Blackguard,
I think you have a good point. I actually spent 2 years playing SP and reading all the guides in the strategy index before I stopped lurking and joined MP. And it's not very conveniently organized although I don't mean to imply that it's not a superb effort.
I strongly suggest you join the wiki project and we can work on that stuff there. For example, there are some pages for each magic path with specific and viable strategies suggesting cost effective uses of the gems and the viable summons. I wrote the water page. Some are not complete but if you join the wiki as an editor and post questions in the appropriate sections you'll probably get some response from the other editors.
I for one will add to my work to answer any noob questions there.
Here's the wiki link and the link to the water page as an example:
http://dom3.servegame.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://dom3.servegame.com/wiki/Water
Here is Raiel's excellent guide to battlefield placement and scripting:
http://dom3.servegame.com/wiki/Placement
So have a look at those. There are other sections such as the key spells that are specifically written for new players. Volunteers are badly needed to take the stuff from the strategy guide and move it to the wiki. And you can be a noob to do that.
Right now, the wiki seems to be more up to date and maintained than the strategy guide. And it's frankly a more robust format for this type of work.
PS: We can always review this stuff on IRC too.
Cheers,
Maer