Maybe Epic Games should think about adding a forum section on the store
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Borderlands 3 players on PC are using BL2 Steam forums to seek help about BL3 issues on Epic Games Store
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Maybe Epic Games should think about adding a forum section on the store
Its not about learning. People know that every major release will launch in a sub-optimal state, or at the very least in a state much worse than the game will end up in after several patch tranches. People accept that reality so that they can play on launch.
I mean, that is tangentially related to this topic at best. This isn't a discussion on the technical issues of BL3, but rather that BL3 players are using Steam forums to discuss a game that isn't even on Steam because Epic bought exclusivity for their store which is sorely lacking in features.
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Sure you can use that, but Steam forums are way more useful than developers forum and they are always the ones that appear quickly on google if you need help about something.
Google: "borderlands 2 low fps" and the first result is a thread from Steam forums.
I usually do this with AAA single player games, but anything that's online or MP I tend to wait as they almost ALWAYS have issues at launch. Only reason I didn't wait with Gears 5 was because it was available through Game Pass. I still haven't picked up BL3 precisely because the performance issues noted in reviews were a red flag for me.
You are correct, support for BL3 is not available on the Steam forums. For other games though, the Steam forums are awesome.
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Where did i say the users are using ONLY Steam forums and that there is no place to talk about the game and its problems?
Steam forums are a shitshow but they are way more useful than a lot of dedicated forums, also, they are always the first result when you are looking from problems in Google.
Mixed feelings; I'd honestly rather everything was kept on Steam forums as it's a one stop shop for looking for issues.
Based Valve give us the ability to create forums for games that aren't out yet, and then attach them to the game once there is a store page lol
Beyond that.. yes it's ironic.. it was ironic the first 100 times this concept has been pointed out. Perhaps a "EGS does not have a foum feature |OT|" would be a good place to have this repetitive discussion? lol
Based Valve give us the ability to create forums for games that aren't out yet, and then attach them to the game once there is a store page lol
Beyond that.. yes it's ironic.. it was ironic the first 100 times this concept has been pointed out. Perhaps a "EGS does not have a foum feature |OT|" would be a good place to have this repetitive discussion? lol
why would i want to sign up for a different forum when that one is right there and it seems plenty of people are using it
No they are not better cause other external sites require creating accounts for every one of them, while on steam you just use your account for your 100+ games library. I'm not making a gearbox account, a cdpr account, a bethesda account etc etc just to fix my broken games.
Are you one of those people that leaves a bad review for a product on amazon because the parcel arrived late?
When I have a problem with a PC game a lot of times I get the solution on Steam forums. I never ever saw a problem solved on reddit and other more general forums, might as well say that they should go to gamefaqs for answers, it would be as useful.
I understand that Steam forums is usually a bad place, but for troubleshooting (or even guides to solve troubleshooting) is the best place.
I understand that Steam forums is usually a bad place, but for troubleshooting (or even guides to solve troubleshooting) is the best place.
What's wrong with the Steam forums nowadays? They are always fine by my experience.
Official forums have lower traffic and complaints on a wide level can easily be taken down by the management as to not make the game look bad.
Reddit is Reddit. If you can even find an active Subreddit you have to contend with crappy answers, terrible search functions, and rules that often disallow many of the right posts to be made.
Fansite forums are, again, much lower traffic.
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None of those alternatives are as good as the Steam forums which have high traffic, easy search functions, a focus on troubleshooting, and a community more likely to give an actual answer than most others. The majority of PC troubleshooting happens on the Steam forums for a reason, and it's not because Steam fanboys want to help Valve's monopoly or anything like that.
i don't remember the last time i left a review for anything
but im glad we're focusing on the right stuff here
Gave a read. At least half of them are trolls, as expected and honestly I suspect way more than that are not legit.
As said above, this is very dumb in too many ways
As said above, this is very dumb in too many ways
Yeah, but google problems with borderlands 3 and reddit is the first thing that comes up.
Actually reddit seems to be the place most searches direct me to. Does that mean steam forums are useless because people gravitate to reddit for forum needs?
Just in case it's of any use for people reading this, PCgaming wiki is a pretty good resource for this kind of stuff.
Although due to it's nature, it's sometimes not as quick as things like forum posts, because it's presenting all the relevant information in a conveniently formatted manner, whereas forum posts are more of a free for all.
Although it's quite telling that a lot of the solutions on PCgaming wiki are links to stuff from Steam forums, because that's often where the initial discussion resulting in a solution for bugs etc takes place.
Well, if you think about it, that because there are no Borderlands 3 forums on Steam. Doesn't stop people shitting up the Borderlands 2 forums though.
Only people who don't use Steam forums that'd say something like that.
There's a reason why most game-related questions are showing Steam forums (and Reddit) on the top Google search results nowadays.
But yes, there are toxic users there, undeniably. But which place in the Internet that doesn't have them? Even Era is not free from toxicity. If you look for them, you'll find them anywhere.
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Well, no shit if you google Borderlands 3 and problems you won't get direct to Steam forums BECAUSE THE GAME DOES NOT HAVE A PAGE ON STEAM
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Shows you how worthless the "just a launcher" argument is.
Epic isn't serving their customers. Features fucking matter.
I don't know who handles the Borderlands forums on Steam, but all Borderlands 3 troubleshooting discussion should be deleted. Create a support ticket with Epic/2K if you need help.
Epic isn't serving their customers. Features fucking matter.
I don't know who handles the Borderlands forums on Steam, but all Borderlands 3 troubleshooting discussion should be deleted. Create a support ticket with Epic/2K if you need help.
Yeah but the argument was that of course people will use steam forums for BL3 because when you google BL2 low fps, it directs you there.....
Klei is the only company I can think of with a good official forum and even then I find most of the answers if DST is giving me problems on the Steam forum.
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because they're showing the steam forums as a whole are generally the go to place for tech solutions on most games
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