Based on the results of my last survey.  I wanted to drill down a little further.

It sounds like people are really struggling with finding players, complicated rules, and extremely long combats.  Am I right here?

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7ZQ9PMD

Thanks!

Point 5 was hard to answer. I enjoy fights, but i want them to be meaningful.

Point 6 was also a little hard, as i'm currently working on my own homebrew system, and i haven't tested it very widespread yet, but my gaming group has been using AD&D, so i'm not sure which one to answer with. So answered that one twice. I consider AD&D to be a somewhat hard character creation, and my own to be somewhat easy.

Question 8 applies to our group in both ways. Right now our group is on hiatus due to vacations and things, but when we do get together there's usually 2-3 players looking at cat pictures on their phones while another player will occasionally go on for almost 15 minutes about random idiosyncrasies of his character and himself...

Not sure how you're defining source book, i'm assuming that isn't one of the core books? I think the rules to cover as many different issues as possible should occur within the core books, and the settings should be in the supplements/source books. If this is still going to be about trans-dimensional and time travel, trying to fit all your settings in one is going to be a migraine and a half, but unless you have a setting that breaks specific rules of physics that apply generally, rules that apply only to that single setting, you won't need additional rules in the sourcebooks.

That said, i answered classless and levelless because that's my current homebrew project, though i'm perfectly fine with class and level based gameplay. I think going with less definition allows for more creation flexibility and personalizing of one's own characters, rather than working from a template, though a template might be given to offer some suggestions and examples of how characters might look when completed.

glad to help, but I did feel a few times that the exact answer was not available to me.

Quote from: Bobpool;664123It sounds like people are really struggling with finding players, complicated rules, and extremely long combats.  Am I right here?

I have no trouble finding players, don't run games with complex rules, and think a very long combat is one that runs more than 10-15 minutes. I would struggle to have any interest in a game with lots of complicated rules or long combats, however.

BTW, "other" does not work on your survey. The software requires you to select one of the standard options even if you fill out the "Other" blank.

Quote from: Bobpool;664123Based on the results of my last survey.  I wanted to drill down a little further.

It sounds like people are really struggling with finding players, complicated rules, and extremely long combats.  Am I right here?

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7ZQ9PMD

Thanks!

There seems to be an underlying assumption buried in this: the (bizarre, to me) idea that I have one system I use. I can't answer most of those questions because sometimes I want eggs and sometimes I want waffles.

Quote from: Brad J. Murray;664842There seems to be an underlying assumption buried in this: the (bizarre, to me) idea that I have one system I use. I can't answer most of those questions because sometimes I want eggs and sometimes I want waffles.

I always homebrew a system before starting a game.  So I actually have the same issues, only I always want to make them from scratch.

Sorry guys.  I asked some of the questions based on some of the questions based on my last survey.  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7ZQ9PMD I'm thinking about starting a podcast and a blog before doing anything and was just trying to find what people are most interested in beforehand.

I know the people who answered here may have different experiences with many aspects such as how difficult is it to create a new character for your players.  On my previous survey, it seemed like the two areas people complained the greatest were character creation and combat.  Mostly being it was too complicated, so I thought I'd ask how people felt beyond what people wrote in open ended questions.

Quote from: LordVreeg;664775glad to help, but I did feel a few times that the exact answer was not available to me.

Yeah. I quit out because the questions and answers weren't relevant to my games.

Quote from: Bobpool;665080Sorry guys.  I asked some of the questions based on some of the questions based on my last survey.  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7ZQ9PMD I'm thinking about starting a podcast and a blog before doing anything and was just trying to find what people are most interested in beforehand.

I know the people who answered here may have different experiences with many aspects such as how difficult is it to create a new character for your players.  On my previous survey, it seemed like the two areas people complained the greatest were character creation and combat.  Mostly being it was too complicated, so I thought I'd ask how people felt beyond what people wrote in open ended questions.

I prefer systems that have an easy default and advanced options.

The survey is too binary to be meaningful. Also the wording could be construed as push-polling. But I understand, survey creation is a wholly different skill that most of us haven't trained for.

Might I suggest more gradations: "from a 5 point range of most like to most hate", etc.

Quote from: LordVreeg;664775glad to help, but I did feel a few times that the exact answer was not available to me.

I tried to make out a survey, but this same thing hit me, so I dropped out. Sometimes it was a "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" feeling. I'm not going to give you a wrong answer.

-clash

Quote from: Opaopajr;665277The survey is too binary to be meaningful. Also the wording could be construed as push-polling. But I understand, survey creation is a wholly different skill that most of us haven't trained for.

Might I suggest more gradations: "from a 5 point range of most like to most hate", etc.

I would second this. I answered, though, and did my best.