Take your feed back else where

[ArkNova]

^ I second this, threads not directly related to XIV are gonna pop up no matter what. would be better off spending that energy figuring out a way to direct it in a section of the forum titled not ffxiv related or something of that nature. Some threads are pretty funny but serve no real purpose and could be moved, like what kind of topic is considered General Discussion? Most threads I read look like they belong in feed back or somewhere else.

Greetings,

We do not have any plans on opening an off-topic forum. The main reason is that the forums are designed specifically for us to gather feedback and also to provide a place for the community to come together and discuss FINAL FANTASY XIV. An off-topic forum would not further either of those goals and as such we have no plans to introduce one.

straight from the horse's mouth.

[Duelle]

Greetings,

We do not have any plans on opening an off-topic forum. The main reason is that the forums are designed specifically for us to gather feedback and also to provide a place for the community to come together and discuss FINAL FANTASY XIV. An off-topic forum would not further either of those goals and as such we have no plans to introduce one.

straight from the horse's mouth.

This is very poor reasoning. If this is a place for the community to come together, then there needs to be something to allow off-topic discussions (or just general gaming). Each of us plays and sees much more than just Final Fantasy XIV, and if anything it would allow community focus to remain here rather than spread it throughout various sites. Not to mention that as a community it would also allow us to help each other out where possible.

WoW's forums happens to have a general gaming/hardware sub-forum, and amidst talking Skyrim, Megaman being abandoned by Capcom, and other MMOs and how they're faring compared to WoW, you also have immensely helpful threads like the primer a poster made for building a PC from scratch, along with several threads asking for OS, anti-virus and hardware advice and people trying to help and give advice as best as they can.

Sure, you run the risk of it turning into something like that trollfest known as Allakhazam's assylum sub-forum, but meh.