MBRepository Link?

[Tuckles]

(Yeah I used search, no I didn't check thoroughly)

This has been suggested quite a few times already, but I want to make it a formal Plea to the admins.

Due to the increasing amount of Newbies appearing in the forums lately, there has been a large amount of threads which ask "Where do I find this mod?" and "Can I get a download link please?" and so on. Some of these threads have been less than eloquent, and frankly, they're annoying. I ask the administrators, for the community, and for less waste-threads on the forums, please put a link to the Mount&Blade Unofficial File Repository somewhere newcomers can see it very quickly. It is also preferred if there was a subtitle giving a brief description of what that site does. An example would be "Download Mount&Blade Mods Here! The Unofficial File Repository!" or something to that extent. Also, I would not suggest placing it in the Apprentice's Guild, as I know some people do not bother reading those threads (I know I didn't when I first came to the TaleWorlds forums), nor do I suggest placing it in the Pioneer's Guild, because some other people go directly to the Apprentice's Guild to ask for a Mod (I've seen a lot of threads about this in both areas of our forums).

 

[Guan_Chung]

So where do you suggest we put it then? In the big red text when you start a new topic?

 

[Buxton]

Under the Forge, above MBX

 

[Tuckles]

Yeah, somewhere in the front page of the Forums. Placing them inside sub-boards just makes them harder to see. *Cough*Cartographer's Guild*Cough*

 

[Archonsod]

Only problem is, you'd replace all of the "where do I find mods" posts with "which mods are worth playing" types.

 

[Buxton]

Still half of the trouble gone though.

 

[Janus]

Only problem is, you'd replace all of the "where do I find mods" posts with "which mods are worth playing" types.

We already get a bunch of those as well though.

However, I'm against it for another reason. We already get posts all over the place about "I'm having problem X in mod Z, what should I do?". If there were a more prominent link for the Repository outside of the mod section, we'd probably have even more of those. I'd prefer people find links to the Repository from the mod section only so that they at least have come across the proper place to discuss the mods they're downloading.

 

[leprechaun]

What about having it as one of those external link forums somewhere? In the middle of the mod forums.

 

[Tuckles]

Only problem is, you'd replace all of the "where do I find mods" posts with "which mods are worth playing" types.

We already get a bunch of those as well though.

However, I'm against it for another reason. We already get posts all over the place about "I'm having problem X in mod Z, what should I do?". If there were a more prominent link for the Repository outside of the mod section, we'd probably have even more of those. I'd prefer people find links to the Repository from the mod section only so that they at least have come across the proper place to discuss the mods they're downloading.

Can we make a FAQ about mods then?

 

[tarquineos]

Can we make a FAQ about mods then?

Actually, there is a thread about installing mods at the library, and it does has a link to the Repository.
I guess most people that come here just don't get to know the library before posting for the first time... 

Edit - Just remembered: there is also a link to the repository at M&B main website; that's how I got to know it before deciding to buy the game.

 

[Archonsod]

There's also an installation guide in the Mod post in the town square, plus of course pretty much every mod thread links to it's download, and several include installation instructions.

To be honest, I'd rather not link to the repository at all. I'd rather people went to the mod thread / board itself than simply download everything they can from the repository.

 

[Guan_Chung]

Yeah, because when they have problems they'll post it in the pioneers guild rather than the mod thread, and the front page gets cluttered up with crap.

 

[Janus]

Bingo.

 

[Tuckles]

Alright, seeing as there's no point to this thread, I deem it locked.