So there is an icon the the righthandside of the main page of these forums called watch topics

It's set to forums by default, is there a way to set it to topics?

I think topics makes more sense since I only look at a few forums anyways, and those the newest post for those forums is readily viewable from the front page anyways.

Follow the arrow :thumbup:

Follow the arrow :thumbup:

I know how to watch a topic, i meant how do i keep the watched topics box set to topics, instead of forums :o

There's two tabs at the top of the box - click the topics one. I'm not sure how well this works, as mine shows a bunch of deleted posts I made in 2005 :unsure:

^that, and if it doesn't appear, hit 'toggle topic with no new'