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I notice a lot of threads in the general discussion forum that ask questions about tactics.

Why do people not post them in the tactics forum?

Two reasons off the top of my head:

1) Same reason proposed rules threads end up in general discussion, and the same reason 40k threads end up in Dakka discussions. People post without thinking about where they're posting, or they accidentally post in the wrong area. Most of the threads are probably because of this, if I had to hazard a guess.

2) A lot of the Tactics threads end with: "Change your list to the most competitive list possible, +/- your preferred variations." This isn't exactly very helpful, except for totally new players who want to know why certain lists have a more competitive edge. Of course, many threads ask questions like "how do I win with X?" or "how good is X unit?" which are terrible questions to ask, since it places the unit/army in a vacuum, so the answers are always "do the generally most competitive thing."

Xca|iber wrote:Two reasons off the top of my head:

1) Same reason proposed rules threads end up in general discussion, and the same reason 40k threads end up in Dakka discussions. People post without thinking about where they're posting, or they accidentally post in the wrong area. Most of the threads are probably because of this, if I had to hazard a guess.

2) A lot of the Tactics threads end with: "Change your list to the most competitive list possible, +/- your preferred variations." This isn't exactly very helpful, except for totally new players who want to know why certain lists have a more competitive edge. Of course, many threads ask questions like "how do I win with X?" or "how good is X unit?" which are terrible questions to ask, since it places the unit/army in a vacuum, so the answers are always "do the generally most competitive thing."

And thats why I stopped going into the tactics forum. My god that gets so dammed annoying. New player? Play Grey Knights. Cant win with Orks? Play GK. Oh your having problems with the IG? Well my friend, you sir need to play GK.

KingCracker wrote:And thats why I stopped going into the tactics forum. My god that gets so dammed annoying. New player? Play Grey Knights. Cant win with Orks? Play GK. Oh your having problems with the IG? Well my friend, you sir need to play GK.

True true.

Also, I think a lot of new players post here because it's so... general. Kind of feeling like you can't go too wrong posting in here.

Rofl KC.

Mainly because people dont read the forum rules and thus post in the forum they think is correct but which actually is not.
No biggie I think, mods keep an eye on these things.