Many of you are frustrated with the restrictions on Free-to-play users and their abilities within the new forums. Some of you are questioning why you could post in the general boards in the old forums, but here you are limited only to the Free-to-play section.
Keep in mind:
There are subforums to the Free-to-play forums. Premium and Free-to-play players alike can post within these subforums so conversations by the entire AoC community can easily be had.
- General Discussion
- PvP Discussion
- Classes (including the possibility to flag new threads with the related class name for better overview)
- Technical Issues and Solutions
- Off-topic
All of the above still has some of you unsettled. And I understand that, as I am sure does Tarib and the others at Funcom involved in making the forum access decisions. However this is what is currently set in place.
I do not want to discourage anyone from discussing these restrictions, as it may appear, but what I do want is for you to discuss these restrictions constructively.
We do have Social Guidelines that apply to each and every board within these forums. If you have something to say regarding your limits (or the limits of others) within the AoC forums, please be certain you are adhering to these guidelines before you post.
If you have a suggestion, please back it up with the advantages of implementing said suggestion. Stating you have a problem with something, but not providing a solution, or a valid reason why you have the problem to begin with is not advantageous to getting a resolution for your problem.
But please remember the rules/restrictions are in place intentionally, and respect them as they are. You do not have to agree with them, you do not have to like them, but to keep the community moving forward, you do need to respect them.
If you have anything you would like to share regarding these forum restrictions for Free-to-play users, post them in this thread. Please, keep your posts constructive.
And always keep in mind that it is up to Funcom, or more specifically the Senior Community Manager, to determine if the access, structure, and setup of these forums should change.