I have a question for the "community".

[AwesomeJr44]

OP

I feel that you've had a couple of misconceptions when writing this thread.

1) Not everyone likes everything the exact same way. When a change is implemented, part of the playerbase is going to complain. Some people want free handouts like the Manderville weapons. Some people want actual content to do like previous expansions. No matter which one is chosen, complaints are unavoidable. The people who said Bozja/Eureka was bad back when it was current are not necessarily the people saying it was good now.

2) The people complaining right now are the ones unhappy, while the people who are currently happy have no use for feedback. There is not enough motivation for the average person to take the time to make positive feedback if they already have what they want. However, if you are unhappy, you may take the time to write a complaint in a hope that it'll be heard and the problem will be fixed. This is not something you can change simply by wishing it was so. This is basic human nature and to try and fight that is foolish.

3) This isn't a social media website. It is a forum for feedback. While you are free to leave positive feedback if you so desire, it is in no way required, nor is it healthy to attempt injecting positivity into it for its own sake. Trying to create a cycle of positive feedback exclusively for the sake of positivity is either worthless or harmful, not a good thing to be desired. An overabundance of positivity leads to stagnation and decay.

4) The devs have proven that positive feedback is not as effective as negative feedback. (although both have proven to be immensely ineffective at times) It makes common sense that the more effective method will be the more common one, and that's not without good reason. If the devs want more positive feedback, then they should create an environment where positive feedback is the more effective method. And this does not mean ignoring negative feedback. Ignoring negative feedback is how you end up where WoW is.

5) The devs are not our close friends. It is not our role to act as encouragement for them. If they lack motivation or encouragement, they need to solve that for themselves, not get a pep talk from a stranger on the internet.

6) You seem to think that the people here are the types who would want to give lots positive feedback for current systems but don't already do so. Anyone here is here to provide feedback on an issue in the game, doesn't care, or is already gushing over every little thing as if it was god's gift to earth. You're preaching to the choir.

As someone who in general enjoy the game, I counter and talk down a lot of regular complainers on this forum. But today I just realize ... aren't the people like me also a big part of the issue here?

If you still see fellow players who are unhappy with the current state of the game as 'regular complainers' who are also part of an 'issue', then you haven't really reached the epiphany you think you have. While you seem to have realized your mindset is a bad one, you haven't yet seemed to understand that you're still using it even now. If you want to fix an 'issue', perhaps you need to work on freeing yourself from that mindset. Until you do, you will always be a part of 'the issue'.

Despite your claims to the contrary, this thread really does seem like a 'complaining about complainers' thread.