The future of FFXIV forums

[Okipuit]

Happy Friday everyone!

Just a tiny bit of information for you all~

Regarding Advanced Level Forums:
We received some feedback requesting to have some sections of the FFXIV forums restricted to only allow players over a specific level. We just wanted to let you know that we do not have any plans to place any limitations such as this because we want new players to be able to ask questions, and provide feedback, which can be useful for new subscribers as well.

As for the forums after A Realm Reborn is released:
We will continue to operate the forums after launch; however, we are still working out the details on what we should do with all of the posts when we switch over. We'll keep you in the loop as soon as we have any updates.

Ogre and out!

[Laughlyn]

Clean it out, make a really fresh start.

[Duelle]

Regarding Advanced Level Forums:
We received some feedback requesting to have some sections of the FFXIV forums restricted to only allow players over a specific level. We just wanted to let you know that we do not have any plans to place any limitations such as this because we want new players to be able to ask questions, and provide feedback, which can be useful for new subscribers as well.

This is a fairly pointless restriction, so I'm glad you have no plans to implement this. I kind of get why they would ask for this: to prevent people with lv1 alts from trolling threads and so on. Of course, that can't really work here due to our using aliases rather than our character names to post on the forums.

Clean it out, make a really fresh start.

This.

Though I would appreciate advance notice so that I can store/cache/whatever the important stuff like the RDM Design thread as well as the vanity slots thread.

PS: I'd like PM's and the ability to put links in our signatures to become available to us once 2.0 hits. That way I don't have to rely on tiny url or shamelessly linking stuff like this to get a point across.

[Kraggy]

Clean it out, make a really fresh start.

Depends on whether SE keep the V1 servers running after V2's release, as they're currently considering doing.

If V1 closes down then these forums really aren't useful any more except for nostalgia (which I'm not knocking, it's fine to look back) so some form of freezing/archiving would be best if it can be done I think.

However, if V1 still lives post-V2 then these forums would provide somewhere for players to chat on: of course, with no expected SE involvement beyond moderation of content.

[Antanias]

Overhaul the way the forums look, that would be a very pleasant surprise

[Zaireeka2025]

Overhaul the way the forums look, that would be a very pleasant surprise

It'd be nice if it matched the new UI theme.

[Estellios]

Ogre and out!

Oh Okipuit, please stay with us forever

[Rau]

Can we get a Dark Theme for mobile phones and latenight viewers?

[BotenAnna]

Happy Friday everyone!

Just a tiny bit of information for you all~

Regarding Advanced Level Forums:
We received some feedback requesting to have some sections of the FFXIV forums restricted to only allow players over a specific level. We just wanted to let you know that we do not have any plans to place any limitations such as this because we want new players to be able to ask questions, and provide feedback, which can be useful for new subscribers as well.

Ogre and out!

I don't understand how one forum restricted to people who have one (or more) max level job(s) precludes being able to help new people.

[Fear]

I don't understand how one forum restricted to people who have one (or more) max level job(s) precludes being able to help new people.

Because most high levels will most likely only view & post in that forum and not in the ones newer players will view.