Controversial poll, go!
Since talk of a vote for a non-Legacy server, a number of threads have been popping here and there about the good and bad sides of Legacy and non-Legacy. That's pretty normal and expected.
What's less normal and expected is that now that the vote is behind us and we have two official (well official for the RPC, still non official for Squeenix) servers, people still fight over which is "best". Every time a new player comes around and asks, you see people trying to pull them one side or the other.
There is no flaming per se, it remains civil, but it does however paint a false impression to the newcomers with expressions such as "is clearly better", "obviously", and "it's no choice at all", just to name a few.
I feel that this little infighting is harmful to our community. I also believe that those pulling others one way or the other might have no bad intentions and only seek to make their chosen server better, mind you. I also believe, people are right in claiming their right for healthy debates but I think we are past that at this point as those "debates" have come down to politely waged poaching wars.
So the question is this.
Considering we already have a good sticky post in the Welcome Desk to describe server options, should we "ban" further Gilgamesh vs Balmung discussion?
By "ban" I mean like.. locking them with a link to the above-mentioned post whenever they happen.
I put the actual question in bold, but please make sure to read the whole post before you vote.
I'd ask to simply vote and not use this thread for yet another debate on Gilg vs Balm but.. yeah, right.
P.S. I obviously have no authority here, but I see these debates keep showing up and more people growing tired of them, so I thought it was worth asking. The results might surprise us and give the RPC staff some insight?
Since talk of a vote for a non-Legacy server, a number of threads have been popping here and there about the good and bad sides of Legacy and non-Legacy. That's pretty normal and expected.
What's less normal and expected is that now that the vote is behind us and we have two official (well official for the RPC, still non official for Squeenix) servers, people still fight over which is "best". Every time a new player comes around and asks, you see people trying to pull them one side or the other.
There is no flaming per se, it remains civil, but it does however paint a false impression to the newcomers with expressions such as "is clearly better", "obviously", and "it's no choice at all", just to name a few.
I feel that this little infighting is harmful to our community. I also believe that those pulling others one way or the other might have no bad intentions and only seek to make their chosen server better, mind you. I also believe, people are right in claiming their right for healthy debates but I think we are past that at this point as those "debates" have come down to politely waged poaching wars.
So the question is this.
Considering we already have a good sticky post in the Welcome Desk to describe server options, should we "ban" further Gilgamesh vs Balmung discussion?
By "ban" I mean like.. locking them with a link to the above-mentioned post whenever they happen.
I put the actual question in bold, but please make sure to read the whole post before you vote.
I'd ask to simply vote and not use this thread for yet another debate on Gilg vs Balm but.. yeah, right.
P.S. I obviously have no authority here, but I see these debates keep showing up and more people growing tired of them, so I thought it was worth asking. The results might surprise us and give the RPC staff some insight?
