Timeline for How can we sculpt character/strategy build questions?
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| Aug 9, 2011 at 13:19 | comment | added | FAE | personally in order to make it a question more applicable to the "broader audience of the internet." For example, in one of the MMO's I play as my main, City of Heroes, there are 14 classes, each with a Primary and Secondary powerset. The resulting combinations you can make are quite high, not even counting the fact that there are hundreds of different ways you can "gear" yourself with enhancements. I always thought that build questions for that MMO would end up too specific. | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 13:16 | comment | added | FAE | @badp I'd imagine not! But in my past experience in asking for guide help elsewhere, it seems that it's often a topic that lends itself to a lot of back and forth discussion as well as the acquisition of several "answers" (other build guides) that would, here, end up being a list question. This is especially difficult for MMO's, which are constantly changing because of developer updates. The problem I see with generalizing a build question is that people often ask for feedback/input on subtle/fine points that make their build distinct. So then they'd have to sacrifice usefulness for them > | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 13:02 | comment | added | badp Mod | @Fallen Are you the only person in the history of humanity that picked that specific build? Even if that was the case, can the question be somewhat generalized so that it's still of use to you, and to others that are in a similar-but-not-quite-the-same situations? | |
| May 22, 2011 at 15:30 | comment | added | FAE | One of the reasons I myself haven't ask any specific build questions on the site is that I was worried that they would be closed as too localized as per the "not applicable to the worldwide audience" clause. I was running under the assumption that the many variables regarding skills/level/gear/loot/build goals/etc. would make the question less applicable to other people and too specific to one user. So this isn't the case? | |
| May 18, 2011 at 23:19 | history | answered | Raven Dreamer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |