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[K3m0sabe]

With the opening of this Bioware social network and its associated forums, i have noticed that the Dragon Age forum community has splintered into 2 distinct subsets, the social forums here and the game forums at the Dragon age official site.

Does the community here feel that such a "splintering" of the Dragon Age forum was necessary?

Personally i feel like the forum's here present a more structured and feature rich experience, and that Bioware should merge the forums at the official site with the ones here.  

[Snoteye]

The other forums will be closing.

[DPB]

They're going to be merged when DAO is released.

Unfortunately, as with every official forum when a game is close to release, the main forums have been swamped with questions that have been asked hundreds of times and multi-page whining threads, though it doesn't seem so bad here. I remember the same happening just before NWN2 came out.

Modifié par dbankier, 26 octobre 2009 - 02:31 .

[the_one_54321]

the people who arent leaving the old forums for this one are like sailors clinging to a sinking ship.

[Maria Caliban]

I don't think it matters. It's the interwebs, there's no such thing as an un-fractured community.

the_one_54321 wrote...

the people who arent leaving the old forums for this one are like sailors clinging to a sinking ship.

It's a sinking ship where the developers still post on a daily basis. Where the community lead bothers to update the community (Chris didn't bother to tell anyone here about the Warden Event needing another member for team USA. He hasn't updated the stickies in two weeks). And where there are far fewer bugs.

Modifié par Maria Caliban, 26 octobre 2009 - 02:36 .

[cyanrabbit]

Always sailing on both, different news, different views...

[Dennis Carpenter]

I have played all the baldurs gate and NWN series plus expansions and a tons of community content but until signing into this particular network I never really enjoyed posting or socializing......(part of my anti social behavior Doc has me working on that.) somehow and not because of anyone's treating of me in the forums, I just felt like an outsider. Might be my limited tech knowledge cause it always seemed over my head. Here i feel like I AM part of the network and constantly get help from a great number of people and always in a form I can understand, never in tech jargon.........so I definitely am having more fun as you can tell by the number of my posts. I don't think I posted even a half dozen times in the Bioware forum. So I for one am very happy to have this network and will continue to be an active part even after I start playing DA:O

Modifié par Dennis Carpenter, 26 octobre 2009 - 04:09 .

[the_one_54321]

Maria Caliban wrote...

I don't think it matters. It's the interwebs, there's no such thing as an un-fractured community.

the_one_54321 wrote...

the people who arent leaving the old forums for this one are like sailors clinging to a sinking ship.

It's a sinking ship where the developers still post on a daily basis. Where the community lead bothers to update the community (Chris didn't bother to tell anyone here about the Warden Event needing another member for team USA. He hasn't updated the stickies in two weeks). And where there are far fewer bugs.

this is true.

but it is going to fully sink eventually. that's a given. i was initially against moving over here as well, but i think it's proved a good move. i like the added connectivity. and since they other place will be going the way of the dinosaurs eventually, it's not like we really have a choice.

[planetus]

I don't know about everyone else, but I regularly check both.

[Maria Caliban]

the_one_54321 wrote...

this is true.

but it is going to fully sink eventually. that's a given. i was initially against moving over here as well, but i think it's proved a good move. i like the added connectivity. and since they other place will be going the way of the dinosaurs eventually, it's not like we really have a choice.

It's a 'sinking ship' because someday it's not going to exist? If you're not interested in the social networking features - an many aren't - there's no reason to join the BSN. Yes, as some point, the BioBoards and the BioNetwork will be merged, and at that point, it will probably be stable, the developers will be here, and the community leads will be active here.

Until that point, there's no reason for many member to migrate.

[SheffSteel]

I don't think the ship is sinking so much as sailing into a drydock where it may become a museum, like HMS Victory, the Fram, or the USS North Carolina.

[the_one_54321]

SheffSteel wrote...

I don't think the ship is sinking so much as sailing into a drydock where it may become a museum, like HMS Victory, the Fram, or the USS North Carolina.

sounds like an appropriate analogy to me.

[caradoc2000]

Maria Caliban wrote...

Until that point, there's no reason for many member to migrate.

True, and the much more unfortunate truth is that the old forums will pop their clogs pretty soon.

[Shensi]

I'm having a hard time following all of these different forums. Doesn't help that they all move so fast

[the_one_54321]

Bio-Boy 3000 wrote...
I have pretty much well friended those that have interesting ideas to post and it saves me the trouble of finding what threads to be interested in. Yes, I am not ashamed of my follower status. That and I live within the recent activity area and conduct all of my serious business there.

it is terribly convenient isnt it? :happy:

[SheffSteel]

It seems like the link from Bioware's Dragon Age site to the old forums and the login links have been replaced with the corresponding "community" links.

[Lurklen]

Really I just like the aesthetic of the old site. not even the art or anything but the actual functionality of the menus and their appearence. I find the old forum easier to use, this one just feels cluttered and overly complicated.

Modifié par Lurklen, 26 octobre 2009 - 09:33 .

[Linarc]

I like this one, but I still read the other one, because I saw the lack of updates and new reviews here. But I liked this one a lot, many functions, the possibility of seeing what your friends are doing... I only miss the poll possibilities in the forums area, like some forums do.

[NewYears1978]

I like the funtions over here..but the look over there better... I tend to stick around here though since this is the one that will become the main one later...

I have felt sorta the same thing though..no time to hang out at both though I occasionally browse the other for a little bit.

[Sabriana]

They are indeed going to archive the other forum, and the community link now points here. So I decided to come over early. You know, to avoid the rush.