This game is on a terrible state right now.

[Carin-Eri]

So don't even bring it up if you only want it to support yours and yours only argument.

I simply don't wish to get into an argument about a game I don't enjoy anymore on a forum for a game that I do. I don't see any value in a discussion of that nature.

As for negativity, I don't get it. This is official forums, not some facebook meme page. Why would anyone come here to spread positivity? You have twitter, reddit, FB is supposedly still a thing, discords, and many other media for that. OF is more akin to discussion forums and positive things simply do not spark the discussions, which is why narrative often seems skewed towards negativity. The fact that half of the posts nowadays are shitposts is another thing.

Why wouldn't they? I mean, my first post/thread here was pretty much asking advice and I received some wonderful responses. I don't much like the implication that forums are little more than a soapbox for players who only want to broadcast complaints.

Constructive criticism != negativity. Reason why majority of us are here is because we do love the game, but we want it to be even better. I honestly have yet to see anyone here who seem to genuinely hate the game. There are people with different game philosophies, but that's fine, this is why we discuss in a first place.

I tend to think YoshiP (and no, I don't worship him - but he does know infinitely more about managing a gaming company than I do) was correct when he said "the silent always leave first" and "if citizens are complaining it means they still care".
But that doesn't mean that we should do nothing but complain, does it?

So stop thinking that people here are the biggest haters, in reality, it's often people who love the game the most.

Not sure where you got the idea that I think people here are haters as I said nothing to suggest that. I simply stated that I feel the forum leans too far into negativity to the point where, in some threads, saying something positive leads to rebuke and having to justify my opinion as I have done here.