Class sub-forums.. - Page 6

Lazortag · #51 10-19-2010, 01:28 AM

I'm a little surprised because I don't see how this can be anything but good for the forums. At first glance it seems like the forums are just (a) Fourthmeal spamming (don't get me wrong, I <3 Fourthmeal) (b) people bitching (c) people flaming eachother. I realize there's more to the forums than this but I still think that something which encourages discussion about the game and is especially in demand for a classic server is just clearly a good thing. Most threads that go on for this many pages end up being circular arguments/guild drama/etc., yet this is a 6 page long thread of people mostly agreeing with each other. I think that alone proves how good of an idea this is.

Lagaidh · #52 10-19-2010, 08:33 AM

Ploppy · #53 10-19-2010, 09:19 AM

I know I would be happy to have a forum to talk to other warriors about pulling strategies, tank exchanges, etc....

cepheusei · #54 10-19-2010, 09:27 AM

This would be really cool. The wiki is a thing that is good but a way to discuss class specific issues would be awesome.

quellren · #55 10-19-2010, 09:40 AM

The more I think about this, the more I think maybe it might be a good thing.
I agree there wouldn't likely be much topic turnover, but having a place to dump class knowledge would be inarguably positive for new players, or even old players trying a new class, a la the super awesome Bard Kiting thread. Even If it was just a collection of how-to's and little discussion, it would prevent the ever present FoTM questions on the server chat page.
I suppose you could argue that this might stagnate every other forum, but I say it beats the twice a month 'What's good <class> gear?' thread, and the subsequent 17 nerd-raged 'Do a %&*ing search, noob' posts. I myself am sad that I can't seem to find that thread when I want it. A sticky post in each class forum of the typical gear choices (for that class) would be pretty sweet.
So would a basic overview of 'L2P'. I met a bard the other day who proclaimed that twisting was too much work and letting 'Whistling Warsong' roll on uninterrupted while he melee'd was contribution enough.

Lazortag · #56 10-19-2010, 12:49 PM

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This would be really cool. The wiki is a thing that is good but a way to discuss class specific issues would be awesome.

Yeah, neither the wiki nor any other source allow you to actually discuss class related issues. The forum allows for some back-and-forth.

Dantes · #57 10-19-2010, 12:56 PM

The problem I see with the WIKI is that it's not integrated. People forget it exists. It's just another URL you have to get people to bookmark. If they don't use it, it's useless. But tons of people are already here on project1999.org - so you may as well make the class forums where the audience already exists.

Sethius · #58 10-19-2010, 01:16 PM

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Yeah, neither the wiki nor any other source allow you to actually discuss class related issues. The forum allows for some back-and-forth.

I actually support class forums in a way, but I'm cautious that they would water down the usage of the current forums and cause the forums to feel stagnant. During the day there is not a ton of posts as it is (outside of the several Fourthmeal threads that constantly pop up about taco bell and peeing in peoples mouths).

That being said, EQ is 11 years old, I'm fairly certain all class related issues we could discuss would be a rehash of something that's already been beaten to death (except for a caveat I'll mention below). The wiki would be a better place, I think, to post all of this rehashed information, and we would get the refined end result of the rehashing rather than the gory horse meat. I, for one, want to be able to find acurate info (like wowhead for EQ) without going through a forum.

On that note, wowhead does allow users to post info on each entry for further information in a forum style which might satiate peoples need to discuss class based (and all sorts of other in-game topics) in a focused way. At least that would mostly keep the info on topic if each post was assigned to a particular facet of EQ and the discussions branched out from there. A hybrid of the wiki and wowhead (that is integrated with the P99 site somehow) might suit our needs here?

As for the caveat, P99 does have some bugs and differences that didn't exist in live, and thus have not been chomped on like the coarse hairy meat of a horse. These are the types of things that class forums would be good for, but I'm not sure there is enough differences to warrant class forums and not just post this kind of stuff in the bugs forum. After all, anything that is different than live would likely be considered a bug (even if it cannot be fixed here for any number of reasons).

Ishio · #59 10-19-2010, 02:16 PM

I agree to this. There are questions I want to ask about classes, but don't want them to get lost in the general thread. Also, I love reading guides on other classes.

Taluvill · #60 10-19-2010, 02:24 PM

bump please.........

Add this. It probably wouldnt take forever to include a forum section for Tank(Warrior, SK, Pal), Preist(Druid, Shaman, Cleric), DPS(Monk, Rogue, Bard?, Ranger), Caster (Nec, Mage, Enc, Wiz)

And Idk where you would put bard on that list. they are such a jack of all trades its kinda weird.