Whats the point of Paradox forums?

[Jaszczomp]

I tried to raise multiple issiues there but each time i get banned and have my thrade removed? I have never seen Devs so pathetic, so cuddled, thin-skinned and entilted.

They litellary isolate themselves from any critisism. This place is only place where you can freely discuss the game and pretty much all we talk about is everything being broken or missing. And no one does anything about it.

[KaiserChillhelm]

Originally posted by bri:

Originally posted by The Doctor:

I'd agree that the term 'constructive feedback' is abused but it is chiefly deployed by people who get bans for posting something along the lines of... 'This game is crap. The entire dev team should be sacked and a group of pre-schoolers hired to do a better job!' No swear words, no real, direct insults used and it would be considered 'constructive criticism' by some posters.

People get bans for breaking the rules and that's all there is to it. That includes posters like myself who have been banned both here and from the official boards at times because I was a jerk and crossed the line. We all know it to be true and it should hartdly surprise you that people who are angry get bans more frequently because they tend to cross the lines more frequently.

While this is true, there are some forums/moderators that like to stretch their interpretation of the rules. While theoretically operating under the same rules the Stellaris mods are far more likely to drop questionable bans than anywhere else on the Paradox forums from what I've seen/experienced. I won't even go there any more after seeing their frequent over-reaching without their bosses addressing it when complaints are filed.

Sure there should be a clear line and ppl should follow up, but you still are talking to and about other human beings.
I don't know why so many people loose it like they simply argue with a plain text and not a real person.

And where humans are involved it's hard to have clear lines. Look at the streets and tell me all ppl follow the rules instead having their own interpretation 🤷‍♂️

[VoiD]

Honestly, it's a timebomb waiting to blow up. See the current fiasco with CA.

But yes, nobody uses those forums, for a reason, not like they could even if they wanted to, it's impossible to have a conversation about anything over there.

But some communities seem to be far worse than others, I don't know how the vic3 community is like, haven't interacted much.

[Traslo]

Vicky 3 forums is for people to circlejerk about how much they love that Vicky 3 hates its predecessor and does new things simply out of spite, like RNG law systems, banning visible military units, or even just letting private investment be a thing mid-game instead of a pre-game one-off decision.

[Mansen]

Whats the point of Steam forums I ask in return.

Every other thread posted on any game's Steam forum is a salty mess of incoherent ranting, slurs and other fun. Y'all need to grow the heck up.

[KaiserChillhelm]

Originally posted by Traslogan:

Vicky 3 forums is for people to circlejerk about how much they love that Vicky 3 hates its predecessor and does new things simply out of spite, like RNG law systems, banning visible military units, or even just letting private investment be a thing mid-game instead of a pre-game one-off decision.

Tell me more, im intrigued abut how I circlejerk with others...

I see ppl there also talking about the same bugs as here with the difference of talking about the bugs and not the "bad devs". I see ppl helping out instead of calling out...
And I also see ppl arguing. But still they dont loose it like here.

Quite funny to imagine ppl that write about their frustration (more the way HOW they do) talking like this in reallife to others and after that complaining that noone ever is listening.

[Kimlin]

Originally posted by Kiethoo:

USELESS F'ING DEV TEAM.
Old Bugs Back,
+ New Bugs.

You’re saying those are the typical topics on the forums? I agree.

[saffonax]

I've made suggestions in the forums which have been taken up by PDX. Sometimes buried in DLC rather than changes to the vanilla game.

Generally it is the disaffected and the fanatically loyal who post, while perhaps the majority aren't motivated to post. This is bad, wrong, doesn't make sense, should work differently, etc. vs the 'don't mess with my game' players who disapprove of what are probably intended as helpful suggestions or pleas for improvements.

[TasteDasRainbow]

Not worth much of anything. They ban just about everybody who criticizes their games for any reason or none that they can find. I was banned in the discords for 'having a pfp of george bush'.

Publishing has really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up paradox int. so the best we can hope for is that the loss of profit scares their investors.

Won't be surprised when this is locked/removed.

[endymionologist]

I poke my head into the official forums every year or so, going back about a decade now I'd guess. I usually enjoy reading them for a while until I read something that reminds me of what they have always been: a place where players of Paradox games can have a moderated discussion with each other like they do here, but also still have sig lines with a bunch of bigoted claptrap in them if they want.

[TasteDasRainbow]

Yeah I was told a pfp of george bush holding corn was 'too political' to be allowed in their servers while half of their mods are flying flags on their accounts, supporting different political movements in their slogans, etc.

Strange considering I used that pfp in their servers for years, interacting with multiple admins directly, before a particular admin decided he didn't like my tone about the progress of vic 3.

[FightingFirst]

I wouldnt bother, half the mods are on an ego trip. Ive had two warnings from them, both times I pointed out why they were wrong and they dont ever respond. Bunch of fragile mods and white knights. I love paradox games, but they sure are not perfect.

[casual]

Originally posted by TasteDasRainbow:

while half of their mods are flying flags on their accounts, supporting different political movements in their slogans, etc.

Yeah that's really weird about PDX forums but also all corporations really. Steam, discord, you name it.
Almost invariably "no politics" "community guidelines" mean that they will unreservedly push politics they want to push, and ban anything they don't want to see.
Moreover, even mentioning "hey guys this PFP of your mod is questionable politics" might be bannable, since there the only rule is that owner corp is always right.