Dear Devs: Please lock threads that are 3-6 months old without new responses.

[Cidel]

^This. Single threads are infinitely more accessible and easier to gain info from than a thousand topics all talking about the same thing. Necro'ing & bumping topics that are still relevant topics to this day instead of making new ones should be encouraged, as long as discussion is relevant.

This is my biggest takeaway from this. Just look at all the Bluemage threads that were all dragged back. They all could have been condensed to one, maybe two threads, but people here frequently feel the need to forgo the effort of searching for an already existing thread (sometimes literally only a page or 2 beyond the first page of "New Posts") about a topic they want to discuss and just create their own thread. (Then again, maybe this is just their ego- their "I need to be post #1 on a topic so people see my opinion")

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-kidding-me%21
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...e-a-normal-job
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...change-my-mind.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-turn-back-now
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...w-Limited-jobs

And that's not even all the BLU threads that were active at some point or another.

As for the person purposely seeking out and bumping long inactive threads, all these BLU threads are a testament that they're not looking to have an actual discussion on the topic; instead of bumping just one or 2 BLU threads to discuss it, they've gone with like 5. Unfortunately this seems to artfully avoid any moderator repercussions simply because I believe it's not explicitly against the forum rules and appears to at least provide on-topic comments when done so.

[HeulGDarian]

This is my biggest takeaway from this. Just look at all the Bluemage threads that were all dragged back. They all could have been condensed to one, maybe two threads, but people here frequently feel the need to forgo the effort of searching for an already existing thread (sometimes literally only a page or 2 beyond the first page of "New Posts") about a topic they want to discuss and just create their own thread. (Then again, maybe this is just their ego- their "I need to be post #1 on a topic so people see my opinion")

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-kidding-me%21
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...e-a-normal-job
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...change-my-mind.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-turn-back-now
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...w-Limited-jobs

And that's not even all the BLU threads that were active at some point or another.

As for the person purposely seeking out and bumping long inactive threads, all these BLU threads are a testament that they're not looking to have an actual discussion on the topic; instead of bumping just one or 2 BLU threads to discuss it, they've gone with like 5. Unfortunately this seems to artfully avoid any moderator repercussions simply because I believe it's not explicitly against the forum rules and appears to at least provide on-topic comments when done so.

its not just blue mage, there are a lot of topics that get a crap ton of threads unnecessarily and the reason is pretty simply. Every time someone doesnt like the opinion that has the most traction in said thread , he will make a new one and try again till he sees the result he wants to see. At some point it becomes extremely tiring so people just stop bothering to answer, meaning it gets increasingly likely for another opinion to arise.
The only time a point can get across to the devs through the forums, is when everyone agrees. Which is extremely rare considering how people are so selfish to the point of being irrational.
I honestly think at this point pole votes with what the devs want to do would be far more efficient than the Forums, ofc they would also need to back it up with talks as to why they want to do said thing, and how said thing makes the game better.



EDIT
should also say that some of the multiple threads are used just to troll.