Can we talk about the elephant in the room - Permanent Bans from the Official Forums

[Barraind]

I got a 10 day temp ban, and the reason given to me was...

a post I quoted.

A+ goodwork

[HyoMinPark]

I still feel like there are too many inconsistencies with the way bans are handed out. And I’m not even talking about the “this poster was banned because they were reported” versus “this poster wasn’t banned because they weren’t reported” — I’m talking about how some posters will get banned for the slightest mistakes, meanwhile, I’ve reported individuals for extremely vitriolic posts (with those awful bad words in them!) and they go on unscathed.

I just wish there was more consistency.

[Lubu_Mykono]

if you cannot stand censors just use reddit?

[Kazrah]

if you cannot stand censors just use reddit?

When was the last time you took anyone on Reddit seriously?

I rest my case.

[Lambdafish]

if you cannot stand censors just use reddit?

The devs don't read reddit. Whether they listen to our feedback or not, it's more likely to be noticed here.

[Zeonx]

if you cannot stand censors just use reddit?

Here is the issue the forums are apart your subscription fee.

If that is the case then the subscription fee should be lowered from 12.99 to 10 bucks. Because if you don't pay you get locked out of forums anyways so I figure hey that is apart my subscription and if I pay money to post on forums then I shouldn't be banned perm.

They have a cuss censor inside the game why not forums? To say the forums ain't apart of the sub fee then why does it lock when I don't pay?

Also might as well stop revealing everyones name by their pictures to because in game fighting happens and since its cross world and people come here to forums and could report them for their post and get them banned for grudges.

History should be locked from other players also this should be stuff only a GM could see on forum.

Perm bans to me are harsh when it happens to put the power in regular players hands and getting people banned for no reason and those reasons are just guessing they report some reasons that might not even be right.

like posting a picture without text and then someone saying they are making fun of a group of people but OP never said nothing but gets banned because someone claims they are making fun of others seen it happen thats bad judgement.

Let me give you a example.

Lets say I get into a heated argument with a player on a different world in a dungeon, he gets upset and decides to get pay back on me because a in game gm does nothing, so he waits on forums for me to post something then waits until I say or do something that might not even be bad but keeps reporting me until I get temp banned and waits the next 3 other times to get rid of me.

I bet you anything it has happen many of times on here also because your world and everything is posted right here for regular players to abuse it and its messed up but it happens.

[SpiritMuse]

If you go advanced mode on your own post you should be able to edit the title of a thread you've started. Just thought that should be added here. I didn't see that posted, although I skimmed the first four pages and then ran a search so.. I apologize if its old info now.

The weird thing about that though is that it doesn't actually change the title of the thread. It just changes the title of the first post in the thread. The original title will still be here on the forum page.

[Shougun]

The weird thing about that though is that it doesn't actually change the title of the thread. It just changes the title of the first post in the thread. The original title will still be here on the forum page.

Yeah just tested it, you're right. Although I swore I've done it before on a new thread lol (like 1 minute old thread). Maybe there is a time frame that it can be changed? Or forum features were tightened down over time? Next time I start a thread I'll have to see if I can fiddle with the title for a bit.

But thank you for pointing this out, I was (still am to an extent) feeling that you could. Also this just shows how important it is not to put something regrettable in a title lol, if you can't take it back and can get in trouble for putting it out there .

[Eli85]

This really isn't an issue, and it certainly isn't an elephant in the room. If players don't want to be banned, then they should not break the ToS. It's really that simple.

[Deceptus]

This really isn't an issue, and it certainly isn't an elephant in the room. If players don't want to be banned, then they should not break the ToS. It's really that simple.

Global companies shouldn't be forcing regional sensitivities on a global audience. Simply criticizing the game in a negative way can get you temporarily suspended.