Alright, so I’m writing this mainly because of the suggestions forums having 28*673=18844 threads, and some 200+ of them are about mounts.
So yeah, I’ll be mostly using the suggestion forums as an example.
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Why is this bad? Well, if everyone made a new thread every time they wanted to post about mounts (they basically do, but bare with me) all the other suggestions would be pushed down. What if among those suggestions, there was a golden suggestion that would ensure everyone had a blast playing GW2 while also somehow solving the world hunger and global warming?
So, as per stated in the forum code of conduct, you should just post your point in already existing thread about the matter if you can. This will bump the thread, of course, but won’t do harm for other, valuable suggestions.
Actual guide
So, there are two (maybe more) ways of searching the forums:
The quick way
1. Go to the sub-forum you are about to post
2. Locate the search field on the upper right corner of the screen
3. Type in a search term, for example “Mount”, see the results
4. Change the search word, for example “Last logged” and “Inactivity” will both produce results about threads suggesting adding a “Last logged in” column on the roster.
5. Reiterate a few times
The efficient method
1. Go to www.google.com
2. Type in your search word, then “site:” followed by the url to the subforum you are going to post in, for example “mount site:forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/suggestions/”
3. You can also use the normal google tricks to make your search yield better results, for example:
“mount site:forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/suggestions/ -maelstrom” so there won’t be any threads about the Mount Maelstrom, if you just wanted mounts.
If you still can’t find a thread related to your idea, post a new thread. (And congratulations for coming up with something unique.)
nice tip on advanced searching as the search feature on this is terrible..
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