"best threads" post?

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Seeing people ask the same things over and over because many are new or folks just missed something once, I wonder if someone who has been around and more importantly plans on staying around for a while would mind creating and updating a "best posts" type of thread. We could sticky it if it was a good one that helped folks. The hard part would be organizing it logically and having a little "table of contents" at the start of it that let's people know where to go inside the post to find their issue - then it's organized in groups like Gameplay tips, specific faction problems/suggestions/questions, etc.

It wouldn't necessarily help the team as much as it might help all the fans, but everyone could benefit from it somehow. Anyway, it's not something to jump right into if you aren't going to be around for a while, but some folks probably will hang around. I just saw a link to Kull's post at TWC about further limiting pirates - a way to do that - which might be a good one. That sort of stuff.

Any thoughts on something like that?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Yep would be a good thing. It would also be a very good thing if people new to the mod (and especially installing it) actually read the Bug Thread forums - it appears as if people just keep asking things that have been covered there already.

EDIT: @ TA if you could manage the list, so everything is to be found in post 1? Here's a little contribution:
1) Install Guide: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=80270
2) Why you should post a save game if you encounter a serious error: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=80870
3) Known issue - the Oasis custom battle CTD: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=81359
4) You experience a CTD during AI's turn? Make sure to install the file found here: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=81220
5) EB with BI, some links: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=74213 ; https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=75667
6) Gameplay; Ambush tactics & Historical Accurate Legion threads - in that order: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=81293 ; https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=81345

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Whoever does it should make a new post (let's talk about it first before someone jumps out and does it though), so that they can alter the first post by editing. Some of it is similar to the FAQ post, but there's so much more than what should be in an FAQ that could be helpful about something like this I think.

[Geoffrey S]

Let's face it, so many of the questions asked are answered in the FAQ that I'd be surprised if this will help at all.

[Oleo]

definately a good idea. There are a lot of question that are being repeated over and over. (slingers, charge values of 1, BI, etc. etc.) It would be nice to have one thread to point to.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Well, that's probably true Geof, but there are so many good threads that it would be great to have listed in a quick format, that it might be helpful. I know I just loved that thread that linked the previews - and I used it over and over.

[Ludens]

I like the idea, but personally I think that it would be more use the cull the current stickies and create a few threads that are constantly updated. There are no less than six stickies about simply installing the latest build: open beta, EB 0.8, EB 0.81, EB 0.81a, CTD fix and map.rmw. Add to this two FAQ-thread, two more threads about the 0.74 to 0.8 update, and six other stickies, and you get a bewildering amount of reading-material for a new visitor. Wouldn't it be much clearer to create a few consilidated threads and make sure these are constantly updated? Like one "Download, install and patch"-thread, one FAQ thread, one suggestions thread and one "current workgroups and helprequired" thread?

Just my two pence.

[abou]

I think this link is all we need: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

Although, updating the FAQ or maybe having a separates threads that concentrates solely on gameplay quirks or team choices (e.g. the "balancing out units" thread) and another on troubleshooting would be nice (what Ludens said).

Perhaps a PDF guide for download would be a good idea as well.