Off-Topic forums.

A lot of people recently want to chatter about off topic subject (Non-FFXIV) so would it be a good idea in having an off-topic forums. What does the FFXIV community thinks? Have an off-topic forums in the official FFXIV Forums? then again as i type this, i would think an off topic forums would have a lot of drama and need to be heavily moderated.

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Originally Posted by neorei

i would think an off topic forums would have a lot of drama and need to be heavily moderated.

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why should we?
if you want to talk bout something else, talk somewhere else

An Off-Topic forum would be nice (So would an art section)

This thread about off topic forums is off topic and will probably be locked. :confused:

I wouldn't see why not, every other MMO allows for off-topic forums for those of us who enjoy talking about everything under the sun with friends and others we meet and play a game with. Ofcourse it would have its rules and such which would need to be followed but it would probly save the current mods from closing 20 threads a day because of recent media hype or random threads about anything not FFXIV.

No, thanks. This is the official forum, meant for feedback. There are plenty of fansite forums and SE also offered the linkshell forums for those in a urge for off-topic chit-chat ^^: SE also has a forum at their site that can be used for chit-chat.

Also, it would be a waste of server memory and menpower having to store and moderate a forum that would bring no benefit to the game at all.

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Originally Posted by Vaer

This thread about off topic forums is off topic and will probably be locked. :confused:

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LOL >< don't like my thread ; ;

Because off topic forums are bad for...

1. You.
2. Square-Enix's image (think of all the rabid God and Politics debates).
3. Bandwidth hog; they get filled with redundancy and garbage that has nothing to do with the goal of the entire message board.
4. Search engines will pick up on it and completely misrepresent SE's image. An image is important to a company, especially in the entertainment business.

Thank you for reading this off-topic discussion. Leave your rants about everything in general for Yahoo! News or something like that.

I wouldn't have a problem with it per se, but I think it would be a waste of SE's time to be moderating it. Closing off topic threads it a lot less work than moderating an off topic forum

Greetings,

We do not have any plans on opening an off-topic forum. The main reason is that the forums are designed specifically for us to gather feedback and also to provide a place for the community to come together and discuss FINAL FANTASY XIV. An off-topic forum would not further either of those goals and as such we have no plans to introduce one.

Shouldnt this thread be posted on an off-topic forum?


/troll off

I would think with an off topic forum, it would motivate some to spend more time heremor think about it more often.. jus sayin'

They foster a strong sense of community quite often.

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Originally Posted by Madrox

I would think with an off topic forum, it would motivate some to spend more time heremor think about it more often.. jus sayin'

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They foster a strong sense of community quite often.

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Originally Posted by Sagagemini

Shouldnt this thread be posted on an off-topic forum?

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I'd say the "Website Feedback & Suggestions" forum is a perfectly valid place for suggesting that the website has an Off-topic forum.

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

Greetings,

We do not have any plans on opening an off-topic forum. The main reason is that the forums are designed specifically for us to gather feedback and also to provide a place for the community to come together and discuss FINAL FANTASY XIV. An off-topic forum would not further either of those goals and as such we have no plans to introduce one.

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What about an SE general forum to allow the community to discuss SE released titles, I'm pretty sure the feedback obtained from that could be used further the agenda of gathering feedback that can be useful to the company lol.

Square Enix has a general forum on their main website.

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

Greetings,

We do not have any plans on opening an off-topic forum. The main reason is that the forums are designed specifically for us to gather feedback and also to provide a place for the community to come together and discuss FINAL FANTASY XIV. An off-topic forum would not further either of those goals and as such we have no plans to introduce one.

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I actually asked for this at release of forums and got much of the same response. I mainly wanted an off topic forums to talk about other Final Fantasy titles and/or to FF14 members about off topic discussions. Though there are plenty of other websites we can use such as FFXIV.ZAM or Eorzeapedia.

I'll just paste what I said in the other thread about that mentioned Bay's response.

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Originally Posted by Duelle

This is very poor reasoning. If this is a place for the community to come together, then there needs to be something to allow off-topic discussions (or just general gaming). Each of us plays and sees much more than just Final Fantasy XIV, and if anything it would allow community focus to remain here rather than spread it throughout various sites. Not to mention that as a community it would also allow us to help each other out where possible.

WoW's forums happens to have a general gaming/hardware sub-forum, and amidst talking Skyrim, Megaman being abandoned by Capcom, and other MMOs and how they're faring compared to WoW, you also have immensely helpful threads like the primer a poster made for building a PC from scratch, along with several threads asking for OS, anti-virus and hardware advice and people trying to help and give advice as best as they can.

Sure, you run the risk of it turning into something like that trollfest known as Allakhazam's assylum sub-forum, but meh.

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Hello!

A comment was made that a customer wishes to be able to discuss other Square Enix titles that are coming out or are presently available. I would like to let you guys know that we do have such forums at our Members Site: http://na.square-enix.com/go/forum/viewboard

While the FFXIV forum will direct you back here, you will find a plethora of Square Enix titles for you to discuss. =)

I hope this helps out with at least one of your concerns.

Thank you,

-Senior Game Master Jhanaka

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Originally Posted by Jhanaka

Hello!

A comment was made that a customer wishes to be able to discuss other Square Enix titles that are coming out or are presently available. I would like to let you guys know that we do have such forums at our Members Site: http://na.square-enix.com/go/forum/viewboard

While the FFXIV forum will direct you back here, you will find a plethora of Square Enix titles for you to discuss. =)

I hope this helps out with at least one of your concerns.

Thank you,

-Senior Game Master Jhanaka

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All that does is split the community and focus attention elsewhere. If not now, there should be an off-topic forum AFTER 2.0.
The reasons have already been mentioned and are more than valid. Off-topic = stronger community = more forum dedication all around.

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Originally Posted by Sarchy_Warchy

All that does is split the community and focus attention elsewhere. If not now, there should be an off-topic forum AFTER 2.0.
The reasons have already been mentioned and are more than valid. Off-topic = stronger community = more forum dedication all around.

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exactly!!!


thing is the hype around 2.0 will be extreme, people will come to this game and these forums originally were beta forums. If the popularity of FFXIV BOOMS because of 2.0 expect to lock a lot of threads because people are just going to come in and say whatever they want to say. Thats why maybe having an off topic forums would be decent. plus don't we have to sign up again to use the SE forums?

There's no need for an off topic forum, but for those who feel its needed, check 85% of the threads here.

Go to a fansite's forums if you want off-topic stuff. I think those get more action than this place, anyway.

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Originally Posted by Jhanaka

Hello!

A comment was made that a customer wishes to be able to discuss other Square Enix titles that are coming out or are presently available. I would like to let you guys know that we do have such forums at our Members Site: http://na.square-enix.com/go/forum/viewboard

While the FFXIV forum will direct you back here, you will find a plethora of Square Enix titles for you to discuss. =)

I hope this helps out with at least one of your concerns.

Thank you,

-Senior Game Master Jhanaka

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Say... Much like how there is a link in that forum of this one, would it be possible to include a link from this, to that one?
This way, if one is so inclined as to find a proper section to post about other SE titles, and is a denizon of this board, a simple, let's say, "General SE Games" link would be present, the person would see, click, and be redirected there.

That would certainly be a better setup

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Originally Posted by Skies

Say... Much like how there is a link in that forum of this one, would it be possible to include a link from this, to that one?
This way, if one is so inclined as to find a proper section to post about other SE titles, and is a denizon of this board, a simple, let's say, "General SE Games" link would be present, the person would see, click, and be redirected there.

That would certainly be a better setup

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that is actually a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Sarchy_Warchy

All that does is split the community and focus attention elsewhere. If not now, there should be an off-topic forum AFTER 2.0.
The reasons have already been mentioned and are more than valid. Off-topic = stronger community = more forum dedication all around.

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How does it split the community? Each game has its own community. Why are we so big and elitist to deserve to say that we are THE community?

I agree however that if that forum links here, than this forum should link there.

Agree with OP. While they add that, they should also add a forum for political discussion so we can debate the current status of our various countries' legislative decisions.

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Originally Posted by Jhanaka

Hello!

A comment was made that a customer wishes to be able to discuss other Square Enix titles that are coming out or are presently available. I would like to let you guys know that we do have such forums at our Members Site: http://na.square-enix.com/go/forum/viewboard

While the FFXIV forum will direct you back here, you will find a plethora of Square Enix titles for you to discuss. =)

I hope this helps out with at least one of your concerns.

Thank you,

-Senior Game Master Jhanaka

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We as the players understand the point of other forums and having a forum focused on FFXIV discussion but at the same time you send us elsewhere when we rather just talk to solely the people who we play and enjoy the same game with. A lot of us like to hear the opinion of others who enjoy the same things we do and that is why we wish there to be an Off Topic thread and it isn't really that unreasonable to ask for. As someone says it causes a split in the community and we are trying to foster and promote community communication.

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Originally Posted by Dargoth_Draconia

We as the players understand the point of other forums and having a forum focused on FFXIV discussion but at the same time you send us elsewhere when we rather just talk to solely the people who we play and enjoy the same game with. A lot of us like to hear the opinion of others who enjoy the same things we do and that is why we wish there to be an Off Topic thread and it isn't really that unreasonable to ask for. As someone says it causes a split in the community and we are trying to foster and promote community communication.

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This. The game should be bringing us together, and the forums should acknowledge that we are diverse in our tastes and interests. We're no longer in an era where you can have a forum solely dedicated to one thing and be done. Every major site with forums has off-topic discussions or something along those lines. This should not be any different.