Do You Check Other Forums Here?

FlopsyPrince

The mods seem to be moving things to other sub forums lately.

Do you view forums other than this one?

NOTE: Thanks for all the other ways. I would have made the poll different had I known about them!

spartaxoxo

I never view other subforums

I don't do it enough to count. And threads they move basically never get further commentary. They need to stop moving threads so hastily, when they know full well that a lot of subforums are dead. And instead close out subforums that don't get used.

Hapexamendios

Only if I select a topic they moved.

Kaelthorn_Nightbloom

I view other subforums very frequently

I view other forums more than I view General Discussion.

NeuroticPixels

I view other subforums very frequently

I always do “recent” and check the first 2-3 pages regularly. It shows all the most recent post updates for all of the forums.

BretonMage

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

I read other forums but I agree those tend to move a little more slowly.

SeaGtGruff

Somewhere between options 2 and 3. I've never checked ALL of the other forums, and I usually just check the General forum, but I do check some of the other forums from time to time-- mainly Crafting, Housing, Tales of Tribute, Bug Reports, and Mac Technical Support-- some more than others, but I'm trying to remember to check them on a more regular basis. I'm a lot more likely to check the other forums when the first page of topicscin the General forum are tiresome (to me) rehashes of the same old complaints, or topics that I'm not particularly interested in.

Sjestenka

I view other subforums very frequently

I click recent discussions every time im online, which checks everything from pvp to tot to lore to general to housing, you get it, plus russian forums as well. Not very active that one, lately

SilverBride

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

I never used to check anything but General and Housing, but with threads being moved it made me more aware of the other forums and discussions I may enjoy. So I've started checking a few of them much more frequently.

phaneub17_ESO

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

Top 4: General, Combat, Crafting, and Housing then sometimes PTS. However as of late with all the forced moving of threads to other forums to die is making me hesitant on posting new topics, it's like they want visitor traffic to go away. All this moving is having the opposite effect, it slows General Discussion down to a crawl and people are less likely to post imo.

Reverb

I view other subforums quite rarely

I just use “recent” and assumed most everyone else did too. I’m honestly surprised by the number of people who voted that they often go to specific sub forums

Abelon

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

I visit PTS when appropriate, combat often and sometimes lore, and the pvp subforums. I am very well aware that many people don't though. Most of the subforums are pretty dead and some of them are very dead. When I wake up to the 1st page of general discussion having 9 threads moved... I know those threads won't be getting even 20% of their former traffic.

These forums have way too many unnecessary categories. PVP has 4 entire subforums. Why? Does Tales of Tribute really need it's own subforum? Should we be making subforums for every new system introduced to the game? Why don't we have one for companions? One for antiquities?

Looking at the front page I see at least 2 threads that (imo) shouldn't have been moved at all. The discussion there was too "general" for them to be put into their specific subforums. And when it comes to Tales of Tribute, I'm not sure if making discussions of a new piece of content invisible is that good of an idea.

It's interesting that we don't have a "forum" subforum, we could move this thread there if we did!

bmnoble

I view other subforums quite rarely

I usually just have a look at the General Discussion page on occasion I will have a browse of the PTS section usually before the release of new content to get an idea of what bugs to be on the look out for.

ZiggyTStardust

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

I quiet often take a look into the PVP Forums, the Combat Forums and the PTS forums during the PTS updates. The other ones... Not so much

DreamyLu

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

I use the one about addons and the one for players helping players.

Ilumia

I view other subforums quite rarely

I rarely check them anymore. And I once made the mistake of making a post in the corrct subforum (addons) to ask about and possibly inform people about ZOS breaking a beam me up function. Almost no one saw it - though happily the mod dev did - and boy that is one awesome trooper with great insight and dedication 3 weeks later someone else made a post about the exact same thing on general discussion and finally a lot more people got information about what had happened
Unless moderation starts enforcing the cetegory thing, and consequently move posts that are posted in wrong sections, traffic will remain low or decrease in the other subforums - sadly, as the categories are all very neatly done.

Danikat

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

I come to the forum in between doing other things, so how far through it I get depends on how much time I have and how many interesting topics I find. I usually start with General Discussion then move on to other sections if I have time. Which ones depend on what I want to read about.

I think it makes sense to have seperate sections to make it easier to find what you're looking for when you want something specific, but I do think there's a few too many.

If it was up to me I'd merge:

• Bug Reports with General Help. (Keep the seperate platform support sections.)
• Community Creations with Fiction & Roleplaying.
• All the PvP sections. (Merge PvP Combat and Skills into Combat and Character Mechanics.)

And get rid of:

• Quests and Exploration
• Dungeons, Trials & Arenas.
• Events and Contests.

(Keep the topics from each one, but move them into other sections.)

seecodenotgames

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

I only read General, Housing, Announcements and PTS boards. I also check the patch notes and maintenance boards when there's been an update.

Rowjoh

I view other subforums quite rarely

General and PVP only for me.

joerginger

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

Bug Reports
Crafting
Players helping players
new card game section

Before DLC / chapter releases: Public Test Server (pointless, I know)

DarcyMardin

I always view posts via the top 3-5 pages of “recent” tab, which can have post from any sub forum. Honestly, I don’t even know what the sub forums are.

_Zathras_

I view other subforums quite rarely

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

The mods seem to be moving things to other sub forums lately.

Do you view forums other than this one?

I sometimes engage in the PTS if something especially controversial is being cooked up and offered to the community. More often than not, I find the experience to be an exercise in futility and frustration, as seems to be the common sentiment of most PTS participants.

I'll also look at Players Helping Players, as it seems to be a calm oasis where people asking questions don't get flamed.

Very rarely I'll pop into the PvP forum if an event is on the near horizon and I want to look at survival builds.

Mesite

I view other subforums very frequently

I used to check all the individual areas before I discovered 'Recent discussions'. Now I don't even know which ones I 'm looking at, it's just all recent.

shadyjane62

I view other subforums quite rarely

I only go to another forum to find out what they are trying to hide from general discussion.

TaSheen

I view other subforums quite rarely

Hapexamendios wrote: »

Only if I select a topic they moved.

Yep. Most of the lately moved threads weren't things I was following anyway.

jaws343

I view other subforums very frequently

The only thing I ever directly click on is Recent. Which shows all subforums. Use recent and then just skip the stuff you don't care about. Means you will never miss anything.

Freelancer_ESO

I view other subforums on a fairly frequent basis

I like the separate subforum design because you can see a wider range of viewpoints as the subforums are frequented by different groups of people and the topics don't bounce off the front page as fast.

SeaGtGruff

DarcyMardin wrote: »

I always view posts via the top 3-5 pages of “recent” tab, which can have post from any sub forum. Honestly, I don’t even know what the sub forums are.

Wow, that's the way I like to read most forums, but I never even knew that was an option for this forum! Your comment made me poke around until I found the option. Thank you (and the other posters after you) for making me aware of it!

whitecrow

I view other subforums quite rarely

Only once in a while. They don't have as much activity.

Kiralyn2000

I view other subforums quite rarely

Hapexamendios wrote: »

Only if I select a topic they moved.

Pretty much this. Not sure I've even looked at a list of what the other forums are.

edit: I basically just have the first page of the General forum as my ESO bookmark. So I don't really see the main ESO game page News, either. Unless a post here sends me there looking.



(huh, never heard of this "recent" thing, either.)

Ilsabet

I view other subforums quite rarely

I camp my list of participated threads and the Recent Discussions page, with occasional check-ins on the Dev Tracker. More rarely if I'm looking for something to do, I'll see if there's anything interesting that I haven't seen yet in the Fiction or Community Creations subforums.

I'm sure I miss a lot of stuff that doesn't happen to be front-and-center on Recent Discussions at the time when I'm looking, and sometimes I won't see a thread until it gets new posts well after the discussion started. But it is quite convenient having one place to look, and I'm more likely to see threads from various subforums that I wouldn't take the time to look through individually. On the flip side, though, if threads are moved to less active subforums, and subsequently get less activity, they're less likely to appear in Recent Discussions, so they can die before they even get a chance to live. *dramatic music swells*