Roadmap FAQ for which posts go where.
NEW USERS: In general, please restrict your posts (including bug reports) to "The Academy" for the first month or so, until you get a feel for what goes where. Aurora is a complicated, ever-changing game, and it takes everyone a while to get up to speed. As such, it tends to generate a lot of "new user questions" about the basics of the game. The Academy is the board that's intended to get new users over this hump, leaving the other boards able to answer more advanced questions. Experienced players are generally very happy to answer even the most basic questions, so don't be shy about asking what might feel like a stupid question. That being said, it is expected that you'll make at least a small effort to find the answer on your own before asking a question. Read the appropriate tutorial(s), look in the FAQ, do a quick search for a keyword or two in the search box in the upper right corner - it shouldn't take more than a minute or two. If you think you've found an answer but aren't sure, don't feel shy about posting an "I think this is the way it works - am I correct?" question - the way the game works changes over time. And if you didn't find an answer after giving it a little bit of effort, feel free to ask the question of the community.
A few common new user mis-posts (discussed in detail below):
1) Starting a new thread in Bugs, rather than posting to the official thread for the current version.
2) Starting a new thread in Suggestions, rather than posting to the official thread for the next major version.
3) Asking a question in Mechanics, instead of The Academy or Chat.
4) Asking a question to which you don't know the answer in FAQ, rather than posting it in The Academy.
5) Logging a bug that is actually new-user "pilot error" or a known feature, rather than asking about it in The Academy.
6) Not giving enough information when logging a bug to the Bugs thread, rather than reading Steve's stickied post with bug-reporting instructions.
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