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Broken Tree · Jun 11, 2007, 03:30 AM // 03:30

After several weeks of hard work, I'm pleased to announce NikiWiki:Gw2 - the first site dedicated to the development of new concepts for Guild Wars 2!

Do you like the idea of an in-game auction house? Perhaps you hate recent talk about no level cap? Maybe you have a great idea for a new character race? That's exactly what NikiWiki:Gw2 is designed for!

Some GW fans have already done a fantastic job helping us through the site's initial stages and have come up with some great new concepts. Come vote on their ideas, post your own new concepts, and even post other peoples ideas (just make sure you reference them)! Let's all help to make Guild Wars 2 the game we want it to be!

Note: NikiWiki:Gw2 is not meant to replace forums, it is designed to organize concepts for easier access by players and developers. It also has these distinct advantages over standard forums:

Searchable, organized content - Even if a user doesn't search for their particular idea, the minute they attempt to create an "Auction house" concept, they'll be shown that one already exists.
Auto-integrated user polls - So what if someone already posted your idea? Show the developers that you really want that idea implemented by voting on it!
Twists - Someone already thought of an "Auction house" before you? But their idea isn't exactly what you were thinking... Make a twist! The next time someone finds the "Auction house" concept, they'll see your twist too! If your idea is popular, they may even see that your twist has more votes than the original concept!
Ease of use - NikiWiki:Gw2 provides an environment that easy for both players to post their ideas, and developers to find them. No more searching through endless repetitive forums that oftentimes wander off topic anyway. No more signing up for an extra dose of spam in your inbox just because you want to share your thoughts - voting is open to anyone, and editing only requires a standard wiki username/login.
NO ADS! - Currently, NikiWiki:Gw2 is free and the developers would like to keep it that way.
More to come! - Wiki's are driven by the community that uses them. Make this wiki work for you!

nebojats · Jun 11, 2007, 03:58 AM // 03:58

Yo man... I like the new format. It's looking good. Should I hold back from making more CC articles until you change it over to New Professions page? And a suggestion, maybe that should be a sub-category of Professions. Keep up the good work!

[M]agna_[C]arta · Jun 11, 2007, 05:33 AM // 05:33

I want to post my CCs but I am having a hard time understanding what to do^^!
Help!

Broken Tree · Jun 12, 2007, 04:00 AM // 04:00

Hey Magna! See if the help guide will get you started:

http://www.nikiwiki.com/Gw2/index.ph...=Help:Contents

If you're still confused after that, let me know. And please mention any specific topics you're having trouble with. I'm going to set up a "getting started" guide soon, but I just don't have the time tonight

Thanks!

Bazompora · Jun 12, 2007, 08:25 AM // 08:25

As curiousity is the instinct to aquire knowledge, I went over to take a look at NikiWiki ... I must say, it's nicely structured ... but then there's the number of members, which is very very small (about 20 or so), with an average of a dozen votes per suggestion. Unless NikiWiki will experience some tremendous growth in just a couple of months, I doubt the polls will ever be taken serious by the devs.
Now, from my perspective, the only way to ever become a demographically representative site, the project will need some serious backing from Arenanet (because at the current growing rate, I frankly do not see this going far).
My question is: how do you people intend to deal with this "issue"?

Bazompora · Jun 12, 2007, 11:28 PM // 23:28

Was post #258 in the GW2 suggestion thread supposed to be an answer to my question?
In that case, how do we know the devs will even bother to look at NikiWiki?

Broken Tree · Jun 13, 2007, 04:01 AM // 04:01

Bazompora,

Keep in mind that NikiWiki was just officially opened to the public a few days ago, and I've only placed links to it on this site and two other GW forum sites. I'm going to do my best to advertise as much as possible, but if you think the site has potential, please spread the word =)

There's no garuntee that the devs will use NikiWiki, but if you were a developer and had the job of weeding through forums vs. having categorized, user-rated concepts... well, I think you can see the advantage. In addition, I have submitted the site to ArenaNet as an official fansite and am awaiting their response. Maybe someday soon a link to NikiWiki will exist on the official GW fansite list?

And, of course, I'm always open to suggestion. If you have any thoughts on how to bump up the popularity, please let me know. Thanks!

Bazompora · Jun 13, 2007, 08:01 PM // 20:01

First of all, thank you for the clear answer.
The way I see it:
• to make NikiWiki's voting significant or to compile all the ideas, popularity needs to increase;
• to increase popularity, NikiWiki needs to be announced on the official GW site, in a similar way as wiki.guildwars.com (link on index page);
• to be announced, Arenanet needs to be convinced NikiWiki is a very usefull asset.

In the end, it comes down to either Arenanet or either a community-based miracle (the latter being very improbable, as players have learned to ignore publicity spam).
Frankly, I don't know how to convince Arenanet yet ...

Broken Tree · Jul 10, 2007, 02:08 AM // 02:08

Hey guys! I think I found a handy way to not only reap the benefits of NikiWiki, but also help get a little more traffic on the site. Simply post your ideas as links back to NikiWiki, like so:

In addition, we've added several new features including a Create Concept page that should make posting your ideas a little easier.