Locking threads before their time expirers without giving any explanation is unprofessional and only servers to garner animosity among the player base. What ever the reason there must be proper communication as to why.
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This thread will get locked soon.
But you are right. Itâs just silencing and hiding facts about the new update. In other words âdamage controlâ.
The best statement they could do now is another community letter that will be like:
âDear players, we screwed upâŠâ
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They say very little in forum. Mostly it feels, its just players discussing.
Whoever is responsible for communication, doesnt communicate much.
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The Fun and The Com itâs not the Funcom base. And its true, same the lives are so bad, when you watch server bug : Twitch
Its very ridicul and the constructions are so ugly, 0 effort.
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fact is how many times have we been through this kind of release cycle and discussion suppression, there is a reason they keep complete community control of both the reddit and forums towards the game.
Greetings Exiles,
Thank you for your feedback. Please let us know exactly what threads were closed and weâll take a look at what might have happened.
If, by any chance, you mean the bug reports please note that we merge them with other reports of the same type to keep all the information in one place. Itâs easier for us to track additional information that might be useful for our team as well as keeps the forum tidy.
Please reach out and weâll do our best to clarify any situation that might be troubling you.
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Itâs more of a future thing. Itâs bad practice to shut down a conversation without giving a reason. Regardless of whether or not the reason is or isnât obvious.
But here a two since you asked
If I were to hazard a guess, its because emotions kind of took off and the discussion spiraled. This isnât the fault of the OP of those threads. Just this community (and this isnât unique here) sometimes just derps out. Then they donât see anyway the discussion is going to get on track and just push everyone to move on.
It can kind of suck if its your thread and you had an idea or something to say and then it gets buried. But suffice to say, if Dana, Mayra, Ignasi, or AndyB has locked it, they also read it, chances are anything of worth was gleaned and taken over. So theyâre not entirely wasted.
In many cases, threads sometimes just take space IMO (and I am just voicing my opinion here), and get attention from things that probably need more attention. Especially if something goes into a âFuncom Badâ discussion, or PVE and PVP crapping on each other. Those donât really serve any purpose. People say they are feedback, but theyâre the same words and accusations said for years (or decades in some cases). So like a post saying the sun will rise tomorrow and the sky is blue⊠it gets a bit redundant.
My advice is donât really worry about it too much. Theyâre not silencing you and the ones who get the threads locked are just ignorant most of the time. Though personally⊠when people do get overly personal⊠and when I say this I mean they start using a thread for dms and not merely insulting each other⊠that shouldnât be reason to lock a thread. Just put the two in time out or tell them to chill.
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This 
, i will add Cattibria and Melcom to this.
Emotions with positive spirit was never their issue i believe 
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But yes this is the greatest reason i believe .
Another good reason is âgo around the same bushâŠâ which means that this topic has nothing more to give.
Community allows constructive criticism, but constructive!
The reasons all these above go wrong itâs us. But we are responsible for the opposite too 
. Câest la vie i guess!
Both of which were easy enough to see why they were closed, no need of an explanation.
A good portion of the know issues with AoW were discussed on the forum with in hours of it hitting test.
The foundation bug that has bit so many was unknown by any one on the public test servers.
Years ago I was actually a forum moderator. One day the app the forum was for had a big anticipated update, within half an hour there were 7 threads with almost Identical titles. I merged them, people started new threads because they thought the threads had been closed. Then I started just linking to the main thread and closing threads. Finally got to the point I was handing out 24 hour timeouts like candy.
People will come on to the forum all agitated and never check to see if there are already threads on the subject.
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There is always a need for explanation.
Iâm not taking it personally. These are just two I had on hand. Itâs a matter of professionalism. A reason should always be given.
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Yes. Exactly.
Log an Issue if itâs a demonstrable fault. This is useful.
Add to an existing ticket if you need to, but keep detail clear so your feedback enhances the response.
Save the hate for your spouse/kids/pot-plant/aliens/self.
Remember that in some (very rare cases), some have specific axes and agendas to grind. Some even need to generate âhitsâ to a stream or platform.
To attract useful attention to a matter keep it simple, productive, unemotive.
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Please donât beat your kidsâŠ
Oh, I agree 100% on that - they usually choose their parentsâ old age homeâŠ
Please take a look around the forums. Itâs all out there. The bugs, the negative feelings about thralls and stamina and the new building pieces, etc. Even the FLS being down. Theyâre not silencing anything, except inexcusably poor behavior.
That said, I do agree that itâs good protocol to post an explanation to locked threads to make it clear why the thread was locked. If it was because emotions flared and harsh words were used, itâs good to point that out because people often cannot see whether they crossed the line, especially in the heat of the moment.
Yeah, itâs like holding back the tide with a bucket. Haste is a poor councelor, and people often act before looking around to see whether someone else has already reported the same thing. And if their own thread âdisappearsâ because it got merged, they post a new one because theyâre here to tell the truth and the evil corporation is trying to shut them up - especially if theyâre still in an emotional state due to whatever brought them to the forums.
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When I reported a bug the devs flagged as spam! The bug is the texture on setite chocker and stygian vest
Well a lot of frustration going on atm (and Iâm not even including the conspiracies)âŠ
Donât think Funcom is in the position to make everyone happy at all atmâŠ
But I really hope theyâre working on it⊠but your guess is as good as mine, since we donât really get a answer.
Communication is key.
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Keys also open doors?