all comments in the provided thread. That way Jason has access to the discussion and we can keep the sticky threads a little less bogged down.

Please post all comments/feedback here thread

This thread is in response to thread bloat caused by the discussion of various material within official threads. While not applicable in all cases, this proposition should allow for a more streamlined access to the communities questions/concerns by paizo staff and other community members.

Proposal:
When wishing to receive official/peer opinion/clarifications first use the message board search capabilities to see if an appropriate thread exists. If it does not, start a new thread in the proper location. Seed the thread with an appropriate discussion starter. Then move over to the official thread and post your question/feedback along with a link to the previously created thread. Request comments to be posted in that thread only.

This should cut down on thread bloat and help consolidate information. In this manner Paizo has fewer posts to search through to get at what the questions/concerns of the community are and have ready access to community feedback through the linked thread.

I am going to start using this template and hope others follow suite.

Cheers!

A Designer wrote:

Cartigan wrote:

I find the wording needlessly hard to read. And the rule that the Eidolon can only be summoned once a day patently absurd for a class entirely based around said Eidolon.

And the ambiguity is still there for the dismissal due to damage, regardless of how many times you write and highlight it. And you are still not a designer.

Honestly if you only want designer feedback pm or email them. Otherwise, since this is a public forum, people are going to try to hash things out among themselves. I think that this promotes more ideas from us and the gives the designer a different perspective that allows them to change their mind later. This is, after all, still in beta. The more perspectives and ideas they get to read the better the final version will be.

Fair enough, but the point was to point out things that are confusing so that the designers could make an official ruling, hopefully in text. Having people spout off what they believe the answer is isn't an official ruling so it doesn't benefit me at all.

We could all spend 5 pages talking about how Evil Eye is supposed to work (which has been done multiple times), but nowhere in those 5 pages is an answer ever given that is worth more than dirt for the game as a whole because the designers never clarified it in the text.

The discussion in and of itself could cause the designer to rule differently than without the discussion. By bringing these things to the designers attention and then trying to hash out different scenarios and different ways of thinking about the problem, it is possible to influence the design. Forums are a great place for designers to see problems they didn't think of. Also, the discussion helps people to decide how they will use the ability in their own game. It helps to point out the ramifications of each interpretation so that you can decide how best to implement it until there is an official answer. To be honest, Jason is probably pretty busy at the moment. While he may keep tabs on the forums, whenever he makes a post there are instantly 20 people asking him to clarify x or y. If he spent all his time answering questions he probably wouldn't get anything else done.

I'm not saying that an official response isn't desired, but I am trying to point out the 5 page discussion on rules clarifications are also useful.

I find the wording needlessly hard to read. And the rule that the Eidolon can only be summoned once a day patently absurd for a class entirely based around said Eidolon.

And the ambiguity is still there for the dismissal due to damage, regardless of how many times you write and highlight it. And you are still not a designer.

Honestly if you only want designer feedback pm or email them. Otherwise, since this is a public forum, people are going to try to hash things out among themselves. I think that this promotes more ideas from us and the gives the designer a different perspective that allows them to change their mind later. This is, after all, still in beta. The more perspectives and ideas they get to read the better the final version will be.