Is this the best Fxiv Arr Forum?Follow

I have liked Zam for a long time, I dont even play FFXIV anymore and I still come here to read the forums. Seems like we have a good mix of perspective here.

No, we only post on here because it's mediocre at best.

I always believed Zam to be one of the best forums in general I used this one constantly when I was in FFXI and now I'm here again for XIV. We do have those few trolls here but then again what site doesn't but I'm more than positive you'll enjoy your stay here.

I definitely prefer the people here over any of the other forums I've been to.

By FAR the best FFXIV forum out there.

I mean you could head over to mmorpg.com...but go there and loot at the topics being discussed...nothing about the game itself just people fighting over how much the game sucks like its a political forum.

Plus you get banned there permanently if you call out someone spreading straight BS about the game...happened to me...was actually shocked they would ban someone who liked the game and was posting about it but let others spreading BS about the game stay...

Right now they are all claiming the end of FFXIV and its soon to be f2p status because *gasp* endgame is tier based gear. So they are all shocked about it over there and proclaiming the game a flop.

Or.

You could come here and actually discuss stuff about the game without the same 5 posters coming into every thread and starting an argument about how they think the game sucks and will be f2p and SE is gonna go out of business blah blah blah.

Theres actual discussions here about the game, and that is very rare for multi game forums.

the SE forum is unusable. Cant post over 1k words, cant post more than a few times per day. Cant post unless you are a certain level. Horrible forum layout as well.

Plus we can upvote and downvote posts

Edited, Sep 15th 2013 7:05pm by Strangerous

tier based gear? what would the alternative be? i mean couldnt you also argue that ffxi's engame gear was tier based too? i.e yougot stuff from sky then BETTER stuff from salvage then better from einherjar then abyssea etc etc?

Well said.



annnnnd lost all credibility

The replies just reaffirm my faith, although I do feel like grandad now. I've been a gamer for a fair few years now, but always solo. Have played all the FF since VII, but was never really tempted by the idea of online gaming. Thought I'd give FFXIV ARR a shot, and jeez, such a lot of fun. One hell of a steep learning curve though. The terminology, the dungeon tactics, the general etiquette involved. From an outside perspective, it's a whole new and frankly alien culture to a certain extent, but so much fun. I'm not quite as dedicated as some of the power levellers, have my main class close to 30, and am slowly levelling three others.

I am very curious as to what post level 50 gameplay will be like though. Does the game change dramatically? Am about to do Haukken Manor, and am rather nervous, as rumour has it the difficulty level rises dramatically. So far all dungeons have been fairly manageable, I hope this isn't the one where I crash and burn...

I'd say the offiical forums were better but the mods there delete so many threads they don't like now.

Zam is the best honestly, mainly because the mods don't abuse their power (even if they might want to).

Yes, and MUCH better than the SE offical forums. Here you can say things like "the servers being down is unacceptable" and not get suspended for violation of forum rules (its in the rules, can't post anything negative about SE on their forums in imperial Japan)

Its the only place I'm signed up. Good group.

When i started playing FFXI this was the place to go, not for just the forums but for general information on the game. Years later the wiki was more popular, still that forum remains pretty active as well. Then XIV came out, 1.0. These forums were created but never really took off, there was sometimes a week in between posts. Since the beta announcement though this forum has been the best place i could find once again for XIV related info, i always come here and spend a part of my work day watching the forums. I don't see a ton of trolling, its regulated and watched by good peoples and well taken care of. This is the best forum for XIV!!

There are valid arguments for and against the ZAM karma system. On the one hand it promotes cliquishness (aka the "circle-jerk") and discourages new posters from making what are possibly valid criticisms for fear of retaliation from the community. On the other hand, it gives the established members of the community an immediate means of feedback to posters. A first time poster who comes in with guns blazing will be shot down. A first time poster who asks a reasonable question or slips in a thoughtful comment will still be rated up. (Karma doesn't count until your post count exceeds 10 if I remember right.)