Mods? Maps? Need some help

[HoneyBadger]

And another subforum for relatively OT topics that still relate in strong ways to Dominions would also be desireable. I hardly ever visit any other forum than the Dominions ones, and it would be nice if we had a localized subforum for discussions that don't have to be strictly technical, seeing as how this game has strong cultural elements that don't always lend themselves to linear debate.

[Endoperez]

Personally, I think the community is so small that dividing it any further would end up making it look like there is much less traffic everywhere, even if the number of posts stayed same.

[Sombre]

It would only be dividing it in the sense that having different threads divides it.

[Ballbarian]

I think that if you separated the maps & mods forum that you would be disappointed. Many folks would have never paid any attention to some of the great mods and maps available if they were in their own forums. Typically when I buy a game I tend to avoid things that change the core game. This is not always the case with dominions mods, but I would have missed out on some great stuff.

[Sombre]

Why would you not visit the subforums if they were separate? I don't get it.

[lch]

Endoperez said:
Personally, I think the community is so small that dividing it any further would end up making it look like there is much less traffic everywhere, even if the number of posts stayed same.

Exactly the opposite. You'll have two sub-forums where there'll always be very recent posts by the usual suspects (Sombre, Pashadawg, etc.), not only one. And they won't seem empty because most of the threads in those forums are in back-pages anyway.

It would just make it way easier to find what you really specifically want: A map/scenario or a mod.

[Gandalf Parker]

Everything has its pros and cons.
If we had maps and mods seperate, then they would roll off seperately. It would allow a screenful of map discussions to stay in sight. Same with AAR and MP. It would allow the few AARs to stay readily visible.

On the downside, anytime to subforum anything you do cut down the traffic. Many people who would have clicked on it, wont know that they want to go to the subforum to see it and want to click on it.

So any split is a balancing act between too few or too many.

[Sombre]

But mods AND maps is already a subforum so it's already lost the traffic that comes with being a subforum. I don't understand why if split into two subforums their combined traffic wouldn't be about the same.

[MaxWilson]

For what it's worth, I usually just check the main forum, but when I'm in the mood I may check maps/mods. If the subforum were split into two subforums I would probably still check them both.

-Max

[Ballbarian]

Why would you not visit the subforums if they were separate? I don't get it.

I really don't care if they are split or not. I truly have no preference. It is just that when I get into a new game, the absolute last place I start to frequent are the mod forums for that game. There are hundreds of mods for Age of Empires, Kings, and Conquerors, but I have never used a single one. However, I have played with many of the user made random maps and custom AI scripts which had a tendency to be in their own separate forum from the mods. It is just how I function. Usually, by the time I am tired of the base game, I have no interest in trying mods. Dominions is an exception to this rule.

I am just throwing myself out as one example. I certainly don't claim to be typical. As a matter of fact, I pride myself on being an odd duck.

Edit-
Ugh. My apologies to the original poster for helping to drag this thread so far off topic.