I am being genuine and I think the forums get a lot of QQ spam and unnecessary posts from people not truly devoted to the game.
See what you are trying to achieve @Knowledge but this place is way to liberal for that. I can see what you are saying, multiple people that seeming hate the game and have 'quit' yet still come here daily and comment / steer things.
But asking questions is too valuable to new players for this to be an asset.
However an ESO+ members area might give you what you are after. Active / dedicated players discussion.
You are right, too - I mean people go full on negative, 'QUIT' the game and brag about quitting and still try to neg out every thread going.
Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
Or... they could just actually change moderation and crack down on the people who literally add nothing to conversations and are here just to badmouth ZOS/ESO.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
Okay, we're getting somewhere with this. I agree that this is an acceptable compromise and there should be an ESO+ member forum. The remainder of the forum should remain as-is. That is fair.
Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
The majority probably not, but some would be. Also unless the topics within that section are only related to ESO+ it would just harm the creation of good threads.Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
I don't think that the majority of subbers are like that. I know I'm not.
The majority probably not, but some would be. Also unless the topics within that section are only related to ESO+ it would just harm the creation of good threads.Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
I don't think that the majority of subbers are like that. I know I'm not.
The forums already has less interesting and new threads vs nerf, rage, whine threads as it is.
To then potentially lock away half of the good content behind a pay wall and penalise some good B2P posters from accessing it only because some people in the community make posts we don't want to see isn't fair on those B2P players.
Why, what's wrong with General Discussion for that?The majority probably not, but some would be. Also unless the topics within that section are only related to ESO+ it would just harm the creation of good threads.Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
I don't think that the majority of subbers are like that. I know I'm not.
The forums already has less interesting and new threads vs nerf, rage, whine threads as it is.
To then potentially lock away half of the good content behind a pay wall and penalise some good B2P posters from accessing it only because some people in the community make posts we don't want to see isn't fair on those B2P players.
I don't know what you mean about losing good threads. 99% of people would just stay in General Discussion anyway.
I just want a private subforum to post goat GIFs in.
Or, once again. Why don't we just have the forums rules updated with actions to stop that kind of behaviour. As I said, Paradox have literally done that to make their forums better.Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
Well, the ESO+ players can talk peacefully in their forum and if people want to complain or bash the publisher all day who have no real desire to stay with this title long term can do so on the regular forums. That way the ESO+ players can have meaningful and productive discussion without being intermingled with trolls, hateful remarks, or people seeking to derail productivity because they just hate the game.
DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
Okay, we're getting somewhere with this. I agree that this is an acceptable compromise and there should be an ESO+ member forum. The remainder of the forum should remain as-is. That is fair.
DieAlteHexe wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
Okay, we're getting somewhere with this. I agree that this is an acceptable compromise and there should be an ESO+ member forum. The remainder of the forum should remain as-is. That is fair.
The way I've seen it done was other way 'round. A sub-forum or forums for non-subscribers with the majority of the forums for the subscribers.
Oh and ALL the forums (subscribers' sections) allowed non-subs to read, just not post.
Issue then is when someone wants to join the discussion they need to make a new thread calling out the posts from a thread they can't directly post in.DieAlteHexe wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
Okay, we're getting somewhere with this. I agree that this is an acceptable compromise and there should be an ESO+ member forum. The remainder of the forum should remain as-is. That is fair.
The way I've seen it done was other way 'round. A sub-forum or forums for non-subscribers with the majority of the forums for the subscribers.
Oh and ALL the forums (subscribers' sections) allowed non-subs to read, just not post.
Why, what's wrong with General Discussion for that?The majority probably not, but some would be. Also unless the topics within that section are only related to ESO+ it would just harm the creation of good threads.Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
I don't think that the majority of subbers are like that. I know I'm not.
The forums already has less interesting and new threads vs nerf, rage, whine threads as it is.
To then potentially lock away half of the good content behind a pay wall and penalise some good B2P posters from accessing it only because some people in the community make posts we don't want to see isn't fair on those B2P players.
I don't know what you mean about losing good threads. 99% of people would just stay in General Discussion anyway.
I just want a private subforum to post goat GIFs in.
Why stop others from having access to your wonderful GIFs?
I know you're joking, but you just did the thing you said you didn't do. These people don't deserve my posting, it should only be in the ESO+ section.Why, what's wrong with General Discussion for that?The majority probably not, but some would be. Also unless the topics within that section are only related to ESO+ it would just harm the creation of good threads.Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
I don't think that the majority of subbers are like that. I know I'm not.
The forums already has less interesting and new threads vs nerf, rage, whine threads as it is.
To then potentially lock away half of the good content behind a pay wall and penalise some good B2P posters from accessing it only because some people in the community make posts we don't want to see isn't fair on those B2P players.
I don't know what you mean about losing good threads. 99% of people would just stay in General Discussion anyway.
I just want a private subforum to post goat GIFs in.
Why stop others from having access to your wonderful GIFs?
Because goats are awesome and ought be shared with everyone, but the quit-threaders and game-health coroners dont deserve the goats and their awesomeness.
Issue then is when someone wants to join the discussion they need to make a new thread calling out the posts from a thread they can't directly post in.DieAlteHexe wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
Okay, we're getting somewhere with this. I agree that this is an acceptable compromise and there should be an ESO+ member forum. The remainder of the forum should remain as-is. That is fair.
The way I've seen it done was other way 'round. A sub-forum or forums for non-subscribers with the majority of the forums for the subscribers.
Oh and ALL the forums (subscribers' sections) allowed non-subs to read, just not post.
So you end up with two threads on the same issue because people are not allowed to talk to one another in one of the threads directly.
I think ESO+ should include the ability to post on the forums. This not only further incentivizes being an ESO Plus member but it will clean up the forums a great deal. There's quite a bit of players with only a copy of the game that have no desire to further support Zenimax and I feel like forum use should be a privilege.
I know you're joking, but you just did the thing you said you didn't do. These people don't deserve my posting, it should only be in the ESO+ section.Why, what's wrong with General Discussion for that?The majority probably not, but some would be. Also unless the topics within that section are only related to ESO+ it would just harm the creation of good threads.Subforums like this just create divisions within the community though.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »I've played a different game that had forums then a special section of the forum that was just for premium members. It worked well having it along with the other boards. I'd support that, as long as anyone could post on the other boards. But no to just premium exclusive forums.
Yup, have seen this model in several places.
I don't really care either way.
Kind of seems weird to me now that there isn't an ESO+ subforum already.
Yes to a subforum. Big fat no to OPs suggested paywall forum.
We've already seen threads where the ESO+ vs B2P people clash, do we really need a subforum which just helps stroke the egos of some people and gives them superiority complex issues?
I don't think that the majority of subbers are like that. I know I'm not.
The forums already has less interesting and new threads vs nerf, rage, whine threads as it is.
To then potentially lock away half of the good content behind a pay wall and penalise some good B2P posters from accessing it only because some people in the community make posts we don't want to see isn't fair on those B2P players.
I don't know what you mean about losing good threads. 99% of people would just stay in General Discussion anyway.
I just want a private subforum to post goat GIFs in.
Why stop others from having access to your wonderful GIFs?
Because goats are awesome and ought be shared with everyone, but the quit-threaders and game-health coroners dont deserve the goats and their awesomeness.
Again whilst this is a joke, others would start believing that kind of posting is seriously how they should post.