I hate 'beg me to play your game' posts.

Originally posted by Rohn

Originally posted by unfettered

Originally posted by Foomerang

ive had nothing but a great time with the players in game. all very nice and helpful.

so would you say that guys like the ones that post here are the minority? are you on a more populated dimension?

 

It often comes down to perception and point of view.  Biases matter.

Case in point: Quite a few GW2 fans have been god-awful, not only bashing other games in GW2 forums, but bashing other games in their respective forums while singing the praises of GW2.  I've seen that on this website, as well as others, but a fan of GW2 is not likely to notice, or take umbrage with it.

As far as I've seen, the in-game community in TSW has been outstanding.  It's still early in the life of the game, of course, but so far it's good.

Forums, on the other hand, are for PvP, of the "my dad can beat up your dad" variety.  Some fans simply cannot accept that multiple games can be fun for a range of people.  They seem compelled to promote their chosen game at the expense of other games.

i just seek an answer that can put my concern to rest, and thanks to foomerang for being the only one to try, although you're outnumbered by the bad seeds. i just want to know if in the game, the people ae as bad as tey are here. that's practically a yes/no question. 

i'd love to go with Foomerang's assessment but the rest of you are reinforcing my fears.

Originally posted by itgrowls

Originally posted by unfettered

so here's the deal, i was looking forward to buying this game in a few days but i am not so sure anymore. the reason is because of the fans. you guys are reminding me of TERA's fanbase alot. i use to hear how good the TSW community was and often that it was a thinking man's game for those with specific tastes, but now it looks like anything but. the forums for this game are awful here and on their official site.

 

any reasonable complaint thread(like the need to add incentives to hold points in fusang rather than just caps which has turned it into a massive cap trading fest) rapidly becomes a SWTOR/GW2 bash over there and here i guess it's just part of the unofficial forum code of conduct.

 

please tell me that this is a fringe division of fans who mainly hang on forums and the game is not populated by guys like this. TERA was not a very good game and the fanboys made it all the more unbearable. TSW looks really fun but people like the kind posting here will ruin any game experience. 

Is this the same guy who said the same exact thing in the GW2 and the Tera forums some time ago or is that my imagination? I could have sworn i read the exact same thing as titles in the forums of those other two titles.

I think his point can be made about any newly released or upcoming semi-popular mmo.  Every community on these forums is like this for newly released and upcoming games.  Guess he's never gonna play another mmo.

We are the cream in the crepes and we will always be here whatever game you choose to buy.

Most in the game is very helpful and have a good view on things. unless you give awnsers to someone of the quests in main chat then alot will get pissed

TERA fans said the same, but community is either number 1 or 2 on the list of reasons to avoid the game. i know forums are bad...i am asking if it's like this in game like TERA was and the apprehension to answer is really telling me that it is.

if it's not i'd love ot hear more peoples' impressions rather than people getting upset that a crappy group of people can be offputting to someone. so yea, if it is not and i have no reason to be concerned then say so. 

Originally posted by unfettered

Originally posted by itgrowls

Originally posted by unfettered

so here's the deal, i was looking forward to buying this game in a few days but i am not so sure anymore. the reason is because of the fans. you guys are reminding me of TERA's fanbase alot. i use to hear how good the TSW community was and often that it was a thinking man's game for those with specific tastes, but now it looks like anything but. the forums for this game are awful here and on their official site.

 

any reasonable complaint thread(like the need to add incentives to hold points in fusang rather than just caps which has turned it into a massive cap trading fest) rapidly becomes a SWTOR/GW2 bash over there and here i guess it's just part of the unofficial forum code of conduct.

 

please tell me that this is a fringe division of fans who mainly hang on forums and the game is not populated by guys like this. TERA was not a very good game and the fanboys made it all the more unbearable. TSW looks really fun but people like the kind posting here will ruin any game experience. 

Is this the same guy who said the same exact thing in the GW2 and the Tera forums some time ago or is that my imagination? I could have sworn i read the exact same thing as titles in the forums of those other two titles.

no...definitely not.

You should, its exactly the same if not worse.

The only problem i have with "the community" right now is all the: "LFM Polaris Elite - must have Q10 epic gear with perfect glyphs and 10 years worth of TSW experience. No noobs allowed." - And the game is about a week old.

Originally posted by stromp45

Most in the game is very helpful and have a good view on things. unless you give awnsers to someone of the quests in main chat then alot will get pissed

and are you on a more populated server? i'll probably roll on one to ensure lots of people to group with. and all i really care about is that it's better than TERA or mmorpg.com forums, which alot of mmo's and even XBL shoooters are.

The community is every game is the same. Don't fool yourself.

Once the silly chat issue is resolved in game you should do what every player should: Leave General, LFG, Help and even your society channel when you have no reason to talk about moronic issues or assist someone to figure our a quest a brain damaged monkey can do.

Keep your Cabal channel open and /chat join custom channels where intelligent and social people talk in (there are tons of them and some are very popular). Between cabal chat, custom channels and voice chat you have all the communication you can handle.

A human being can only handle so much information at once. Being tapped into every channel with thousands of faceless players who are only there to entertain themselves with no regard to others is a self-destructive practice.

Originally posted by timtrack

The only problem i have with "the community" right now is all the: "LFM Polaris Elite - must have Q10 epic gear with perfect glyphs and 10 years worth of TSW experience. No noobs allowed." - And the game is about a week old.

that's not a big deal...the woW mentality will follow players arund for a long time, the game must basically outlast it.

OP, get a buddy key, try it for your self. All good. Remember, because of the server setup, you can change them.

Originally posted by unfettered

Originally posted by stromp45

Most in the game is very helpful and have a good view on things. unless you give awnsers to someone of the quests in main chat then alot will get pissed

and are you on a more populated server? i'll probably roll on one to ensure lots of people to group with. and all i really care about is that it's better than TERA or mmorpg.com forums, which alot of mmo's and even XBL shoooters are.

well really everyones on the same server you may log on a differnt one but all can chat and group together.

Unfettered,

First, the game community is exactly the same as every other MMO I have played. Some decent people and a lot of annoying/jerks. You asking for the information on the very same forum that you feel is bad makes me suspicious of your intent. Seeing that you have no problem with the same community in the GW2 forums makes me even further suspicious.

I hope I am wrong about my gut instinct and that you are simply an easily swayed individual who may be convinced to play or not to play a game by the same people he has concerns about.

I've come to the conclusion every game has a portion of it's community that is rotten. It is inevitable. Some games have a higher proportion of bad relative to good. In TSW there is a vocal part of the community in chat and on the forums that are quite adverse to people asking for help and use it as a way to bolster their self esteem because they think they  "get" it.

The actual people you run into (mostly) and run dungeons with are generally really friendly and decent.

I'd also like to note that chat is shared across all dimensions. If for example you are in Kingsmouth, everyone, on every shard in Kingsmouth will be using the same chat channels.

TL;DR Community is no worse than any, the rotten just have a louder speaking voice.

anyone have a buddy key?

Originally posted by Pyuk

Originally posted by CujoSWAoA

What an unbelievably stupid reason for not buying a video game.

Amen.

It is a perfectly valid reason to not buy or not play a game. These games ARE their communities.

I have left games (Darkfall etc) because of the nasty assed culture I found there, as I did the EU relaunch for Aion. Other games have kept me there specifically for the great playerbase (Guk server in EQ2).

He is asking for your opinion on the community, not himself, and if you are part of that community you are not doing a great job of representing it tbh.

World of diffrence between teras community and TSW.

Tera's community was the 4chan or reddit community within a game, no actual conversations took place in that game just meme posts and fake conversations between someone pretneding he loved alienware and others pretending that he wasnt a troll baiting and was serious about alienware.

Also try not to mix up tsw community and the mmorpg community...every conversation always turns into a bash/comparison thread between the last mmorpg "flop" and the unreleased savior mmorpg.

Originally posted by timtrack

The only problem i have with "the community" right now is all the: "LFM Polaris Elite - must have Q10 epic gear with perfect glyphs and 10 years worth of TSW experience. No noobs allowed." - And the game is about a week old.

There is no community. The chat is broken, still. Most people ignore each other out in the world to a point where they would stand there and watch you get killed, instead of helping out. And then you have the elitist d-bags like the ones you described.

Originally posted by huskie77

Unfettered,

 

First, the game community is exactly the same as every other MMO I have played. Some decent people and a lot of annoying/jerks. You asking for the information on the very same forum that you feel is bad makes me suspicious of your intent. Seeing that you have no problem with the same community in the GW2 forums makes me even further suspicious.

I hope I am wrong about my gut instinct and that you are simply an easily swayed individual who may be convinced to play or not to play a game by the same people he has concerns about.

that's funny. i have actually had some issues with certain GW2 fanboys around here and you know what? the in game community is much better. maybe TSW will be the same as well as i am hoping, but it's not wrong to be concerned and voice my concern is it? 

EDIT: thanks foomerang and BigRock.