Forum update! Feedback and incentive thread.

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3 Revision of the limitation to post in the forum by only active subscriptions : I would like to know what is the reasoning of this limitation. How can FFXIV gather feedback of the ones who have quit the game over X subject? Maybe limit for only reply and not new threads as a first move.

In the WoW forum, there were apparently people who claimed they have quit the game and yet stayed in the forum to post complaints about the game. Some of that might just be due to their subscription still having time, but it can be a legitimate issue.

If you have feedback to give, then you can give it within the time your subscription is active. Even if you only came back for one month, that's plenty of time to leave feedback in the forum after trying out the game again.

As for your other points:

I'm not sure what you mean by similar to Reddit, but I hope they don't change the actual message board format as I like reading a thread through once. Hiding threads/posts should be per user basis.

And that brings me to the negative reaction. I don't like how, in WoW forum, report functions are used to automatically hide posts. Again, hiding posts/threads should be individual user choice. (Of course, the problem in WoW forum is that it currently has no dislike button, so people abused the report function.)

That said, I personally don't think like/dislike buttons should be used at all. If you agree/disagree with someone's post, feel free to post and, hopefully, contribute to the thread by adding your own thoughts rather than just press a button.

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I'm not sure what you mean by similar to Reddit, but I hope they don't change the actual message board format as I like reading a thread through once. Hiding threads/posts should be per user basis.

Really not a fan of how Reddit is set up either, I'm sure it's a fine format for something like advice that should be elevated, but for a forum is probably the worst possible format I can think of for having a discussion.

Ideally though I'd like any system that allows blocking other users. It'd be nice to at least be able to moderate on our end.

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Ideally though I'd like any system that allows blocking other users. It'd be nice to at least be able to moderate on our end.

This forum has an ignore list. I don't use it, so I don't know if that's what you're talking about.

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This forum has an ignore list. I don't use it, so I don't know if that's what you're talking about.

Thanks I remember spending forever looking for it when I started using these forums and came up empty, but checked again just now after you mentioned it and I was able to find it almost immediately. Here's hoping it works better than other boards.