Off Topic Forum

[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.

[Xzen]

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

Are they? Most threads don't devolve into flame wars? People have no where to talk about subjects a little more light hearted or much more serious than FFXIV with their official community without having their threads deleted and action taken against them for superficial reasons. The only thing the mods should have to take action against the community for is harassment.

[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.

[Xzen]

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.

Really? I'm pretty sure the state the game released in was the cause of that. I agree that random topics don't help the game. Thats why they need to go into an off topic forum instead of punishing people for saying harmless things.

[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.