I've been away for the best part of a year, and reading through all of that has left me more confused than anything else. What's the current thinking? Are there still going to be three boards, or will this one just be streamlined?
From where I'm sitting, I agree that the board as it stands is trying to do too much, but I'm not exactly sure what would happen if you were to split up the Epic element. What I mean by this is that if this board were to become an exclusive NetEA board used for development, what would happen to the discussion boards for those of us who still play the second edition version of Space Marine and/or Titan Legions? What would happen to discussion of Epic 40K? What would happen to boards discussing Epic EA as modified by GW (i.e. official FAQ and errata only).
Would these have boards here, on the SG board, or on the third board which, as far as I can see, doesn't exist yet?
My personal preference, if there is to be a split, would be to leave all of this board to those who want to develop the game, and move to have all those who want to play older versions or the 'undeveloped' version of the game to this new third board, but I have a feeling that this is not what you intend to use the third board for.
While we're on the subject of changes, is there any intention to fix the star and ranking system that used to be in place before this board was moved from the old forum software? Also, if a third board is to be created, could I recommend using SMF to you. It's a far better forum software than phpBB in my opinion, both from the point of view of administration and as a regular user. SG uses it, although I don't like the way they've organised the site, as disabling post count and ranks is just completely unnecessary in my opinion.
Overall, some clarity of what the current thinking is for someone who hasn't been here in a while, and who would actually like to find a way to be more involved with the community would be appreciated, as I simply don't play EA enough to be able to get involved with all the development discussions and detailed tactical threads, and it would be nice to be able to contribute in some way
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