Why Are the FFXIV Forums So Bad?

[sindriiisgaming]

It's funny when a troll insults the entire forums then comes back and claims it's a joke when it's possible it's another titanmen doing there usual stuff.

willing to bet considerable cash its neumenom alt.
*they were getting a lot of hate latley on here
*claims to have poor english but speaks cohearently and understands equally well
* plays on the exact same server
*character race/gender/skin colour is identical
*Neumenon is nowhere to be seen on this post but is constantly posting and replieng to every thread
*proven rage baiter with several provocative posts

[Turtledeluxe]

I can't tell if you're mad people are criticizing the game right now or mad at people who are mad people who are criticizing the game right now.

[Nebelheim]

willing to bet considerable cash its neumenom alt.
*they were getting a lot of hate latley on here
*claims to have poor english but speaks cohearently and understands equally well
* plays on the exact same server
*character race/gender/skin colour is identical
*Neumenon is nowhere to be seen on this post but is constantly posting and replieng to every thread
*proven rage baiter with several provocative posts

I think it's there alt as well and both accounts seem to be the new titanmen of the forums.

[Snorky]

Oh I love bridges! I sleep under them often.

I'm glad you got my weird humor

[Kes13a]

Thats a good point, though I wasn't aware just how poorly the forums were moderated, I was kinda just making a joke over how ratchet it gets in here. I also assumed your square account was just your square account and if you got banned that was it for that account, so that actually makes a lot more sense, theres not really any consequences so people just treat it like twitter lol

poor moderation is one thing

the moderation here is virtually non existant.

it was not always this bad, it was not the flaming dumpster of a trainwreck it is today. in recent years it has deteriorated, and some of the forum users take full advantage of that. there is the rare occasion when they wake the moderator up, more to justify whatever pay they give them as opposed to any real sense of moderation. kind of like the way the Special Task Force deals with in game bots....

[Myrany]

In-game is moderated a little more stricter, and for the most part the severity of loss is much higher.

If you're banned on forum, I don't think the ban extends to in-game. If you're banned on forums, then you're banned on forums alone. Whereas with in-game you have the potential to lose hundreds or thousands of cumulative effort.

If bans on forums extended to in-game bans, then a lot of what happens here would quieten down.

Plus, the purpose of a forum is to debate and discuss more than anything else, so you get a lot of conflicting personalities, and generally speaking people can take disagreements as an attack, regardless of what side. Compared to in-game where you're more just using it as a social outlet, so the interactions are more of a social manner.

Actually forum bans can at severe enough levels cost you your in game account. I have read enough SE emails about forum bans that have been posted elsewhere on the net to know the company specifically warns you that that is possible. That said I haven't seen it actually happen in a VERY long time.

Mostly the forums are not moderated unless someone files a report on someone else and even then it is minimal. So nasty behavior is free to continue. Sad state of affairs but it is what it is.

[Rithy255]

1. because some people are upset with the state of the game.
2. voicing opinions is most easy here and like reddit?
3. Idk some people like trolling IG.
4. Forums are usually like this from my experience honestly, nothing out the norm.

It's not really that complicated why you would get the more "negative" or passionate type of people here really.

[Karious]

Titanmen is actually amusing to Interact with on the forums regardless of account. I'd be sad if OP was him.

Forums are fine except for the constant "look what zelpa said!!!" Threads every other day.

[Noumenon]

willing to bet considerable cash its neumenom alt.
*they were getting a lot of hate latley on here
*claims to have poor english but speaks cohearently and understands equally well
* plays on the exact same server
*character race/gender/skin colour is identical
*Neumenon is nowhere to be seen on this post but is constantly posting and replieng to every thread
*proven rage baiter with several provocative posts

*lately

*coherently

*replying

[ForteNightshade]

There is basically zero moderation. What little does happen is entirely handled by automation. Only on very rare circumstance is there any manual input. On top of that, what's enforced is both incredibly inconsistent and often based on reports. You'll see someone permabanned for swearing yet put in any swear word into the search bar and you'll find posts with several. The fact that's even a thing when forums have built in censorship is kind of hilarious and really goes to show how archaic the forums are.

It's all a bit ironic considering the forums used to be the exact opposite. You'd be flagged almost instantly for mentioning parses but nowadays people have made threads outright listing every single plugin by name and the thread remained up.

Which is why whenever you're told to "submit feedback on the official forums," people laugh. Nothing said here goes to the devs unless it absolutely blows up such as Stormblood Lilies. Even then, it's usually reddit, twitter and content creators bringing attention to it.