not many people on the forums?

[saber_alter]

Everyone says this game is really popular but to me it seems like the traffic on the forums are very slow and almost dead?

its because most of us on the forums are the ones who like being vocal about things in games, or are complaining about something/felt the need to post after random lurking.
a lot of people just browse, no need to post. the game doesn't obligate it, but this exists so people can have a voice (a minor voice, but a voice)

[TouchandFeel]

I have never been banned nor even received a warning on anything and I have engaged in many of the more heated discussions on these forums, although I knew better than to engage in obvious troll threads and flame wars.

You can voice your dissenting opinion and have meaningful discussions without repercussion as long as you do so respectfully. Its not so much what you say, its how you say it. If you want to converse with others and not piss people off and get reported/banned/etc., leave your ego and attitude out of it. If you make nasty, insulting or demeaning responses or remarks to people on the forums, you're likely to rub someone the wrong way and that can lead to being reported and potentially banned. I myself have only reported someone once in the entirety of my times on the forums and that was for making a slew of racist remarks in a thread and completely derailing the discussion and then refusing to stop.

If you are constantly getting "regulated" on the forums, maybe you should take a look at your own conduct and not just try to point the finger elsewhere.

I agree that they should remove the character limit after you have reached a specific "rank (based on the stars)" for posting though. It can be a pain when posting from a phone.

[x-_-ILLUSION-_-x]

It's because everyone's perma'd, since mods ban you for everything, legitimate or otherwise.

[Elusana_Celah]

words

So power to the people who can troll, irk a lot of people and get THEM banned while he/she walks away untouched. That's how these forums are moderated. Good passive aggression and good trolling can get you quite a lot of lolz here.

Plus the banning practices here are unforgiving. Perma-bans are handed out faster than speeding tickets on an interstate highway.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I know I fell into that trap and got a 10 day time out for it.

[Zohnax]

Like someone said on Page 3, all it takes is people to report your post enough times regardless of however constructive or aggressive your post is to get someone banned. I've heard of it happening to numerous people before, so it leaves me with the impression that I can't have an opinion on here, and I just end up avoiding the Official Forums mostly.

[lordkaosu]

Please leave your opinion at the door.

[Geesus]

Everyone says this game is really popular but to me it seems like the traffic on the forums are very slow and almost dead?

I can say for myself and for 99% of our FC that, no one is on it because it's typically filled with a lot of QQing and other garbage. Occasionally I stop in to see IF, there is anything worth commenting on. Such as this post.

Hope you enjoy the game! ^.^

Edit: Found this

All you'll find here is a few randoms like me(because I'm laying in bed browsing forums befor I pass out) and a bunch of trolls and the angry kids. The rest of them spend more time on the game.

And this is my back up to what I said.

[Keydah]

Most people don't care about forums at all. Probably 70-80% of people play the game and don't touch the forums. Forums should never be used as an indicator of a game's popularity.

[SpookyGhost]

Just gonna say it - there's not really much to discuss either (at least compared to other games I've played). Everything that can be said has been said and now it's just beating a dead horse.

This is actually a really important point. Early 2.0 the forums were booming, every major patch with new relevant content the forum get a bit of a boom, and the rest is just a lull since there's not much to talk about. It's unfortunate, but content discussion can only last so long and there's not entirely much complexity to the combat system itself, so min/maxing discussion usually devolves into secondary stat weights and all that noise. Most people have better places to spend their time than a forum anyway. :P