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Forensic
10-08-2007, 10:52 AM
I'm not sure if all would agree with me, but I have a suggestion on making all the numerous posts easier to navigate.

This forum has grown very popular and quite huge. And the single most important thing people come to this forum is to get strategies to help themselves out. I think making the "class" forums more specific will help people find what they need quicker.

As it is now, most [2v2], [3v3], [5v5] help threads are all together in the same location. And it is random classes and setups looking for help. I still think this is fine, but I think putting an emphasis on the class forums would help filter threads to what each person is looking for.

For example, I would make a suggestion for my class forums -- Warlock. In the "Warlock" forums, I would make "sub-forums" for the most popular specs. Maybe something like this:

1. UA
2. SL / SL and full demology
3. Destruction

And to cover anything else, maybe a fourth titled "Other Hybrid". Inside each of these "sub-forums" will be all threads that pertain to a particular class and spec. Locks can post best strategies for their spec, give tips depending on what class their partner(s) is, etc.

So I would go into the UA lock portion, make a post [2v2] "Lock (42/7/12) w/ Elemental Shaman" and post maybe some tips and knowledge I learned.

This way we don't have to search through multiple threads that may not be relevant to us, to try and find something helpful. We know if we come to this thread, we are going to find something useful (hopefully).

Either way this is a great site. Just trying to make it easier to find relevant information.

Sarian
10-21-2007, 06:43 AM
This could potentially spread things way too thin.

Dimachaeri
10-21-2007, 06:52 AM
I actually don't see that much activity in the class forums; individually, they rarely get more than one new thread a day. Not saying that one thread a day in each of the forums a day is low -- it's actually quite good -- but I can't see the benefit of splitting them. Furthermore, the vast majority of the class posts seem to focus on general class concerns and not concerns regarding a specific spec.

Shadowborne
10-25-2007, 03:08 PM
From a user standpoint I disagree simply because the forums are not active enough, maybe when there are 40-50 posts a day per day and it is hard to go through and find what you are looking for this would be viable, but right now it seems like a bad idea.