The Official Forums is an EXTREMELY poor example of a "Good Community"

[Carin-Eri]

If I'm honest, the only real issue I have here is that I find some forumites lack empathy. Not all, just some.

For example - I've always found the 'the game is too easy' mindset difficult here - there are definitely some forumites who lack understanding or tolerance of anyone who says/implies that they don't find the game easy, and the replies to such admissions can come across as being pretty condescending if not, occasionally, outright insulting.

Again, though, this doesn't apply to all cases and I have to note that I'm grateful for the support I received when I first joined the forum and posted a thread pertaining to my poor performance and asking whether I should continue or not.

[Axxion]

for me it is follows. Its how you look at it. Like someone mentioned before people on the forums (well some) are extremely self center for no reason at all. From time to time i find some of the discussions on here interesting like adding new options to characters etc but others i dont such as bring real like situations in a video games.

I do recall a time that the forums where way better than it was now. If anyone remember the time we made a book, want to say a screen shot book that we sent to yoshi p back in hw? That was community that i fell in love with. remember a time we lost a fellow player and they held a vigil for them ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YrhGja3Ghs&t=1s. This was made us great. Remember a time when we had troll post and we shut them down by making it about cooking recipes

But now its just a endless thing of bickering for no reason. Everybody thinks there opinion are great compare to others. Sadly to say it is not. Opinions are like assholes everybody got one but they thinks there's don't stink. We all want to enjoy the game fullest. But we all know this game has flaws but where should we go? they always say go to the forums and give feedback. The problem is with that is people keep making multiple forums post and not just keeping one big one alive and to get the point across.

Just wish people actually use there heads for once and use feeling. Tired of people always assuming and not using logic. Tired of the derailing. Tired of the lack of understanding. Tired of being tired of it all but hey if people want to meme so be it.

[Equitable_Remedy]

The forum isn't the community. The community is in the game.

/thread

[Renalt]

The forum isn't the community. The community is in the game.

/thread

Forum Top > English Forums > Community > General Discussion

Huh. Weird.

[Soge01]

I tend to do try and do the same when it comes to the forums. Say my piece and split, maybe respond to someone(s) whose replied to me or just make a bunch of random jokes. The forum could use an injection of comedy from time to time to make it feel less grim to pop into. That's why every once in awhile you'll see me dam near spamming off the walls threads, lol! Though, in those goofy threads I am somewhat serious.

Speaking of which, I'll probably be making a Borzoi mount thread. The fucking meme on youtube won't leave me alone, so now I suddenly wanna see a Borzoi sled mount in the game. xD

Anyways, Renalt you're 100% right on the forums and its people like you that make it feel more welcoming and fun to drop in, so I hope you keep doing that for as long as you want.

[FireMage]

"The Official Forums is an EXTREMELY poor example of a "Good Community"

Given you're a prime example of the issues with it, no duh

[Lunalepsy]

Bit of a disclaimer here...This is going to be a LONG post. Probably 2 posts so please hold any and all comments till I say I'm finished at the bottom. Of course you don't have to...but I'd like that. Also this rant ( Yeah a rant kinda ) is coming from a place of love. I love you guys and that's the honest truth. I've made a lot of friends on these forums and I appreciate you guys, but I am worried about some of you. I'm about to disclose some personal things about myself that is going to explain why I handle things the way I do. I hope you can learn what I learned just from my story and not in the way I learned it.

Immediately the TL;DR here is gonna be - People? Come on. Chill out.

Ok so I've been here for a little less than a year but most of you know me and know I'm practically here every day and hitting post caps quite often. You'll also notice for the MOST part I really don't take part in...heated "discussions" and if I DO join in...I usually say my piece and that's it. I also just make jokes...about everything.

However this post here is going to be pretty serious.

Ok introduction over. Time for the meat of things. The Official Forums is a poor example of a good community. Why would I say this?

People are so ANGRY on here. I feel like any thread I go into I should wear a helmet and low crawl so I don't take a stray right to the dome. Even posts just about sitting animations devolves into a rage fest. I'm not saying "Hey suck it up buttercup" or anything of the sort. This is how things get fixed. You have an issue, you lay out what that issue is, you might give a suggestion or two, you may or may not get some like minded individuals to agree and validate the issue OR maybe disagree and have a counter point, but then leave it at that.

However...it usually ends up with people getting offended or try to make it political somehow. Take the sit poses thread for an example. One side will be like, "Hey all races should have all sit animations" while the other side will be like "That defeats having races feel different from others."

Both have valid views but both sides REFUSE to take a moment and even consider the other side. It's absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to please everyone. You can try your best but you will fail at one point or another. Fix one thing and break two in the process. I've tried coding before. I DO NOT have the patience for it. I feel like coding is nothing short of writing spells and "Bam"...the magic happens and things are done. Just you reading this post is...mindboggling if you think about it. I'm clickity clacking away on a keyboard that is just on circuits, chips, and electricity and it becomes letters somehow. Anyway I digress...

Part 2 incoming

Because this community has been known for being so kind and wholesome. o3o

[Jybril]

Maybe you could have not brought him up on a thread that had literally nothing to do with him? Funny you say people are obsessed with him but you try to bring him in a topic that concerns him zero.

Perhaps if you could read past the last page then you could see I didn't bring him in it at first lmao.
I'm just pointing out you guys act weird on these forums with people.
It's creepy. I hope I don't say anything too out there so I don't have a damn cult behind me like he does.

[Hurlstone]

This forum is very… passionate to say the least. We cannot judge a community based on one place alone, but across the board I would not pick any forum to be a bastion of fan civility.

When I started playing back in 2014 these forums where relatively like every other MMO forum. As in, mostly a smal minority of players complaining about things from game breaking bugs to the change of a tooltips font. I did not interact much with it when I started playing again in late 2020 until Endwalker was released, when I wanted to find more lore discussions about this world that had helped me a lot over the last few years. As someone who really enjoyed EW and loved the character of Venat, you can guess my surprise when I entered the debates and saw that many here… are not fans of either. Which was fine, at first I enjoyed reading other peoples opinion on the matter. Whilst it did not change my mind, it did open my eyes to some things I had not considered and I am a staunch believer in the idea that storytelling, like all art, is subjective with no right or wrong way to enjoy it. What wore me more down eventually was just how with some people, that level of passion leads to hate (hehe Star Wars) which feeds into other areas of the lore and even gameplay. Some add a level of spitefulness to it that I just do not understand. It made debating things and digging into lore a chore when you may be casually called a genocide supporter or mummy simp for topics that barley involve the character/issues.*

* Disclaimer, I know many people on the opposite side of the debate have received similar opposition and drawbacks when commenting their views elsewhere, and that sucks, but I am talking mostly about this forum in its current/recent state over the wider community.

I did have to use the ignore feature a while back, which is somthing I try and avoid doing. Not because of said lore debates though. You can disagree with everything I love about the game but in the end its just a story made up of pixels. Getting angry at people for lore differences is just plain silly. No, a few months back someone posted a thread regarding LGBTQ+ opinions (I think they where just a troll trying to stire trouble) and lets just say I HAD to ignore some people, otherwise I would likely have been banned for the things I wanted to say haha. Like I said, when it comes to lore or gameplay opinions thats all fine and dandy… attacking people in real life is just plain stupid.

Anyway, despite what I said there are some great people here and I have really enjoyed many of the discussions about topics I have seen/been part of. I am also likely a hypocrite who has probably also let their emotions guide them too much in said issues, and the fact is I do still keep posting and coming here so… take that whichever way you want!

[Atelier-Bagur]

The forums are just another form of reddit mixed in with everyone acting like characters from Yiik.