Can go in the Classic section of the forums, this section you are reading in now is for those who play retail. Is it that confusing? Lol
Is there anywhere that explicitly states Classic threads 100% must go into the classic forums given this is simply General Discussions for the Community?
Don’t get me wrong, I understand everyone’s frustrations, since I feel all the classic threads are indeed tiring at times, but to my knowledge they aren’t required to if it’s something they want to discuss here too.
I’ve seen mods moving Classic threads to their General Discussion section.
But I also had a post flagged (and removed by a mod) telling people they should probably post in Classic General Discussion.
So at this point it’s safest to assume that Blizzard has no idea what they’re doing, nor are they particularly concerned about moderating these forums in any kind of consistent way.
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It’s not that difficult to mouse over a thread and see the context, don’t like it, don’t click, right?
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It depends on the thread.
If it’s 100% classic focused, goes to classic forums.
If it’s riffing off Retail in favor of classic? Goes to classic forums.
If your just slipping a snippet about retail in your 99.9% classic post? goes to classic.
If it’s an actual discussion that involves both Classic and Retail, that isn’t just tribalist fighting? Could still be argued people are really tired of seeing classic posts in GD (Especially repeats of the same thread over and over again) and it should probably be either in classic, or not posted due to spam rules.
Honestly, they made an entire forum labeled Classic Discussion for people who want to play Classic and talk about classic.
Seems pretty obvious they want classic discussion in the classic forums as they do actively move classic threads from GD to Classic Discussion.
That does not surprise me, bummer but that is what I would expect these days.
This thread is about Classic, It CaN gO tO tHe ClAsSiC fOrUm
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While it really depends on the context within the thread, Classic-topic posts do need to go into Classic’s GD, not Retail’s GD, as that’s the entire purpose for having a separate forum subsections.
As for why a lot don’t go to Classic’s GD, my best guess is that the majority of forum-goers just default to the regular GD, and either don’t think or are too lazy to switch to another forum section.
Right but this is community General discussion, there’s really nothing stopping anyone from making yet another classic thread in here really. I understand why everyone is sick of seeing them everywhere, and I don’t disagree that most threads should probably go to the classic forum GD, but this isn’t specifically marked as a Retail GD.
As for the actual moderation of GD and the Classic threads, I think they are more than likely moving specific threads that retain solely to Classic alone or may be considered spam at this point… Given the countless amount of forum threads about Rag and Ony.
You can just do like me and mute the thread. You won’t see it any more. Easy and keeps you from being the one to complain.
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There’s absolutely no problem with talking about classic on GD. Maybe retailers can ask for a retail forum, where all the topics can be restricted to retail WoW, but GD should be an open forum where we can talk about anything related to WoW.
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No, not really, but the Classic forums were designed for open discussion about World of Warcraft Classic, and well, honestly, if they have there own subforums, then it should be used.
How ever, General Discussion is actually talking about anything in General about World of Warcraft, and usually topics that don’t have there own sub forums.
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I really wish they would learn. It’s getting really tiresome seeing nothing but classic threads here when they have their own forum. I’d feel the same way about any subject.(Pvp, RP, transmog) posted in excess when they have their own forum. It’s okay though, I don’t come here half as much as I did before classic was released. They are breaking my forum addiction, so I guess that’s a good thing.
And that’s the point I’m making, but like I said given context of some of the forum threads not all of them should be going into the Classic GD. For example the ones that want to discuss Classic to retail changes, things like those I understand should stay here. Things that are solely Classic based should be going into the Classic Forums. And, the amount of Rag and Ony threads I feel at this point are starting to chalk up to spam… My point simply was I don’t really see that much of an issue, especially since again this is the community GD.
It is just as easy to place the thread in the correct section, right?
There are certain situations where it’s ok to post outside of their own forums. Especially if they want a genuine unbiased opinion given a lot of certain people in those forum threads may be biased to something. Again, there’s no rule stating anyone can’t post in the community GD for a community Discussion. But most people of the other forums don’t really do that, as most PvPers are either looking for partners in the threads, or they’re asking for help either from other players or from Blizzard due to a good number of reasons that pertain solely to that topic.
If the classic forum people want to discuss specifically classic that’s fine and dandy, I agree that it should go into the Classic discussion threads. But, if it’s about both then I have no problem with it being here.
It does get confusing on where to post threads about both Classic and Retail, and honestly, I don’t see any reasons why they shouldn’t exist here in GD, because well, it is talking about World of Warcraft in General, not just classic or not just retail.
One thing that I do not agree with the OP is that GD is only to talk about Retail.
But when threads are more of talking about Classic over Retail, or Classic in general, they should be posted in the Classic WoW forums.
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The existence of a Classic GD is pretty much all the evidence you need. It’s like knowing toilets exist but you’re standing around saying “Where does it say I have to use the toilet when I can poo myself where I stand?!”
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Glad to see someone agrees I suppose. I won’t disagree with the OP that sometimes the Classic threads can be a tad tiring, especially when it seems to be some sort of little war between classic fans and retail fans.
Also, not really? Especially again this specifically says Community General discussion…? I’ve also kind of already stated my standpoint on Classic and Retail discussions so I’ll just quote it at this point.
What if the thread’s about Retail using Classic talent trees…
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