Off Topic Forum

[Xzen]

Well I say the official forums are doing fine, people are talking about the game which what they should be doing unlike this thread.

Are they? Most threads don't devolve into flame wars? People have no where to talk about subjects a little more light hearted or much more serious than FFXIV with their official community without having their threads deleted and action taken against them for superficial reasons. The only thing the mods should have to take action against the community for is harassment.

[Xzen]

Discussing random stuff isn't improving the forums. A lot of developers have been moving away from off topic forums because they aren't really all that beneficial. Fan sites are actually incredibly beneficial to MMORPGs. The more fan sites get out there, the more exposure the game gets and really off topic things are best off elsewhere. If you're not interested in improving fan sites, then you have too narrow of a focus and it's not helping the game. That type of mindset drove it into the ground in the first place.

Really? I'm pretty sure the state the game released in was the cause of that. I agree that random topics don't help the game. Thats why they need to go into an off topic forum instead of punishing people for saying harmless things.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

Are they? Most threads don't devolve into flame wars? People have no where to talk about subjects a little more light hearted or much more serious than FFXIV with their official community without having their threads deleted and action taken against them for superficial reasons. The only thing the mods should have to take action against the community for is harassment.

Like I said there are fan forums. If you want to talk to the community then I don't understand why you wouldn't join a fan forum. Anyway this is my last post in this topic, I don't want to keep bumping up something that's against the rules.

[Kidkaze]

Really? I'm pretty sure the state the game released in was the cause of that. I agree that random topics don't help the game. Thats why they need to go into an off topic forum instead of punishing people for saying harmless things.

How about people actually pay attention to the rules and purposes of forums like this, and then they will not get "punished unnecessarily"?

[Xzen]

Like I said there are fan forums. If you want to talk to the community then I don't understand why you wouldn't join a fan forum. Anyway this is my last post in this topic, I don't want to keep bumping up something that's against the rules.

This topic isn't against the rules of this forum. It's related to the FFXIV community and only seeks to improve it.

[KaiKatzchen]

I'm not a part of those communities nor do I have the desire to be. Anyone with an email account can join those. You have to have a game account to come here.

Actually all you have to do is sign up for an account which anyone can do, you don't have to have the game to be able to make an account or post here. So in an essence anyone with an email can sign up here too, this forum is just specific to FFXIV unlike the others that allow you to talk about anything including the game.

[Xzen]

How about people actually pay attention to the rules and purposes of forums like this, and then they will not get "punished unnecessarily"?

Because it's going to keep happening as long as there is not an off topic forum. Again why should they have to punish people for something so frivolous. Just move them to off topic and be done with it.

[Xzen]

Actually all you have to do is sign up for an account which anyone can do, you don't have to have the game to be able to make an account or post here. So in an essence anyone with an email can sign up here too, this forum is just specific to FFXIV unlike the others that allow you to talk about anything including the game.

So why can't we have all that here aside from the fact that there is no off topic forum? Why should we have to go somewhere else?

[Nayt]

Because it's going to keep happening as long as there is not an off topic forum. Again why should they have to punish people for something so frivolous. Just move them to off topic and be done with it.

Why do you think these flame wars, trolls etc. you refer to would settle in an off topic forum only? It is more likely that there will be multiple places that gets flamed instead. Habits are hard to break, especially if there's no will to do so.

[Xzen]

Why do you think these flame wars, trolls etc. you refer to would settle in an off topic forum only? It is more likely that there will be multiple places that gets flamed instead. Habits are hard to break, especially if there's no will to do so.

No the flame wars will never go away. But instead of deleting off topic threads and punishing the people that made them they can just focus on the flame wars.