Guild Wars 2

You know what?

From playing lots and lots of mmo’s I’ve come to a conclusion (as many certainly did) :

Forums are getting more bad rep for the games than helping players.

I think from now on the companies that make MMO’s should only have a private channel to receive input and should shut down open forums for good.

If and only if they deemed necessary would they drop a post to debate something.

I’m sick and tired (I’m sure it’s not only me) to come to forums to have a good read or try to find help or provide help depending on the situation and I have to flip through piles of crap with nerf this nerf that , the game sucks, wow is better, class is OP and generally whining.

I wouldn’t give akittenbut I think it actually worsens the game experience specially when devs have a tendency to hear the complaints (good or bad).

That’s why I think open forums should cease to exist (at least in mmo’s).

Share your thoughts.

I think both sides ruin the forum atmosphere: the fanboys and the anti-fanboys.

The people in the middle (we’ll call them moderates) see the goods and bads of the game and are interested in discussing it. The problem is that any discussion that gets brought up is swarmed with people saying one of two things: 1) lol gw2 so bad worst game no endgame blahblahblah, or 2) gw2 best game of all time no flaws.

Both sides are obnoxious, neither side contributes anything meaningful to any conversation, and I’m much more likely to ignore forums in general due to both of them.

I agree.
I wish they would have a seperate section ‘Rants and Raves’, and keep General Discussion for discussing the game. I am really not interested in some kids opinion because he doesnt like blah blah.

Death Aggro.9602:

Yes sounds great. Censorship is what we need……..Idiot.

And here we have exactly what the OP is talking about. Contributes nothing whatsoever and can only get a point across by being derogatory.

Yes if it helps with the load of whining a person has to endure each day on the forums (I risk saying 70%+ of the threads are whining) I prefer censorship.

Yes I do for the sake of not having to read tons of trash each day. I just wish the banhammer would come even more frequently.

Let’s face it forums have more trolls than all the Lord of the Rings combined. I just feel whatever good input being given is being overshadowed by the endless lines of trash posts.

If that’s what it comes to just kill the beast please.

[Quote]I think both sides ruin the forum atmosphere: the fanboys and the anti-fanboys.[/Quote]

I agree with you. I’m not a fanboy , never was , prob never will be but heck I ain’t coming to the forums complaining about a class because it killed me solo. I bet you will find several with no problem whatsoever to do that.

If the forums are ruining it for you and you prefer them to be closed then why not at least stop visiting them.