Off Topic Forum

[Kidkaze]

But this is the community section of the forums and technically not even the right place to be giving suggestions or communicate with the devs. They are here for the community to talk about stuff.

"The purpose of this forum is for players to discuss various topics on FINAL FANTASY XIV with other players." - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Discussion%21

[Xzen]

"The purpose of this forum is for players to discuss various topics on FINAL FANTASY XIV with other players." - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Discussion%21

Indeed but It's a community resource and not one of the dev forums. So why not improve upon it by keeping off topic in off topic instead of punishing people for wanting to talk to their community that share similar interests (FFXIV).

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

Indeed but It's a community resource and not one of the dev forums. So why not improve upon it by keeping off topic in off topic instead of punishing people for wanting to talk to their community that share similar interests (FFXIV).

There's already a community called fan forums.

[Xzen]

There's already a community called fan forums.

I'm not a part of those communities nor do I have the desire to be. Anyone with an email account can join those. You have to have a game account to come here.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

I'm not a part of those communities nor do I have the desire to be.

Then you're missing out on talking on your off topic forums with other FFXIV fans.

[Xzen]

Then you're missing out on talking on your off topic forums with other FFXIV fans.

I'm not interested in improving fan sites. I'm interested in improving FFXIV's official forums.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

I'm not interested in improving fan sites. I'm interested in improving FFXIV's official forums.

Well I say the official forums are doing fine, people are talking about the game which what they should be doing unlike this thread.

[Ava]

I'm not interested in improving fan sites. I'm interested in improving FFXIV's official forums.

Discussing random stuff isn't improving the forums. A lot of developers have been moving away from off topic forums because they aren't really all that beneficial. Fan sites are actually incredibly beneficial to MMORPGs. The more fan sites get out there, the more exposure the game gets and really off topic things are best off elsewhere. If you're not interested in improving fan sites, then you have too narrow of a focus and it's not helping the game. That type of mindset drove it into the ground in the first place.

[KaiKatzchen]

I'm not a part of those communities nor do I have the desire to be. Anyone with an email account can join those. You have to have a game account to come here.

Actually all you have to do is sign up for an account which anyone can do, you don't have to have the game to be able to make an account or post here. So in an essence anyone with an email can sign up here too, this forum is just specific to FFXIV unlike the others that allow you to talk about anything including the game.

[Xzen]

Actually all you have to do is sign up for an account which anyone can do, you don't have to have the game to be able to make an account or post here. So in an essence anyone with an email can sign up here too, this forum is just specific to FFXIV unlike the others that allow you to talk about anything including the game.

So why can't we have all that here aside from the fact that there is no off topic forum? Why should we have to go somewhere else?