Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
And while I don't deny forums can breed some nasty comments, that article comes across a little... poorly. Perhaps it's simply my interpretation, but it sounds more like he only wants positive feedback. Furthermore, negativity and toxicity are not the same thing. Neither here nor reddit have been toxic for the most part in regards to housing, just highly critical. Being told, "we're working on" feels a touch hollow when this issue has persisted for over a year and nothing has been done. They had to know people would mass log in—it's happened every single time new wards are added. Coincidentally, when all regions voiced their outrage, we got an immediate response.
I'm with you on the "what did they think was going to happen?" part for housing release day. It's happened every time and will continue to happen if they do these "starter gate" type of releases. This is one of the things they say they're addressing though, so fingers crossed.

I didn't get "don't tell me negative things" from that post though:
"If you can't contribute something positive to the conversation, or there's a chance you're speaking out of blind ignorance, just find something else to do."
Doesn't mean "only say nice things". It means contribute. Suggest a solution out of educated experience. "DO WHAT THIS GAME DOES" is not helpful. "I like the way this works in this game, maybe we could do this similar thing that works with the established mechanics of our own game?" is. "I don't like this thing" is feedback, but not all that useful.

I dunno about you, but I see a hell of a lot of toxicity in these forums, "lol the game sucks and is dying, SE white knight go suck more SE D(&^" pops up a lot. I always ask why those people are still here and haven't gotten a reasonable answer yet. People attack each other, insult each other and tell them how dumb they are for thinking some way without any sort of counter argument or proposed solution to the problem. They use the forum to put others down and contribute nothing. "LOL NO THAT'S STUPID". Not criticism, just an insult.