Any other GMs out there using the Beta as an opportunity to bring new players into the game? Or bring back old players who haven't gamed in a while?
I'm doing a little of each, which will make for a larger gaming group than I'm used to, but I think it'll be worth it. My Beta group will be a mix of complete or relative newbies, and veterans who have been playing since the days you had to color the dice in with crayon.
Paizo guys: is it worth breaking out the feedback from new players, who haven't a clue what 3.5 or 4th edition are? Any other suggestions on how to capture/report feedback from newbies?
Give them some paper and let them write it out, if they feel like it.
If not ask them what their favorite aspect was, what they disliked the most and what they wanted from the session.
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Any other GMs out there using the Beta as an opportunity to bring new players into the game? Or bring back old players who haven't gamed in a while?
I am. Or rather... Will. Next week I'm going to Sardinia with some friends (three of whom never played an RPG), and will "casually" (^_^) propose a quick play of Pathfinder RPG, starting with Hangman's Noose.
I'll publish their feedback as soon as I'm back.
Give them some paper and let them write it out, if they feel like it.
If not ask them what their favorite aspect was, what they disliked the most and what they wanted from the session.
I don't believe I was as clear as I could have been.
I'm not asking how to physically capture the information, but I'm wondering if Paizo is specifically interested in the feedback from newer players, vs. those of use who are converting from 3.5 or 4th edition. Do they want this broken out, or mixed in with the feedback from the veteran gamers who may (naturally) be comparing their Beta experience with the various editions of D&D.
There will be people in my game who have never looked at a 3.5 PHB, and have no idea that 4th edition even exists. If Pathfinder is to grow and thrive in the long term, it will be important to appeal to these people (a fact I'm sure Paizo understands :-).
Ah, I see.
I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but D&D is a niche book. It's well enough known that it makes money and we can usually find gamers all across the nation without looking too hard.
However, Pathfinder, I think, is an even narrower niche simply because it doesn't say "D&D." Absolutely give us what you noob friends think, but I wonder if anyone besides in the know will buy the book?