Is there an official "sign up list" for playtesting?
Are there official forms to fill out?
Personally I want to get in on high level play testing. IE 12th to 100th (or to 20th if that is all Pathfinder wants to cover), but I also realize the importance of playing a system from 1st level. So I want to get started.
So far all the play testing looks like "do your thing and tell us what you feel like saying in a message board post". Is that it?
Or is there a much more directed group doing hard core play testing?
If Pathfinder is going to address high level play its time to get started.
BTW, to truly "fix" high level play its going to take some serious changes from 3.5. Not to mention some solid DMing advice and techniques in the DMing section of Pathfinder. Is Pathfinder committed to doing the changes? Or is it more important to maintain easy compatibility and leave things largely as they are?
I want to know, because if Paizo isn't willing to do what is necessary to make high level play work better and easier I don't want to waste my time play testing, reporting in, etc...
So I would like to know how far Paizo is willing to go to truly fix 3.5. I seriously doubt easy backwards compatibility is going to be possible at high level.
At the very least changing SR, resistances, and immunities across the board is going to have to be acceptable.
Take a deep breath. In. Out.
Play games using the Pathfinder alpha. Have fun. Take a bit of time to write your suggestions and observations. Play more. Have more fun.
There is plenty of room for you. Just do it.
Take a deep breath. In. Out.
Play games using the Pathfinder alpha. Have fun. Take a bit of time to write your suggestions and observations. Play more. Have more fun.
There is plenty of room for you. Just do it.
I know how to playtest, I've done it before. I just want to know how far Paizo is willing to go. I don't play 3E. I haven't played for over two years. So doing this would mean stopping or cutting down on what I do play. Something I am not willing to do if Paizo isn't willing to go as far as it would have to go to actually fix high level play.
Back when I played 3.5E I played in a game that went to 68th level, from first. I played/co-DMed another that went to 48th, from first. I DMed 6 campaigns to 15+ levels, and the rest I played or DMed stayed below 12th level.
So I think I am well aware of what is wrong with high level play and feel I have solid ideas on how to address the problems. One of which would be a complete restructuring of DR, SR, resistances and immunities.
So if Paizo knows they aren't willing to do that much for backwards compatibility issues I will know it would be a waste of my groups time doing the play testing. So we will just stick with our normal games.
So I think I am well aware of what is wrong with high level play and feel I have solid ideas on how to address the problems. One of which would be a complete restructuring of DR, SR, resistances and immunities.So if Paizo knows they aren't willing to do that much for backwards compatibility issues I will know it would be a waste of my groups time doing the play testing. So we will just stick with our normal games.
From what I've seen, I think its unlikely that the Pathfinder folks will restructure DR, SR, resistances, and immunities based a playtester's suggestions. I think they're more interested in comments like "This new thing is too good" or "This new thing doesn't work at all".
I'm sure other posters would be interested in hearing your ideas in the "new rules suggestions" forum, though.
Hey- I have a kind of catch-all PbP game I run in RPOL.net.
I have decided to open it up for anyone wanting to playtest the alpha release (3) for 3.5.
I will probably not be running it myself, but if anyone wants to use if for a mini-game, possibly some arena combats or encounters- then that's what its for.