Popular Player Threads

[Nihimon]

I've created a Suggested Reading - Popular Player Threads list, and added it to the Guild Recruitment & Helpful Links list.

I need your help to get this list populated.

First, if you see a thread you think is really good and should be included, please mark the Original Post as a Favorite. If anyone points me at a thread for inclusion that has at least 7* Favorites, I'll add it to this list.

Second, please post links to any threads here so I can easily find them. It's a lot harder to read every post in every thread now that there are so many more people here, so things are slipping by me.

Please keep in mind this is for Player threads, not dev posts.

I'd like to thank you all now for helping make this useful.

* I may change this number (with consideration of your feedback) if necessary.

[Mogloth]

Yeah the activity of these forums is insane lately. Insane in a good way.

[Richter Bones]

Shieldmates is a popular subject that is good for helping people get connected so they can get all the daily deals and receive the Shieldmate Mark.

[Being]

In a spirit of complete selfishness I offer some of my favorite threads

Home is where the hearth is
Suggestion: Wildlife Ecology
Why mounts will hurt the game early on and pets will help it
PvP
Alignment
Hunger and Thirst
Hex and Map size
Bounties and Beyond: a content proposal
Settlement Politics: Tools Needed
The Lone Wolf: In favor of solo paths
Thoughts on Crafting
Dungeons as Playr Built Structures
Does killing another player in the wilderness give me a Criminal Flag?
The Laws of Online World Design

[Being]

Ah! another:
skirting the rules

[Nihimon]

Until I get more feedback, I'm going to require 5 Favorites for listing. I've processed all the threads above.

[Keovar]

This still needs a couple favourites on the initial post, but then, so do some of the other suggestions:
Please Don't Neglect the Z-Axis (flying, swimming, etc.).

[Snowbeard]

Here's an old one that meets your req's. Was what got me interested in following PO. http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n63b?MMO-wish-list Someone might even want to bump it...?

[Nihimon]

Keovar wrote:

This still needs a couple favourites on the initial post, but then, so do some of the other suggestions...

To be clear, I've only listed Threads that have at least 5 Favorites on the OP.

@Snowbeard, there aren't any Favorites on that MMO Wish List thread...

[Nihimon]

If anyone has any feedback on a better way to objectively determine which threads should be listed, please speak up. I very much feel like I'm flying by the seat of my pants here.

[Being]

You're doing fine, Nihimon, and my experience on the forums would be much more impoverished were you elsewhere.

Recommend sticking to your criteria but expect us to try and promote what we find most interesting.

[Keovar]

Nihimon wrote:

Keovar wrote:

This still needs a couple favourites on the initial post, but then, so do some of the other suggestions...

To be clear, I've only listed Threads that have at least 5 Favorites on the OP.

I'm not so great with acronym soup, so I'm not sure what you're clarifying. What's the difference between "initial post" and "OP"?

[Nihimon]

@Keovar, there's no difference. I'm clarifying that I will require *** 5 *** Favorites.

[Keovar]

Nihimon wrote:

@Keovar, there's no difference. I'm clarifying that I will require *** 5 *** Favorites.

That's why I said it still needed a couple, since it currently has 3. That is similarly the case with some links posted by Being. I doubt enough people use the favourites system to make many threads qualify, but maybe by suggesting ones that are close, people reading this thread will check them out and finish up the remainder.

[Nihimon]

That was my hope :)

[Snowbeard]

@Nihimon, One reason I included it was that Ryan said "They" would be watching that post and that it would be mandatory reading for all developers.
Some other ideas on criteria might be: number of posts, number of responses/input from developers (lisa, Ryan, etc.)
Having been a lurker here for a while I do applaud all you are doing for this. Your input has not gone unnoticed by this plebe.
Now if I could just figure out how to PM people I could go back to lurking.

[Being]

Here is one very informative and interesting thread to which I have added a fifth favorite
Character Customization

I don't recall seeing it linked in your resource thread.

[Nihimon]

@Snowbear, I'm hesitant to list them based on how many posts they have because often that's just a handful of people going back and forth. I've been that guy enough to recognize it :) However, your suggestion to list the threads that the devs have explicitly said they're paying attention to makes a lot of sense. I've listed the MMO Wish List now.

@Being, I've listed Character Customization as well, thanks for bringing that to my attention.

[Dak Thunderkeg]

Thank you again Nihimon on your continued labors for this community.

[Dakcenturi]

Some more:

Proposed idea for Fast Travel

Formation Combat

AbleGamers.com

Please don't neglect the Z-Axis

[Nihimon]

@Dakcentui, I only listed the Formation Combat thread, since that was the only one with 5 or more Favorites.

Again, I welcome any constructive feedback on better ways to objectively decide which threads should be listed.

[Keovar]

Crowdforge the initial pantheon.

[Nihimon]

Listed, thanks Keovar.

[Papaver]

I withdrew my favorite of the thread as I have realized that is should die in a fire.

New people should be directed to a thread displaying a good discussion about griefing. This thread is not it.

Edit: I mean the treaty thread btw