Warning for Filthie: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.

• Aldriana · 12/09/11, 6:08 PM

Post: Cataclysm Subtlety Compendium
User: Filthie
Infraction: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.
Points: 0

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

I'm actually sort of on the fence as to whether this post deserves an infraction or not, but in the interest of getting people to stop reporting it, I figure I'll warn it to get them to stop, and say a few words about the issues.

On the one hand, I tend to have little patience with people who post asking other members of the community to do additional work for their benefit. All work on this site is done on a purely volunteer basis, and if its not up to your standards you're welcome to contribute some of your own time and effort to make it better, and if you're unwilling or unable to do so, I don't see that you have much grounds for complaint.

On the other hand, its also true that there needs to be some allowance for suggesting improvements. Its certainly the case that some of the guides on these forums (not so much in the rogue section, but certainly for some of the other classes) are of fairly poor quality, and constructive criticism of changes the author might consider seem like a reasonable thing to provide.

Now, I get the feeling you understand this to some degree and attempted to straddle the balance, but I sort of feel like you came down a bit too far on the "criticism" side of the spectrum and missed the "constructive" part. Your post reads a bit too much like "why aren't you doing as good a job as the author for the other specs", which is the sort of comparison that doesn't seem wholly productive. I think phrasing this post as "have you thought about including trinket ratings in this guide, I find them really helpful in the Combat/Assassination guides" would do a better job of communicating your intent without disparaging the efforts of the contributor's to that guide, led by Pathal.

So in summary: please pay attention to your tone when providing feedback about the quality of resources provided on these forums - we certainly realize that many of the guides and tools we develop are imperfect and can be improved, and I don't think people are averse to constructive feedback, but it is important to be clear that you're providing ideas for improvement rather than criticizing shortcomings.

Original Post:

I don't want to complain to much about this thread as the fact is i love that they all exist, for all specs.
However, if you take a look at the Combat or Assasination thread they are MUCH faster on geting updated, aswell as having EP values for trinkets etc etc. Their simply better then Subtetly thread has ever been.

Considering Subtetly is the current best spec for a PvE rogue i would like to see the EP values of trinkets, at least! And if possible that it would be filled with as much information as Combat or Assasination is.