I spend time on the forums for a few reasons:
* It is the place where I can communicate feedback to Frontier
* Frontier communicates with us here
* I love talking about ship outfitting for different roles with excellent and experienced CMDR's
* There is a ton of information on here that helps me play the game
* It can be a really interesting/fun/amusing place to be at times
* I dislike foul language so I feel more comfortable on here than the mindless cursing that happens a lot on reddit.
However, I find that especially recently the forums are being dominated by an endless stream of Frontier bashing. It is getting to the point where it is almost demotivating being here. It certainly reduces the signal to noise ratio of these forums considerably!
Instead of being a resource to help CMDR's enjoy the game more, or provide constructive feedback, it is devolving into a place to complain about Frontier endlessly. If I read these threads it just makes me feel angry and sad for no good reason. I also feel sorry for the Frontier employees who read these posts because they do work hard on the game. People are so quick to assign bad motives just because Frontier doesn't always get it right.
I wish that the moderators could be empowered to create a complaints sub-forum and all the threads that are dominated by Frontier bashing or angst or salt could just be moved there. I get it that silencing these threads comes at a cost, but it puzzles me that discussions about different ships gets shuttled away in buried sub-forums like Ships of Elite whereas threads like Frontier don't play their own game and don't care about ED anymore threads stay in the main forum and proliferate. We get it, some of you are really unhappy, but we don't have to let this place burn because some people feel that the game doesn't meet their expectations.
It sure would be nice if Dangerous Discussion could be more focused on either constructive feedback or discussions about interesting aspects of the game. I think those who manage the forums could do more to promote a healthier atmosphere and I hope that does happen.
* It is the place where I can communicate feedback to Frontier
* Frontier communicates with us here
* I love talking about ship outfitting for different roles with excellent and experienced CMDR's
* There is a ton of information on here that helps me play the game
* It can be a really interesting/fun/amusing place to be at times
* I dislike foul language so I feel more comfortable on here than the mindless cursing that happens a lot on reddit.
However, I find that especially recently the forums are being dominated by an endless stream of Frontier bashing. It is getting to the point where it is almost demotivating being here. It certainly reduces the signal to noise ratio of these forums considerably!
Instead of being a resource to help CMDR's enjoy the game more, or provide constructive feedback, it is devolving into a place to complain about Frontier endlessly. If I read these threads it just makes me feel angry and sad for no good reason. I also feel sorry for the Frontier employees who read these posts because they do work hard on the game. People are so quick to assign bad motives just because Frontier doesn't always get it right.
I wish that the moderators could be empowered to create a complaints sub-forum and all the threads that are dominated by Frontier bashing or angst or salt could just be moved there. I get it that silencing these threads comes at a cost, but it puzzles me that discussions about different ships gets shuttled away in buried sub-forums like Ships of Elite whereas threads like Frontier don't play their own game and don't care about ED anymore threads stay in the main forum and proliferate. We get it, some of you are really unhappy, but we don't have to let this place burn because some people feel that the game doesn't meet their expectations.
It sure would be nice if Dangerous Discussion could be more focused on either constructive feedback or discussions about interesting aspects of the game. I think those who manage the forums could do more to promote a healthier atmosphere and I hope that does happen.