Originally Posted by
Dannyl
The problem is that it isn't sounding like Q&A anymore. That sounds more like blogging, writing down articles on various topics. Even if you edit down a thread on a particular subject, it's a lot of editing work and the problem with that is also that it becomes more about the pov of the editor and as we've seen, much of this game is about flavor and personal preference. This is one reason I enjoy reading EJ threads; yes it means the reader has to go through a lot more material but it gives him (or her) access to opinions of all the people involved.
Some responsibility has to be placed on the reader. I'm all for explaining things more from a perspective of "why," as you suggested but we're also guilty of making this stuff a bit too accessible. How many times have you seen posters first link their armory and just ask us for our opinions on improvements, only to come back after a few replies and changes, asking the same thing over and over, although by that time they should already know themselves if it is kk, because we spent all those posts explaining the actual mechanics.
And this isn't limited to mmo-c. I've often had this problem when teaching people in-game, and just be an answering machine. People need to learn for themselves at some point and the best way to do that, is to actually make them read and think about stuff.