The fate of this forum and beta forum

what will happen after open beta end? will the two forum combined into one?

the thought of having beta forum poster to post in this forum make me shudder, really

Personally, I'd like to see the beta forum look...except replace most of the black w/ dark and light blue. Dev posts could be black with a red Dalamud circle cutting through the bottom right corner.

Just my two gil though.

The beta forums have newer software, or at least a few more options here & there, like being able to search for only dev posts. I hope those features make their way to these forums.

As far as bad behavior, beta posters have more opportunity to be disruptive and anonymous because the forums aren't limited to paying customers. There also seems to be quite a few trollish posters who have obtained multiple beta keys to make large amounts of posts and threads without fear of losing beta access or being identified.

I don't pretend even these forums weren't infamously horrible a year or more ago. Sadly that is likely to return. A lot of the "problem" is having a huge number of users posting, which seems to make many posters try to shout and take extreme positions just to be noticed. Fan forums aren't immune to this, but the smaller population leads to more personal interactions and less abusiveness and trolling.

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Originally Posted by ArkhamNative

I don't pretend even these forums weren't infamously horrible a year or more ago. Sadly that is likely to return.

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Exactly. Enjoy the calm while it lasts, the only reason it's been nice here is because the majority is posting at the beta forums. When the payment starts it will become better, but even back in 1.0 the forum and the ingame community were more or less complete opposites.

Forums be damned! XD

We should eliminate both of them and use only the Lodestone.

I don't think the BETA forums will be merged with normal forums, the forums will go through an update in redesign.

I personally would be content with just using the Lodestone blogging-ware ^_^ d

Well, I think the Beta forums will be archived and maybe closed, and these will open to the paying masses.

I will miss our quaint, quiet, cordial, happy and virtually private forums when that happens.

<3 you all! :)

I like the new features of the beta forums but looking at black and blue all day kind of gets annoying, I feel like this color scheme is better on the eyes... I hope they have different skins if we prefer this scheme...

They said awhile ago what would happen to the forums. there will be new forums for ARR and these (1.0) and the Beta forums will be made accessible through an Archive.

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Originally Posted by Kirito

I like the new features of the beta forums but looking at black and blue all day kind of gets annoying, I feel like this color scheme is better on the eyes... I hope they have different skins if we prefer this scheme...

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It would be nice if they had a colour scheme selection. A few forums have this option, although I don't know if this one can support it.

Or better yet, be able to customize the scheme yourself (colours only).

As for the merge... Well... we have a few safehouses. >_>

What I think the fate of the beta forums should be
http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...a6jho1_500.gif

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Originally Posted by Nayto

It would be nice if they had a colour scheme selection. A few forums have this option, although I don't know if this one can support it.

Or better yet, be able to customize the scheme yourself (colours only).

As for the merge... Well... we have a few safehouses. >_>

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I'll support this!

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Merging forums would cause clutter, there's no missing old threads when launch happens. It'll be better to start off with a clean slate.

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Originally Posted by PSxpert2011

It'll be better to start off with a clean slate.

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But dood! We both just hit 1,000 on our post counts! ;)

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

But dood! We both just hit 1,000 on our post counts! ;)

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lol yes, the post loss would be a shame...

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

But dood! We both just hit 1,000 on our post counts! ;)

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Originally Posted by Kirito

lol yes, the post loss would be a shame...

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yeah....can't live without the post count....

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Originally Posted by lordoftheapes79

yeah....can't live without the post count....

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Beta forums may need to go just because of all the content still under NDA. SE can archive or even remove posts here, but I hope they can keep the accounts (and upgrade the forum software).
It would be nice to keep our post count and rank. Maybe even a "Legacy Mark" for all the v1 avatars? :D

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Originally Posted by PSxpert2011

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Merging forums would cause clutter, there's no missing old threads when launch happens. It'll be better to start off with a clean slate.

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Oh sorry. I meant when they make the new forum for ARR or whatever they do.

i dont really mind with post count, but i hope they keep this forum archived

I didn't post much but I did lurk a lot. I'm gonna miss how it is now. The forums will be going straight to the gutter when the new wave hit. An unfortunate price to pay for improving the community population. Even after beta is over and everyone left are paying subscribers it'll still be bad, very bad. At least the ingame community will persevere.

I don't really care about the post count, it's just a number. Especially since it has no correlation with post quality.

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Originally Posted by ArkhamNative

Maybe even a "Legacy Mark" for all the v1 avatars? :D

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And have all the "you filthy legacy scum!"-shouting people have an easy way to identify us? no, thanks :P

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Originally Posted by Pwnagraphic

What I think the fate of the beta forums should be
http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...a6jho1_500.gif

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These fourms should be saved/archived/added. IMO.

Either way the SGD will live on forevaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

I haven't really looked inside the beta forums nor have I used these original ones much either.

However, I hope the community friendliness and support stays. I'd prefer not to see any ego wars and trolling on here by the new wave of players - but it's generally inevitable haha. Hopefully the SE moderators on here will be on top of the negative users on here when the time comes though. :)

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

But dood! We both just hit 1,000 on our post counts! ;)

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Yeah, it'll be a shame but I'm willing to sacrifice in hope of a better forum. One that links very nicely to our Lodestone blogs. A forum we can customize the color scheme and spend more time with non-productiveness between post & likes! I mean, what better way to kill time pre-BETA/ post-BETA...

Well, this thread had met it's devine-destiny XD

♪ Tell us why, given life, we are meant to die? Help us with our cry! ♪

I think keep both forums, and add and IQ test for these and the beta forums, and keep all the stupid people on the beta forums. (It won't change much)

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Originally Posted by Delsus

I think keep both forums, and add and IQ test for these and the beta forums, and keep all the stupid people on the beta forums. (It won't change much)

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hey you know what? I'm glad they're in Beta, cause now they won't buy the game and I won't have to deal with them all the time lol

So a almost whole week of downtime starting Friday morning, both forums.*
Will legacy merge with beta? or vice versa? or both into a forums reborn?
Will SE archive legacy? archive beta? *shudder*

Less than 2 days left!


*Beta forums won't be closed during that period. Oops, sorry. Too much to read this morning, and that was buried at the bottom of the last page. @.@

The post *over there* says that the B forums will be closing and asks everyone to come and post here with a link to this forum.

Though I reckon they'll update the GUI so it looks like the new Lodestone we got to Beta last month (hence the use of the word 'renew').

So all B forum posts and users will be deleted into oblivion where they belong! ;)

In all seriousness, I look forward to welcoming the vast influx of new players into these forums which have been virtually untouched by new folk since the Beta began.

Aww, the beta forum game is closing? Meh you could tell even the hardcore trolls were kinda giving up on it. Not enough content, and too much copy-paste threads apparently.
Not to mention the 10 min between posts fatigue system...about time the dev gave us ffxiv: afr.


edit: spelling

Buried at the bottom of another long page of info about another topic, was the note that the beta forums wouldn't be closing along with these. So... beta forums will continue for a while longer. Only here will be dark until Thursday.

Aaargh, my bad. Well, sort of.

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Originally Posted by ArkhamNative

Buried at the bottom of another long page of info about another topic, was the note that the beta forums wouldn't be closing along with these. So... beta forums will continue for a while longer. Only here will be dark until Thursday.

Aaargh, my bad. Well, sort of.

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Yeah, they're closing when the Beta ends, but being as here is closed until after that...

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

Yeah, they're closing when some time after the Beta ends, but being as here is closed until after that...

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ftfy :)
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Originally Posted by ArkhamNative

ftfy :)
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Oh, they're closing at the same time this one reopens. That makes sense, I guess!

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Originally Posted by Doony

Aww, the beta forum game is closing? Meh you could tell even the hardcore trolls were kinda giving up on it. Not enough content, and too much copy-paste threads apparently.
Not to mention the 10 min between posts fatigue system...about time the dev gave us ffxiv: afr.

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I don't think they've given up, I think they've been banned. I know I've been banned from there for a majority of the last month or so.

Wish I could find the link, but this was answered a loooong time ago. They said when the new loadstone launches, all Beta/Alpha forums and this forum will be archived and made available.