Can we please see more engagement and activity from our community representatives?

[Veloran]

Like 90% of the topics on the first page, abd many on subsequent pages, are all just troll posts made by one person. Can they really not just IP ban at this point? Really seems like there's zero moderation here.

[WhiteArchmage]

I suppose stranger things have happened than sabotage from within a company...

Speaking of which, the male viera thread was outright deleted for a while which happened right around the same time all this recent spam resurfaced with a vengeance.

Interestingly enough, said thread seems to have gone untouched by our resident troll(s), even though it tends to fall off the radar every so often and attracts enough volatility. Not implying anything, but it's fun to tinfoil hat it

[JohnSpawnVFX]

I regret taking the bait and responding to this thread. Now titan man is playing me. What you just said is exactly what I expect titan man to say when we find out another one of your forum alts. I actually come to these forums for important ff14 discussions and not to get baited into these troll threads. So yeah, you got me good this time.

If you come here for important discussions, why is it that 90% of your posts are just attempts at stirring the pot?

[Tint]

Just look at this topic, people already point at each other for no obvious reason and call them a troll and the topic derails after not only one page. This is not a healthy climate for this forum or the community.

Can you moderators finally step in, please? -.-

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

The worst part is threads that call them out directly are quickly wiped, while the 3 year old necro threads with replies about funding FF16 are left stinking up the place with no response. So we know SOMEONE is there, but bizarrely nothing is being done about the problematic posts.

Yeah, let us never forget #Ottergate. Completely harmless threads or threads with actual worthwhile discussion in them will get yeeted into the void at the drop of a hat, but blatant misuse and trolling of the forum gets... nothing. It really is difficult to not tinfoil hat a bit and believe it's some rogue moderator having their jollies at the expense of the general forum userbase.

What's truly sad is there's more likelihood for this thread and Edax's thread about the forum issues to get deleted, than there is the actual problem getting solved.

[Stormfur]

Not to excuse them of course, but I think community reps probably are also GMs (not 100% sure though), or they provide other support duties than the forums.

But if a community rep is reading this... please can we have some love on the PVP forum? We're nibbling on crumbs over there. <3

[Payadopa]

Hmm. Why can't we have a down vote button? Everything that gets like -50 turns less visible or something. I mean, you could still read it if you want. Not sure why we can't have that.

[MicahZerrshia]

For a game they claim to be as widely popular as it is, the complete lack of engagement is unbelievable. During the transition between v1 and ARR there was barely a thread not touched by the community mods. They would speak to us directly, answering questions, letting us know they got the feedback or just having some casual conversation. We knew the mods, we likely them. We chatted, laughed, and debated with them. They were awesome. I know most of them left for other games during or after ARR. But man those were good days. It actually made you feel like SE cared.

They did have stock answers for some things, usually "just wait til 2.0!" and I called them out on that once because it was an issue that needed to be addressed. Funny enough it was about bots and trolling. And they personally answered, apologized and gave a better answer. They didn't give us details but it wasn't just a copy/paste answer, or worse, no answer at all like we get today. They engaged with us, and that is what mattered more than anything.

But now, nothing. They are barely any better on twitter and other social media platforms as well unless they are advertising a new addition to mog station.

I have no idea what is going on at SE, but you would think they would take a little more interest in their player base.

I honestly think a lot of it has to do with the fact that Yoshida promised a lot more, like a whole lot more, than they were able to deliver. Not only in content that was scrapped, like primals wondering the maps and FCs having the ability to capture them and use them in other content. But also things like housing, which was supposed to auto-generate wards as needed and fc seals being used to expand your house and its limits.

And instead of explaining why certain things could not be implemented and showcasing what could, like other companies do, they went instead into full wall of silence mode. And now, my guess, is he doesn't want anyone to make any promises they cannot fulfill, so they just went on full lockdown.

[Sauteed]

My theory is both the characters in the game like Zenos or Ranjit and Elidibus etc are written by developers children because they are pretty kiddy. It's a game, ok I get it. But if if someone is gonna stand on it and be like GREAT STORY AND WRITING, I highly suggest reading Teenage mutant ninja turtles secret of the ooze. Thousands of times better than what we get here and shredder bebop and rocksteady were way cooler than elidibus, ranjit or zenos. Also Tmnt is purposefully geared for kids but whatever floats your boat.

To step in that same direction of thinking starting to think these forums are moderated by that same crew that wrote the story and characters. You can read ir write for kotaku all you like but you will never deceive me into thinking crap like this will be passed as good or acceptable. Will say my escape key works fine. The story is a mighty chunk of stuff I do not care about in this game, but there are great elements to it. Same for the forum, it is pretty bad if you going to it for what it is for. You want to laugh a little on your lunch break, it hits the spot. The whole thing kind of a delightful disaster. I used to try and offer suggestions I'm done with that now tho. Cheers.

[Theodric]

Hmm. Why can't we have a down vote button? Everything that gets like -50 turns less visible or something. I mean, you could still read it if you want. Not sure why we can't have that.

A downvote system would just be abused and stifle opinions that are unpopular but not bad.