I would say that merging the PvE, Crafting, and Professions forum into general discussion would be good. You could keep Reviews, PvP and the Official Guild Forums separate still.

To be honest, the chat here is pretty similar to what the WoW forum used to look like. Just a bunch of polarizing comments, with a few good threads every now and again. The trolling level on this site is pretty ridiculous on many of the game specific forums, which I would imagine makes many folks just visit alternative sites for specific games.

The forum is "dead" for a multitide of reasons, splitting categories is only one.

The game was hot when it released 6 months ago.  Since since the forum was kept alive with people who hated the dumbing down of MMORPG's, and the champions of how non-player-interactive quests are exciting.

It seems the majority of either group has moved on to greener pastures.  Fans are at an all-time low, taken from over the past 2 years, and conversely, those who gave the warning signs or otherwise gave critical reviews also have moved on.

The end result is the inevitable silence that follows.

I personally found GW2 to be an interesting "throwaway themepark" style game.  I played it, and now can't even be bothered to log on for special events.  More of the same is not my bag.  I may break my silence with this very post, but it won't happen very often (from me or speculatively, others).

It wasn't that good.

Right. If that's dead then what is alive?

Originally posted by Karteli

The forum is "dead" for a multitide of reasons, splitting categories is only one.

 

The game was hot when it released 6 months ago.  Since since the forum was kept alive with people who hated the dumbing down of MMORPG's, and the champions of how non-player-interactive quests are exciting.

 

It seems the majority of either group has moved on to greener pastures.  Fans are at an all-time low, taken from over the past 2 years, and conversely, those who gave the warning signs or otherwise gave critical reviews also have moved on.

 

The end result is the inevitable silence that follows.

 

I personally found GW2 to be an interesting "throwaway themepark" style game.  I played it, and now can't even be bothered to log on for special events.  More of the same is not my bag.  I may break my silence with this very post, but it won't happen very often (from me or speculatively, others).

 

It wasn't that good.

 

 

Fans might be at an all time low on this particular forum, however, the community is very active on other sites. I've noticed that on this site individual game forums are active for a period before release and then about 3-4 months after the release. Then that forum seems to normalize. When I come to the GW2 forums here, I tend to follow a link from the front page and then comment. Other than that, I stick to The Pub. It seems reasonable that others might have the same patterns.

Originally posted by Rthuth434

 

 

 

 

 

Right. If that's dead then what is alive?

People wondering where this game is going .. where their money went?

Web traffic tells nothing, and is inaccurate.

Overall game usage is down though, unless every realm is quiet because 90% of players are inside instances.

[alternate answer - all the social people who found the game anti-social left.  This game used to be bumping with chat, now few talk - any nobody responds]

GW2 was largely designed to be anti-social from the start.  Quality gamers complained, and fans tore critics a new one.  Now fans get their wish and talkers went away.

Originally posted by Karteli

People wondering where this game is going .. where their money went?

 

Web traffic tells nothing, and is inaccurate.

 

Overall game usage is down though, unless every realm is quiet because 90% of players are inside instances.

 

[alternate answer - all the social people who found the game anti-social left.  This game used to be bumping with chat, now few talk - any nobody responds]

 

GW2 was largely designed to be anti-social from the start.  Quality gamers complained, and fans tore critics a new one.  Now fans get their wish and talkers went away.

I can't agree with anything you've said, as Im a GW2 player.  Game does have its problems.  Things that sometimes drive me nuts.  But its doing fine for itself, and just lately for some reason, Im seeing other players in zones all the time.  Map chat is more active than Ive ever seen. 

But I dont even know why I bother.  GW2 could be proven to be the best selling mmorpg of all time (not that it ever will be) and you'd refuse to acknowledge it.  Anything that goes against your opinion of the game being total suck, is a lie.  Because you have your opinion which is the ultimate "fact". 

Messed up thing, is I still think you play the game.  Least thats the impression I'm getting.  You're just one of those that plays something, but you like to complain constantly.  I'd imagine you're just an overly negative person.  Its the impression I get of all your past and present posts.  You like to complain. 

I've made post that were later moved to the subforums where they were never seen or heard from again :(

I vote to remove the subforums.