Strawman much?
People naturally react poorly to changes in their favorite things. They HAD to do this though as the old forum was archaic and the new one is more comprehensive.
This is just a bunch of people whining because “New is different and different is bad.”
There was nothing wrong with the old forum though, it worked just fine, and this forum is going to have just as many problems if not more, the only difference is we don’t know what all of them are yet.
Just as you argue change isn’t always bad, I can argue change isn’t always good, there is a reason people tend to avoid it.
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The old forum was archaic as hell. Simple things like not being able to autoupdate the page you were on to cumbersome reply systems to… well all of it. It was equivalent to an early 2000’s car. Good. Solid. But way behind what you can get today.
I haven’t a clue what was wrong with replies, in fact I find it more annoying on this site as when you look at a reply it only show the profile pic which is useless as lots of people share the same one.
And having to press refresh was hardly the worst thing in the world
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It was at least functional as a forum instead of abomination we have now. They must have actively looked for the worst forum software available to find this thing.
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I find this to be objectively unsupportable. I am not seeing a single issue that is a marked decline from the previous forum. The only exception not being able to edit your posts. I 100% agree that needs to get fixed but as this forum is virtually identical to the enlisted one I am sure they can add that in.
I agree- I used the “DarkMode” for Firefox and Opera but from time to time I switch to the White or Bright Theme depending on how I feel overall the Day . They schuld give the opportunity to switch the “Forum-Theme” for the users.
It’s not just inability to edit posts, it’s posting and reactions limit, infinite scrolling instead of sensible page system, lack of migration of old forum content (which should have been done before new forum even went up), replies folded under post that reply is made too disrupting flow of conversation, putting basic functionality behind automated “trust” system that is harmful to the very purpose of game forum, lack of ability to set e-mail address connected to account, UI which does not have easy way to distinguish read threads from those unread, still lack option to choose style/colour scheme, completely pointless icons with profile pictures at thread instead of just name of person who left last message or number of people viewing thread, bad reply box (because what idiot thought that taking half of width of screen with how text will look like when posted is good idea when you can just add button that will let you switch to that).
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Yeah, I don’t like the new forum, the old one was more informative, comfortable and simpler. In general I liked WT forum more than forums for any other game. That’s sad it’s gone…
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OMG the new forum is so confusing!! come on gaijin bring back the old one!!
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Here’s the thing, they didn’t “have to”, they chose to and per usual they implemented it in their usual hamfisted fashion… right after telling us they would:
“communicate better, be more transparent and roll back changes the community don’t like”.
They gave no warning or notice at all that they had planned this and the reaction has been overwhelmingly negative… so much for communication, transparency and rolling back.
Just because something is old doesn’t make it bad or inferior.
Just because something is new absolutely does not mean it’s good.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it… it wasn’t broken so they fixed it until it was.
The new forum has less functionality than the old, even basic functions such as Editing posts and PM’s are locked behind a ridiculous social credit wall… ergo it is objectively worse.
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Honestly as long as they somehow figure out a way to bring over most, if not all, the content from the old forum I would be fine with it. There is a lot of detailed discussions on the old forum that deserve to be moved over, along with a lot of suggestions. Changing it like this and then leaving the old forum for dead instead of moving everything, or trying to at least, makes it feel like this change was way too hasty.
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The forum is for the community. yes…
But we have no right to have it. It is purely a privilege.
Is it unpleasant that they did this. Absolutely. But it’s really not that bad once you look past it. I do not know why Gaijin chose to update their forum after 10 years. It’s none of my business. Nor any of yours.
Giving up years of content???
Guys, lets be honest here…
No one cares about the research, and post any of you made 5 years ago. No one goes back and marvels at it either. We got dudes crying that their hard work was “for nothing”… No… The goal was to change the game and they did.
This is becoming some forum warrior’s personal issue because they want their “work” to forever be immortalized and remembered by the generations to follow. lol.
So, look. This is what is going to happen. The forum is here to stay. You can NEVER go back. It is what it is. You can accept it or not.
WT will move on without you. The community will move on without you. I hope all of you who are running away after all the updates you been through reconsiders.
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It’s like there’s a competition to see which Gaijin department is more disconnected from the community :/
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What is this abomination?
Why do people mess with things that nobody asked for and had no reason to be messed with in the first place?
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I think you’ve seen the feedback and it’s overwhelmingly negative. We want the old forum back. We want the ability to edit posts without upping our social credit score. We want access to the tens of thousands of useful threads where discussions are still happening. We want our signatures and emojis. We want Gaijin to stop trying to make things worse for the people who pay the bills.
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There was ALWAYS a reactions limit. Posting limit is only for number of posts in a row. I LIKE that.
Considering what happened last month with the immaturity showed by the player base this is not only reasonable, but wise.
was not available on old system either.
This is a happy to glad change. If you don’t like it, fine. But it is not an objective issue. This is subjective.
Just gonna have to disagree. The old box was less useful and had less capability.
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If I were them I wouldn’t change it. It is entirely within the parameters of people just not liking change. The old forum was just that, old. It was archaic and outdated. In a month nobody will care. In two months people will finally admit they were just unhappy 'cause different is bad.
Most of the community already moved… to reddit.
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