Server forums

[l†achi]

good forums are great, like the simple ones that look good and are easy to navigate through. Some forums can be trashy and discourage from even logging into the server. IP Vision Board is great

[Lucian]

Extremely useful, defiantly.

[Xeyra]

Forums + Overall high activity = Good advertising move to pull in the smart players.

I always use server forums as a way to tell how active the GM's and players are. GM's hosting an English server who do not act professional in a way with their English are very unattractive. GM's are GM's. They're not players. They may be player's when they're not on duty but when they're supposed to be GM's, they're supposed to be GM's.

Also, what server wouldn't have forums? Trying to contact GM's only when they're in-game is a very slow server in my opinion. You might as well go play iRO and wait for a GM to log on to ask them a question. Oh wait, GM's on iRO only log on in a blue moon.

[KwietStorm]

I love server forums. I usually lurk and check it out before I even download the server itself. There's tons of useful info there.

i always make sure I have a forum account. Usually I notice GMs are often busy in-game...swarmed with PMs and such, so I feel the forum is usually the better place to post my questions and get a response.

[Nish]

They are useful but it's always a good idea to have a website or wiki and not just a forum.

Only thing I dislike about forums these days is the number of trolls going around.. Every popular ragnarok with a forum has there
fair share of trolls :/

[Revenant]

They're good for feedback, creative suggestions and bug reports. Past that, it's nothing but trolls and mindless spam.