1.- yep, nuke it from orbit.
2.- Not really.
3.- Guides for new players.
4.- Said guides, suggestions for the game and updates.

* Trading forums should be nuked since there's really no trading happening in the game currently. Bring it back once a proper trading system has been established.

* Nuking the general discussion ... is a two-sided blade. Yes, it removes the overall toxicity, but people will see it as an affront to their right of free expression. I personally would like to see a few threads that are suggestions to be retained, but nuke everything else. Especially threads which have already been answered. (unsure on how feasible this actually is)

* Sticky for those three options sounds reasonable.

1. I'm on the fence about the idea, but leaning towards the nuke option.
2. Definitely there should be threads that should be retained. Namely those that are suggestions about what can be added to the game as well as resources and answered questions. (again, not sure how feasible this might be)
3. Perhaps something akin to what the ARC forums have, where weapon and armor builds go into one section, guides for newbies and vets alike go into another, and then GD remains where it is.
4. Other sticky posts that could be helpful would be a list of active bugs that the community has reported and that HSL is aware of (which is a monumental task to keep up-to-date, I know) as well as announcement stickies when twitch streams go live, so users can interact with you further and have questions answered live.

1. *boom*
2. I'd just go through them and make an FAQ. Or just re-post the FAQ you already have.
3. Nothing. Anything besides general is superfluous anyways. Even on the BLR forums people post everything in general.
4. A link to the Arc forums. Copy the blacklist sticky. Something with FAQ's for client/patcher errors.

• Add gifting/trading
  
• Add more recoil
  
• Balance toxic ammo
  
• WHERE ARE IS MY TROLL EMOTE!

Nuking the trading posts seems reasonable enough. Most forums that have multiple sections end up not having those sections used at all almost, many people do not bother and just post in general discussion out of ease. Do not delete any posts in general discussion, if anything maybe move them into an acrhival section but do not delete. That will upset more people than you anticipate and actions could easily be mis-interpreted if they are deleted.

1. As Domino described the game as "new" from the stream, I believe cleansing of the forums should be in order.
2. I don't really see too many threads with a whole lot of use, but a FAQ composed of answer questions would be helpful.
3. Perhaps armor and weapon build showcase sections?
4. A Sticky of a list of other forums like the arc forums and the subreddit.

Originally posted by T-Bone Biggins:

Nuking the trading posts seems reasonable enough. Most forums that have multiple sections end up not having those sections used at all almost, many people do not bother and just post in general discussion out of ease. Do not delete any posts in general discussion, if anything maybe move them into an acrhival section but do not delete. That will upset more people than you anticipate and actions could easily be mis-interpreted if they are deleted.

I'll have to look and see if there's a way to keep and archive old threads. I don't want this to be seen as a way of filtering. Just trying to organize and make friendly.

You are a new company and game has had major updating. I have no issue with nuking the entire thing and starting over. Sticky with links to FAQ, website, support, and other forums might be sufficient.

Originally posted by itsyboom:

You are a new company and game has had major updating. I have no issue with nuking the entire thing and starting over. Sticky with links to FAQ, website, support, and other forums might be sufficient.

I wouldn't be too upset if the whole forum was nuked here on Steam and started from scratch but I'm pretty sure there are people who would be, like guide posts etc. that people spent time to work on. Fairly certain you can just rename the General Discussion section we have already to 'Archives' and make a new GD, not sure exactly how Steam does it since I only modded for a few online forums and never with Steam.

You should just keep here a board like this port up.Keep info in it for future players,old,and guys who joined with info.From my expirience,had to go trough was.Guys from PWE telling 1 story,support guys working totaly a second story and you had from HSL webpage diff info.All 3 where contradicting it self.So i believe alot of players got confused missinformed on alot.Thats what caused alot of hate topic here in forum,and some are people just left got their comfort zone a bit schaken by new version of blacklight.What most now have problem is from play expirience with server client strange desyncs.Second thing is there was statement about trading and stuff.Got question on that topic:Are the Veteran packs coming back ( i mean the mission or something else we need to do ) so we can get it.Cause i find it kind sily,that some who want the stuff,have to go trough stupid ordeal to get scamed or pay outrageous price some player for it.Cause trade realy needs overworking and whole item value thing about has to come up with idea,that some of the items does not have or cant be traded or that items have no value so account seeling guys cant make a profit.

I'd suggest either nuking the General forums and starting over (though the more immature part of the community might get their panties in a twist), or archiving the threads in some way. Rename Trading to Archive and move all the posts from General to there and lock it?

Whatever process you go through, I'd take whatever is in General now and lock it, so we can start new.

You might even go so far as to pin information pertaining to the future roadmap of BLR that you guys have on the HSL website.

Originally posted by itsyboom:

You are a new company and game has had major updating. I have no issue with nuking the entire thing and starting over. Sticky with links to FAQ, website, support, and other forums might be sufficient.

Said it all for me, thank you very much

i agree with you lord ELF

I don't mind nuking but I'd be in full support of retaining an accessible archive somewhere. Legacy posts can have an untold amount of useful information that can be referred to.

Easy examples I can think of are to provide forgotten details of the game's history - which would be nice to look back on and remember if the game grows again - and various beneficiary reasons of allowing players to evidence things they've said, demonstrated or read.

I'd wonder if there should also be a Suggestions sticky, but I expect when you say proper support avenues it includes linking the suitable suggestions thread/s on the Arc forums.

completely agree on wiping; most of the old stuff (even the good bits) is not relevant anymore, and the past few weeks are mostly just whining about recoil without any understanding that it's already being fixed. no sense keeping either