A Complete Reversal In the Community?

I don't know if it's just me or what, but has anyone else noticed the severe lack of negativity with this weekend's posts? Here we have threads that are actually made to help people find a good group to get through some of the harder ascension missions, in another area there are threads talking about the latest build strategy in PvP, and I'm actually having to look around for some threads that aren't helpful in some way. You think it's connected to other games coming out and taking much of the immaturity away, or did those people who have been looking for the answer to their life's boredom finally give up and move on? Whatever it is, it's a welcome change. I bet this change in the community will continue though, and it will most likely start to coincide with any major updates or new chapters that are released in the future (along with the occassional new game being released).

All the seriously negative rants that make no actual points or suggestions get deleted quickly now, probably why you're seeing a lot less. Good moderation visibly improves the community.

Is that what it is? Well then... ignorance truely is bliss . Good work.

Actually, I kid. While the recent increase in moderating staff, and their excellent work, has no doubt contributed to the recent trend toward a happy community, I think the main reason is because people are getting to terms with the game now that it's not brand new and are more focused on helping eachother out rather than nitpick it to death.

To tell you the truth, I don't see much intellignet conversation anymore. Least not since release sank in. It's either a: rant, constructive complaint (yes! there's a difference you asshats), question that has already been asnwered 300,000,000 times, a build that is so far from good, it's almost not worth posting suggestions until they get a little more game experience, rarely: good builds that need a bit of improvement, stupid, irrational suggestions that have already been dismissed or are so far out, you can tell they'll never be implimented.

This post doesn't count towards me rethinking whether or not the community as a whole could be improving... I would expect a person who's posts are almost always negative to continue that trend as long as he sticks around. I only hope you get as bored or fed up with the game as much as you tell everyone about sooner than later and end up doing something about it.

I have noticed the level of negativity fluctuates...must be something in the air

Yes, but I could name you 4-5 guys who love to keep it high. Oh, one of them just posted here.

Sigh.

I suspect they're members of an undercover Guild. The IHL Guild. I-hate-life.

Oh, you must mean me

It's the same in most gaming communities. A lot of places usually stick in
some sort of "Soapbox Forum" to help keep all that fodder to one area.
Though one might think it would promote more complaining rather than help,
it really tends to clean up all the other more useful and constructive forum
areas.That or becoming more strict and actually banning folks who start to
contribute nothing but negativity..*shrugs*

All in all, I agree it comes in waves. It will probably continue like that as the game
updates and changes. And well, every community has their resident complainers.

The PvP community saw the announcement last Wednesday and is waiting impatiently for our love. Not much to complain about until we see their proposed solution. =)

Peace,
-CxE

I just want to explain that the complaining I was talking about was not
contructive complaints or discussions. More so the bitch fest kind of stuff
or discussions that end up that way.

yes! you are the captain of the poopy-pants brigade! underservant to phil, lord of insufficient light!

anyway, I came here because another board I frequented was so full of negativity that it was sickening to read almost any thread. Glad to see Guru refuses to let that happen.

Indeed. And there's a solution to the Bitchfest: the Bitching Area. A nice place where hardcore-whiners (obviously constructive criticism is another thing) could live happily ever after and leave us retarded optimists alone.

What's wrong with being a pessimist? I can be constructive *sometimes*

sure you can. just watch you location. the dark side of the moon? yeah, must be really cheerfull there :P
and with a name like mana-DARK, you must be the light in everyone's life.

but seriously, i enjoy reading your posts manadark, as well as some other more intelligent life forms here.

Huh...you're not a pessimist. You're not a whiner. You seem a nice person to me. Well, maybe you voted for Bush twice, but how would I know that?

(No politics involved, just sincere humour here)

Dictionary.com says I AM. SO HERE!!!!11!!one

I'm just #3, that's all

Same here.

well I guess that I'm a pessimist to. *sigh* I thought that I was an optomist as I never get depressed or sad but well you just don't know theses things do you?

By that def, I am a pessimist too. Alas.