Forums: "High-Level" General Discussion sub-forum needed

[yoshikwalla]

What you're implying is that lower-leveled players have the inability to speak in advanced discussion. Let's say that there are two players. Both players started on the same day. Both players have played for about the same amount of time, putting in the same amount of hours per day. One player's highest rank is 25. The other player's highest rank is 50. Both players have played since launch and have done extensive research on fansites and forums. Do the r25 and the r50 have different levels of knowledge in the game's mechanics and systems? Yes or no. In fact, the r25 might have even more knowledge about the game's mechanics than the r50.

There's a difference, you see, between levels and experience. You can play this game for a long time and not get a r50. Some people don't want to deal with the immense grind... a grind that has you doing the same thing over and over. Levequest, Grind, Levequest, Grind... and if you're crafting, it's even more repetitive.

A knowledgeable person shouldn't be forced to grind to a high rank and level simply to take part in conversation.

How can a r50 relate more to issues than a r25 or a r30? A lot of the issues are the same. There's still the interface lag, the connection problems, the game shutting down due to DirectX problems, the lack of interesting story quests, et cetera.

What if instead of a separate forum then, a thread-starter could decide for their thread whether or not to limit the participation just for that thread? All ideas are appreciated. I think so far we all agree there's a problem, the tricky part is really how to solve it. On other forums it would probably be addressed with much stricter moderation, but I don't think SE wants to go in that direction.

Letting thread starters make the decision is a step in the right direction, so this I agree with more. The only problem is that it could be used to make r50-only threads... and if it's related to r50 content, I'd understand. The problem with r50-only threads is that elitists could use that to have conversations and simply keep out the lower leveled players simply to be elitist. Perhaps with some forum moderation, it could work.