There are threads discussing the mechanics of the game...

I think mods got to move them to Guides if they see fit... Mods also ought to trim them a bit, as they are a lot of useless comments in there. That's a lot of work for mods.
If a new forum is created where those topics would be discussed, we will just divide everyone attention, without creating a place where the real good stuff would be safeguarded... This new forum would be either ignored or swamped with useless questions, and we are back to square one.

The main difference between the Guide forum and a 'game mechs' forum is; who can create a new topic; if it is mod only, then use the Guide the forum. If anyone can, we will lose the real valuable stuff anyway, lost in the middle of all the other discussion and topics already seen a 1000th time (as in; how do I unlock faction? etc, etc...).

Let the discussion happen in general forum, and move it to Guides when convenient. Leave it to mod discretion. Either mod or main topic contributor can trim it and get rid of the noise once the topic would be explored; before that would be a good way to kill it. Guides forum is a kind of graveyard

PM ing mods; that's more work for the mods too... And I can see some interesting self promotion happening.

Louis,