So you are a newbie - suggestion for a sticky

dagee · 10-01-2007, 08:32 PM

A few days ago, I put up a post about having a newcomer section to these forums. In a different thread someone had suggested that perhaps what would be nice is a necomer sticky. I think this is not a bad idea (if we cannot have a newcomer thread - which of course imho would be the best option). In thinking about this I tried to envision what would this sticky look like. While I don't mind writing the sticky, I definitley would like to get input from other players especially since I am not knowedgeable about every aspect of the game (as I imagine no one is).

Here is a list of topics I think this sticky should have. Please feel free to add to this list - but remeber, this sticky would be for newcomers we want to assist not overwhelm - ie we don't need a sticky about advanced pvp techniques or putting together the perfect raid.

Topics to include:

What class should I be? What race?
What profession should I take?
How do you make gold?
A primer on pvp (not so much how to pvp but how to find the pvp arenas and how they work - game mechanics)
How to navigate your way through the game?
Resources that are helpful (links to useful posts, the map section)
Now that you not a newbie what next?
How to join a guild/why join a guild
Forum mechanics (ie how to find the information you seek, how to ask a question, where to ask a question...)

If people feel that this would be useful, I would not mind putting some stuff together (again, not my ideas I would just put the post together I would ask for help from the commnity on opinions or links to post that would answer the topics above and other topics suggested by the community).

Thoughts

By the way moderators, I am not trying to step on your toes so obviously if this sort of sticky would not be appropriate to these forums let me know.

Chunderpants · 10-01-2007, 08:39 PM

/signed

However the forum mechanics bit ought to go first.

Stigg · 10-01-2007, 08:50 PM

It has been done many times over. I made one and posted it a long itme ago (its disappeared....?) and here is even one from a moderator:

http://forums.worldofwar.net/showthr...t=player+guide

None have been sitckied ever.

Tanitha · 10-01-2007, 08:57 PM

I like the idea though. But then, GWOnline.net has a newcomer forum and it works exceptionally well. It's fairly prolific though as their community spends more time on the forums than in-game though, unlike us poor addicts

Dagee, for inspiration go have a look at the WowWiki guides to starting a character. I found those, in their previous, less user friendly way to be incredible valuable.

Magikhat · 10-01-2007, 09:24 PM

Its not like anyone will read it. There will be some noob who posts a thread called

"im a noob what class is bestest?"

This thread will be right below the sticky called

"If you are a noob look here"

sycamore · 10-01-2007, 09:32 PM

Dagee, I really support the idea of a newcomers area in the forum, or at the very least a newcomers sticky. I'd be happy to help to the best of my (unfortunately limited) ability.

Valas Azuviir · 10-01-2007, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stigg

It has been done many times over. I made one and posted it a long itme ago (its disappeared....?) and here is even one from a moderator:

http://forums.worldofwar.net/showthr...t=player+guide

None have been sitckied ever.

So that's where that thing went..

Actually, it was stickied at one point, we had some stuff happen to the forums and everything went whoosh. We still come across threads on occasion, which are very much in the wrong forums, but that's where they ended up in after the great hosing.

dagee · 10-01-2007, 10:53 PM

Wow, looks like we have the sticky. Talk about seek and yea shall find - Koodsos to Aerath

cyradis2003 · 10-01-2007, 10:54 PM

I think a newcomer forum would be self defeating to some extent. If it suposed to be a place where newcomers can post and have questions can be answered then I would hope this forum does well enough. My concern is that not many long time players would visit a forum dedicated to being new to the game. The people asking questions there may not get complete answers since they are all new.

A sticky thread would be great though.

Tanitha · 10-01-2007, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyradis2003

My concern is that not many long time players would visit a forum dedicated to being new to the game. The people asking questions there may not get complete answers since they are all new.

That is where catchy topics would help.

Out of curiosity, how do you old-timers read the forums? I'll typically go through "New Posts" which gives me several pages of interesting things to read. It's forum neutral as well