discord

[Darkspyro911]

is there a discord for this game

[It's Mankind]

I think the publishers have one, if you're into that kinda thing. But the devs not that I am aware of, I'd like to think they are well adjusted individuals and value their sanity lol

[San Sany4]

I hope there's none. There's no worse method of communication than discord servers.

[Quilnux]

Originally posted by San Sany4:

I hope there's none. There's no worse method of communication than discord servers.

I'll drink to that!

[Hayze]

https://discord.gg/JCC5YNqFU2

[M.I.K.E.]

This one is official: https://discord.gg/rawfury

[garyp156]

Originally posted by San Sany4:

I hope there's none. There's no worse method of communication than discord servers.

I used to think that too but there's something neat about being able to chat with another user that may have more experience with the game.
Stationeers Discord is invaluable.
I've yet to get a forum reply about commodities.

[San Sany4]

Originally posted by garyp156:

I used to think that too but there's something neat about being able to chat with another user that may have more experience with the game.
Stationeers Discord is invaluable.
I've yet to get a forum reply about commodities.

The problem is, that "invaluable" help from another user with experience gets lost, drowned in the noise. Maybe a couple dozens people get to see your conversations, perhaps a hundred, if it's a big server. And after that, that's it. Other people have to rely on the good will of another users chatting with them again, and again, and again. Discord servers are not indexed by search engines, unlike forums and blogs. And the search function in discord is not a great one. Discord servers discourage people from doing their own research and encourage them to just ask for help, over and over again, making other people write the same answers over and over again. Good for engagement numbers, horrendous for everything else, from wasting energy to power servers and bandwidth, to dumbification of humans.

Another issue is that any invaluable info can be lost in instant. Discord servers are not archived by webarchive or wayback machine. I used to be in one server that had a Q&A channel where devs sometimes provided great and invaluable insights on how the game works, the decisions made by the team, all that. Then, one day, the server admin hid the channel. All that invaluable info that wasn't ever shared anywhere else is practically lost. Admin said the channel wasn't deleted fully, so if he didn't lie, technically the info is still there, but there's no difference for us who can's access it. Another example, I was on a server that had a #multiplayer channel that had some interesting conversations about multiplayer side of the game. But at some point, it basically became "looking for group" channel, and the admins decided that it should be one, and to keep requests relevant, the channel is cleansed regularly. Which means that all the years of conversations the channel had before were deleted, lost forever.

Discord servers are great tool for small groups of friends, and absolutely worst as a replacement of forums for large communities, especially as an official way of communication.

[garyp156]

Yup, I agree on your points. They should never replace a forum, but my point was instant feedback (sometimes). And on the Stationeers discord you have to sift through all the garbage unless you ask a specific question. All of the "well I'm going to bed now, blah blah."
I get my info and I'm gone, unless there's a conversation I'm interested in.