This forum is far from "toxic". It's one of the most pleasant places on the internet. It's the only place I go, in fact. There will always be some idiots who exaggerate and make hurtful comments. You'd think the developers would know that goes with the territory. They could have some pretty cool discussions with us if they just ignored the idiots got the moderators to help deal with them.
A toxic vocal minority is not a good enough for such a lack of interaction in my opinion. Do they have to come here? Of course not. But it rubs me the wrong way to see so much activity before release, and almost none after, when you can actually discuss the work. It screams "Build hype now. After launch, those people don't matter. Oh, and don't forget to go on twitter and reddit though!" 
When I first played the game I'd say to put 50 snipers protecting them if they ever got near me, and of course shoot me on sight. Now Bioware devs are dead to me, I have no interest in any interaction, positive or negative. I know I can't expect anything good from them. I acknowledge Trespasser as a masterpiece but gameplaywise it is clear they are going for action and action is completely unforgivable in an RPG. The reason I was hurt is because with Inquisition videos and interviews they made me believe it would be a RPG but then they released a 100% action game. They can't hurt me anymore because even after Trespasser, no matter what they say I will never believe them again. Now that even Sword Coast Legends is spoiled by action ****, Pillars of Eternity is officialy the last RPG of mankind. But the point is, I can't be hurt anymore because there is no expectations anymore.
Things would go a lot easier for them if they didn't lie. If instead of saying "we are going balancing between DAO and DA2" they said "we are getting the worse of everything we ever made and on top of that creating a combat system completely different from DAO and DA2, and infinitely worse than both at that, a tactical cam unable to handle obstalcles,there are a lot of them mind you, thus impossible to use, a lifeless PC with no facial expression, complete lack of character build and development and make sure we are stripping anything that made our games interesting, ever".
I don't know what is more sad, if it is me taking 5 years to realize they used DAO as bait for their future **** or if it is their complete lack of empathy and psychopath level straight face lying about the game. But 5 years was enough of dumbness and expectation. Bioware is dead, let's see if Obsidian can last another game... RPG is dying (well since there is only one game left I'd say dead), but I'm past hatred stage now it is just a fact I can't fight (except by keeping on making games to myself on RPG Maker, which I love).
But again, I blame them for half the toxicity they complain about. If they said in DAI I would have to jump to collect shards it would be impossible for me hate them and make my hateful posts because I would have never expected anything from the game in first place. But only half the blame, the other 50% is on me, the moment I saw they jumping in their videos I should have ignored this game. I know I hate action, jump is unacceptable, unforgiveable and even with their sweet talk about going back to their roots I should have dismissed this game solely by the presence of jumping. They lied but they couldn't hide this attrocity of action in an RPG, still it is sick that they tried to "sell it" saying it would have the good old RPG combat.
The only way I'm going to hate Bioware ever again is if they show screen of DA4 where you distribute stat points between levels, have no jumping, and all controls are point and click slow combat. Because these things are powerful enough to trick me again, make me buy their game, get frustrated with their lies (because it is obviously going to be lies) and create dozens of accounts to curse them in these forums. So well, if they could please avoid those ridiculous lies they said while developing Inquisition for the next game I would be VERY happy. (And avoid their imbecile action games)
I thought I would never post about this subject again but it is completely unfair to call this forums toxic when their promotion of Inquisition was the most toxic **** I ever heard in my life. Not that they stopped at that right? What they did to PS3 and X360 was just cruel. So, perhaps they could have less toxic talking if they were less vicious with their strikes. I didn't even have an account here prior to DAI because they didn't sell me a lie with DA2 or DAO, it took me a long time to get used to both (they were already faiures, too few races, classes, too much action, etc) but whatever, they didn't lie so it was on me. DAI was the first game they completely lied about and I bought the game because of their lies, I expected their lies to be true, and got a 100% action 0% RPG game.
It is sad that a company lies so much that you can't even believe them anymore, ever (except for a stat distribution screen, as I said, my weakness). It is even more sad that they think a forum is toxic given their level of toxicity. I wouldn't call these forum toxic, we are pretty straight forward, violent, aggressive and such, but they are the ones slowly killing with their toxin, they are venomous, hissing, devious snakes. I'm guessing I'm not the only one who got cured of Bioware by DAI, they can relax now, I doubt anyone who, like me, liked RPGs (and not this action ****) will ever bother them again UNLESS they go through ridiculous length of lies again pretending they still can make RPGs in which case they deserve the hatred.
I quit hating (DA4 and onwards) not because I realize I was wrong, but because I know for a fact that expecting them to be honest or do anything good is the most stupid thing a person can do. Having ANY hope on Bioware is completly insane. Hating them is not wrong, but since hating them means I was expecting something from them I just quit hating. Expecting honesty or quality from Bioware is like waiting for Jesus to come in a Rainbow Unicorn to take Satanists to the land of the Fairies. I know it was supposed to be clear by now, but just to make sure, a lot of things like my thousands of hateful posts here (across multiple accounts) did not need to happen if they were honest. They have a new (and disgusting) fanbase, focus on that mario jumping button mashing braindead organic things , don't drag people who liked old RPG games on this action ****.
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