I like how the forum is setup. Creates a sense that every language is part of the community. The language selections in the upper right seem to be for the ESO site, and not the forums specifically. Clicking on one does not change how the forums look in any way, English still gets the main headers. It only changes the site.

It's annoying, I get it. It looks messy. I want proper language selection too. But why is everyone [snip] it when it's just the same titles translated to German and French? It's not like ZOS is hiding some important forum information from you by using foreign languages.

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No shpeiken deutch?

I don't think they need to separate the forums. I don't mind the idea of the links to the forums for the non-English languages being on the same page as the English one, I just mind that the way they're presented makes it look as if they're sub-forums nested inside the English ones. It's obvious by this and other threads that it's been confusing to both sides.

I can agree with the possibility that they were put together to enhance the feeling of community, but it wasn't executed as well as it should have been. Though the forums were only opened a few days ago and I'm sure they're interested in feedback from us players in regards to functionality and overall user-friendliness. Just give it a bit of time and perhaps our concerns will be addressed.

1. This isn't the biggest issue, but that doesn't mean it's an invalid concern.
2. Just because this thread is written from an English perspective doesn't mean it only effects those that read and speak only English.

I know the OP is far from constructive, but everyone would do well to stop jumping on this and antagonizing each other with short sighted comments such as English speakers being 'arrogant.' The core point is that the current jumble of languages on the forum is inconvenient for some people English speaking or otherwise, and it's not necessary to ridicule them simply for expressing their perspective confusion at the current forum structure. Zenimax is undoubtedly looking into concerns like this and working to improve ease of user experience on the forums, as there has been plenty of criticism against some of their design choices.

I wouldn't personally say sectioning the forum is the prime solution, but if the threads can't be filtered in a harmonious way, it might be the best in the end. Reading thread titles in your own language between other languages simply is not intuitive however, and you can deny it if you like, I'm just not sure why anyone would object so strongly to a change from what seems to be far from perfect.

Threads with such helpful titles as this should be just deleted as soon as they spawn.

Honestly these forums are one of the worst I have ever seen.

They should have just made a localization option. It does get annoying sifting through triplicates due to French and German translations.

English is my set language, that is all I should see, unless it's in a category/forum dedicated to a language.

I can see how it would be a hassle though, as most software will only localize the software itself, not the content published via user base.

The whole forum set-up is kind of weird to me, beyond the mish-mosh of languages clumped into one. I do find it annoying that I can't read a significant portion of the posts on each page (thus they are basically, for me, wasted space), but then I imagine that that's probably what non-English speaking folks have to deal with frequently on sites that are dominated by English-speakers and have no separate space for other languages.

In short, while it's kind of refreshing to see a lack of linguistic segregation, it does make navigating the forums more of a pain. But honestly, navigating these forums is kind of a pain to me anyway--as far as the categories page is set up. I'm so used to seeing a list of forum areas, the columns freak me out. Haha. It's an adjustment, I suppose.