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So ANET can't afford a forum? Why?
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they avoided 10 million "Whens Release?" "Can I play now" "How do I Play" "Give me beta access!" and ect threads... bravo to them, more time to develop, less time spent moderating.
Everything I say is my opinion or personal preference. You may or may not find it useful to your cause but regardless I am entitled to it.
Crazy that this is what’s troubling people... And they use Social networking sites;
http://twitter.com/#!/guildwars2
http://www.facebook.com/GuildWars2
And Googles http://www.youtube.com/user/arenanetofficial
.....
All hail the Barn Owl! oh.. and the RED SQUIRREL!!!
Who said a support forum is the same thing?
Anyway ,you can get all the other stuff on gw2guru,no need for a official gw2 forum.If you need help or tec then you have a support forum,that's plenty good enough.
Forget about swtor,this is GW2 we are talking about,get that game out of your system.
gw2guru non guru or whatever, are no official sites and does not represent the company point of view and support. stop coming with this argument.
Nope,ArenaNet told us,i'm just relaying that information lol.
Who said GW2GURU are official forums?
No official forums,ArenaNet have said this,don't beat yourself up about it.ArenaNet post on GURU all the time,they are happy and most of their supporters are happy.
You are wasting your time lol.
You can always http://www.arena.net/contact/
Yeah.. and this really sounds very serious for a company..
"Folks, lets pass the ball to a random internet site"
"Good idea!"
"Yeah, let them make nice cash from ads also, just because we post from time to time"
"Good idea!"
"We should not worry about customers to much, overall, gw2guru is not our site, they can cry on whatever they want"
"Good idea!"
want me to continue?
Sure, I could use a laugh
Please do,we are cracking up in the office.
Fixed that for you.
Other than that - complaining about a company's marketing strategy? Really?
Let me point out that, in fact, I couldn't care less about these first world problems. I'm just having fun.
Games these days need an official forum in the case of GW2 though I dont mind so much because there is no subscription. However I do not play games (with a sub) that do not have official forums + server specific forums for community integration and organisation.
It is essential in today's social media blabla.
Lets look at the top mmorpgs number wise right now in the west
WoW - Forums + Server Forums
Lotro - Forums + Server Forums
EvE - Forums 1 Shard
Heck Ill chuck in a midranged oldie: city of heroes - Forums + Server Forums.
These are the top and the most successful.
I can only guess the productivity of your work place.
We often do the same but some how it seems to all come together,targets are reached and everybody get's paid.
But that's a whole other topic,think we are talking about an official forum for GW2 and why ArenaNet choose not to have one.
Any idea?
If you say so.
I am guessing its cheaper to have one maybe two employees focusing on social networking sites part of the time than run even more traffic through their web server and have one or two full time monitors to keep it civil... I think they have used the social web median perfectly and this debate on "they can't afford a forum" is pointless drivel... hmmk!
All hail the Barn Owl! oh.. and the RED SQUIRREL!!!
They are using GWGuru forum as their official source and they are communicating with fans trough that forum... so they have a place where they listen to complains, suggestions or answer to questions...They don't actually need an official forum since they are really active and available on the biggest fan forum. I haven't seen a company and devs answering to all these questions, taking suggestions and discussing with fans as much as anet on gwguru forums...
Let's not forget they will have a new website before the game launches, and I think it'll have everything we'll need/want
"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."
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I hope so, official is official, no matter what. I preffer to post on an official site and discuss instead anywhere else. In fact they made the game, they should assume this by default.
put this expectation down if you don't want to be disappointed
"It has potential"
-Second most used phrase on existence
"It sucks"
-Most used phrase on existence
A "serious MMO" IS a game.
Disagree, it is optional. An optional pain in the ass to boot. I like that they don't run an offical forum personally. Most offical forums suck and are a waste of time. Not sure how you come off with opinion that only a serious mmo has forums. Which type of mmo? I don't do mmo-fps or MOBAs, maybe your requirement fits those genre of mmos?
I see a lot of MMOs do this and it bugs the hell out of me.
A fansite is not a suitable replacement for an official forum.
All those negative things exist in spades at Guru. However, because ANet remains at arm's length, they don't have to take any responsibility for running 'their' forums like a gulag. They get a free outlet for feedback without any of the responsibility, moral or financial, for operating it.
Still, I hope they decide to open their own forums. Whatever they do, I'm certain it won't be moderated as unprofessionally as Guru, where they put the inmates in charge of the asylum.
Constructive discussions do matter. Whining on the other hand does not. And there is A LOT of whining on official forums of MMO's. I would say around 90-95%.