Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
Just fyi, most of those bug report features are the same thing as going to a website form to fill out, the in-game feature is usually there because of the lack of a forum or proper website setup. SimCity 2013 does this and it simply directed you to a specific section for reporting/feedback. Forum vs In-Game are both very easy as there's already a lodestone team that monitors the website/forums that can relay info and already collect data internally as players are playi...err "testing."
You pretty much summed it all up, Elexia. I do remember hearing from someone that when the Alpha forums did close, some people found game-breaking bugs in the game and had no way to report them. Like, someone posted screenshots on different forums of the game-breaking bugs (I saw the screenshots, too). It would have been wise if SE left those forums open until the Alpha servers were taken offline. Then again, it's pretty much up to SE to decide what is right.