Do we need another forum?

[Arryn]

Graeme Dice said:
There already is a forum for multiplayer games, so there's no need to split this forum.

Perhaps if the forum were split, and a dedicated Dom 2-only MP game forum created, those who are creating MP threads might actually be encouraged to post in that forum rather than in this one. The existence of a general-use MP forum, as it stands now, does not seem to have registered on the consciousness of the Dom 2 MP players, or they don't like Dom 2 threads mixing with those of other games.

[NTJedi]

The forum should definitely be split into at least three others. Why we're stuck with one forum is just sick when compared with other game forums.

Suggested New Forums:
General Gameplay
Game Strategies
Technicial Help & Bugs
Editor and Mod Making
Play-By-Email games
Multiplayer

[archaeolept]

well, that's far too many. there do seem like an extraordinary number of game threads lately, so you could easily argue for a subforum. I'd just be a bit worried that a lot of people wouldn't notice new games as readily.

[NTJedi]

I'd just be a bit worried that a lot of people wouldn't notice new games as readily.

As long as each forum is properly titled that shouldn't be a problem. Other official game forums typically have at least 4 other sub-forums.

[Kel]

I wouldn't split the forum into a lot of forums but just a "Main" and "MP Games" forum might be ok.

- Kel

[Arryn]

Kel said:
I wouldn't split the forum into a lot of forums but just a "Main" and "MP Games" forum might be ok.

We ought to split off the maps/mod-making as well, just to make Gandalf happy. Gandalf is the one who would be going through all the work of splitting the forum and moving threads around, and he's expressed his own preference for having a separate maps/mod-making forum. Hence there should be a separate maps/mod-making to "reward" Gandalf for all the work that's going to be dumped on him.

[Nappa]

I think having a seperate forum for MP games is a good idea.

[NTJedi]

There's several reasons to have multiple sub-forums for any game:

1) Makes searching a forum more effective and less time consuming.

2) When developers wish to review/examine technical game issues they will have a specific forum for this. Currently they only have a topic sticky which doesn't always get used. Plus how many times have we seen new topics where some gamer can't get the game to work where they haven't tried updating drivers or clean-booting the system... we would rarely see these if there was a technical/bug sub-forum.

3) A multiplayer forum would allow those gamers to easily find new/current games and other related topics.

4) I'm sure I've missed other reasons as well since several sub-forums exist for virtually any PC_Game. Since there isn't one popular game I can think of which doesn't have several sub-forums on the official website... Dominions_2 deserves the same respect.

[Hakko]

As a rank noob (still awaiting my copy of the game), I'm all in favor of splitting the forums. I would especially welcome a "game play" section with plenty of stickies for such as I.