Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27886747-20160611191524/@comment-28788537-20160622075542

I'll have to agree with the sentiments of Okra and Decanter. There are thousands of possible combinations of relevant variables any given player might have when entering the Battle of Yhilin. While I'll be the first to admit that I lack imagination, I just do not see anyway to cover it in a comprehensive fashion with a more conventional walkthough/guide.

I also agree that the secrets and collectibles page should probably be split into two pages. I think the Battle, as such a narratively important and complex event, needs its own page. That being said, there'll probably be some redundancy anyway. There are parts of the guide that could be copied and used elsewhere. There are modifications of the various variables such as Yhilin, Social, Religion, that could and probably be should be combined with the existing variable guide. The situation with Army Size and Army Quality is similar. It should probably also be copied to the Army page.

As for merging guides, I'm conflicted. The original purpose of my guide was more as a resource to be used by others than as something I felt should be published. It now has been, so I'm content with my contribution, no matter the final outcome. I do think, ideally, that the guides should be merged, but, having just experienced the difficulty of trying to coordinate the collaboration of three people, if only for the difficulty of trying to get us all online at the same time, I feel it might end up a bit messy, and the problems of intergrating our efforts were minimal since we each only had dry variable tables and some notes. I would imagine integrating complete, or nearly complete, guides to be exponentially more difficult. If people want to make the attempt, I certainly applaud their dedication.