Our 2023 Transition to a new Forum Platform: Games2Gether

CA_Evangelos#1832

Good day folks! We’d here to share an update about the Total War forums and the shift to a new platform before the end of this year.

We’ve been working with colleagues from our sister studio, Amplitude, to setup a new community discussion space on their in-house forum platform: Games2Gether (G2G). This offers a variety of new tools which will allow us to improve how we share information and intake feedback from new players: including a community newsfeed, a dedicated help center, and spaces where people will be able to submit feedback and ideas.

As we prepare for the launch of v1 next month, we’re announcing the transition now so you can grab any posts or text you need before these boards are archived on October 11. Here’s the current timeline of changes:

• You can continue to post here (on the current forum) until the final week of September.
  
• Before the end of September, we will launch the new Total War Games2Gether forum at a new web address (shared at that time).
  
• Shortly thereafter—likely on the same day—these forums will be switched to read only so you can continue to collect any of your old posts.
  

We're aiming to make this a seamless transition, ensuring you can move straight to the new platform when the current forum is locked. Then, on (or around) October 11, the current forum will be archived—completing the move and pointing the existing link to the new G2G forum.

The Total War forums have been an important space for conversation over the years: for the Total War community to provide feedback, help each other learn and play the games, and report issues; and for CA, who use the platform to collect information and identify issues that guide the changes and decisions we make for our games. We’d like to thank our AMAZING moderators who have helped keep it a safe and constructive space to discuss the game, and to everyone who’ve contributed to the space over the years. We also can’t wait to invite in new players to join the community conversation, and to continue evolving the platforms where our community can come together to share in the love of the game.

If you’d like to see the G2G forums in action, you can visit the official Amplitude or Company of Heroes forums to see them in full working action! And, if you’d like to ensure that you have your forum account ready to go, be sure to sign up for a CA Account now—which will serve as your login and forum name in the new space. [For information about how we will process your personal data on the G2G forum, please refer to our Privacy Policy.]

That’s it! You’ve got plenty of time to gather any posts or information you need, but be sure to collect any posts you want to preserve before October 11 when the current forums close down. [Note that we’re sharing these dates with the understanding that they may shift, though we’ll keep people updated via edits to this post in the event that our timelines change.]

Thanks, and we’ll be back with more soon!

—The Creative Assembly Team

Reeks#2417

R.I.P forums

Neodeinos#5871

Soooo can we finally get new avatars ? We've been asking for at least a year.

Red_Dox#2328

Welp. So much for the topics I was still working on.

------Red Dox

Bayes#3307

We had a good run.

toskyrun#2614

oh well, at least I hope we get a subforum for Pharaoh

mecanojavi99#6562

Oh wow, wasn't expecting that to be honest, I'll see all of you in that other forum then, hopefully it will be actually properly maintained and updated.

Anyone that has used that forum before could tell us how it compares to this one?

Cyresdog#8125

Impressive
"Start a communication with the upset community" - nope
"Adress the issues that are blatantly obvious such as lackluster patch cycles" - nope
"Increase quality and quantity in the current massively overpriced dlc" - nope
"Close down the forum and move to an even less populated forum space with the lead example being the other insanely unfinished Sega game that is about to kill a highly beloved franchise (company of heroes)" - yes absolutely

Bluemushroomz#1739

I checked out g2g and it’s a gamified joke of a forum. Can’t wait for people to farm ‘g2g points’ for some reason

CA_Evangelos#1832

toskyrun#2614 said:

oh well, at least I hope we get a subforum for Pharaoh

Absolutely! Games2Gether is broken down into "universes," so Pharaoh will get its own universe for discussion, new player guides, ideas, and other features that will be added as the space continues to grow and evolve.

CA_Evangelos#1832

Red_Dox#2328 said:

Welp. So much for the topics I was still working on.

------Red Dox

You still have plenty of time to post here, but definitely consider saving them out as files so you can pick up those threads in the new space. This announcement is to give everyone plenty of time to collect their old posts from here in case they want to just that.

mecanojavi99#6562

CA_Evangelos#1832 said:

toskyrun#2614 said:

oh well, at least I hope we get a subforum for Pharaoh

Absolutely! Games2Gether is broken down into "universes," so Pharaoh will get its own universe for discussion, new player guides, ideas, and other features that will be added as the space continues to grow and evolve.

While everything looks nice on paper, some kind of post either here or in the new forum explaining how everything works over there would be appreciated, specially the differences and advantages of the new place, otherwise it's just throwing people into a new environment they have no idea how it works.

Rewan#2358

I do not like that change.

Never "got" into the G2G stuff, if it actually effectively allows more tangible options that will be used longterm then fine.

If it's just to get something new/shiny/modern well, my voice won't change anything to it but it's a bad move.

Red_Dox#2328

CA_Evangelos#1832 said:

Red_Dox#2328 said:

Welp. So much for the topics I was still working on.

------Red Dox

You still have plenty of time to post here, but definitely consider saving them out as files so you can pick up those threads in the new space. This announcement is to give everyone plenty of time to collect their old posts from here in case they want to just that.

There is stuff I never will finish in time. And if I can't edit back and forth between my topics, anymore that is another blow, longterm. Which gets worse since I can't transfer **** over into the new forum easy either. Once the new one is running, this one is locked and dead, not handing me edit access. So I can't open my latest "Champion of Chaos", copy all the text from here to there (and look how wrird things go with the formating in the process). Plus to carry over its a lot of topics. Sure, I can link to the topics here as long as the forum archive sticks around. But we all know that the transition means they pull the plug here. Which means everything gets deleted in the end. Maybe not this year, but probably rather sooner then later. And even if this archive here would be around for a few more years and I use links from here in the new forum, I still can't edit the topics here if I have something to add when finding something new.

So on the WIP agenda were Kemmler, Neferata, W'soran, wrapping up the last Dogs of War RoR, Grombrindal, Gotrek&Felix, and a few Champions of Chaos left. Some drafts are already begun, for some the research is still ongioing. But there is no point to now hastingly try and finishing stuff up before the September close down.
Well, I might speeding up Malus Darkblades third WHM book, but guess I will not aim for the fourth book there too. Shame.

------Red Dox

Vin362#6699

Will this new forum automatically use our CA account to log in?

Moongor#4356

Hyennalization going further.

Maedrethnir#1968

Well, at least the new forum doesn't have like/dislike system. Or does it? Oh, it does*. I miss clean forums, without badges** and other happy hormones injectors.

Hopefully, we will keep the same moderators.

/edit/

*It appears there are no dislikes, or at least they don't show if you aren't logged-in. You can only get likes** and those are always displayed, alongside badges you collected.

**LIkes and other actions add G2G points:



You can unlock avatars and titles. And some other weirdness.

It's like a minigame breeding ground for consumerism.

DarthEnderX-#6513

Reeks#2417 said:

R.I.P forums

The new thing is still a Message Board Forum isn't it?

Considering this one has been super broken for awhile, it seems like this would be an improvement.

Jedidias1#5903

mecanojavi99#6562 said:

CA_Evangelos#1832 said:

toskyrun#2614 said:

oh well, at least I hope we get a subforum for Pharaoh

Absolutely! Games2Gether is broken down into "universes," so Pharaoh will get its own universe for discussion, new player guides, ideas, and other features that will be added as the space continues to grow and evolve.

While everything looks nice on paper, some kind of post either here or in the new forum explaining how everything works over there would be appreciated, specially the differences and advantages of the new place, otherwise it's just throwing people into a new environment they have no idea how it works.

Agreed

Jhuutom#2027

Does archived mean you won't be able to read anything anymore?

Surge_2#1464

Will I be able to still spam disagrees? This is a critical concern.

PappyTron#8042

Poor Vanilla Midget. He won't be able to live without these forums.

mecanojavi99#6562

Maedrethnir#1968 said:

Well, at least the new forum doesn't have like/dislike system. Or does it? Oh, it does*. I miss clean forums, without badges** and other happy hormones injectors.

Hopefully, we will keep the same moderators.

/edit/

*It appears there are no dislikes, or at least they don't show if you aren't logged-in. You can only get likes** and those are always displayed, alongside badges you collected.

**LIkes and other actions add G2G points:



You can unlock avatars and titles. And some other weirdness.

It's like a minigame breeding ground for consumerism.

The biggest take aways I saw from the new place is that it's muuuch better for collecting feedback, even allowing us to vote on game design decisions.

Jedidias1#5903

mecanojavi99#6562 said:

CA_Evangelos#1832 said:

toskyrun#2614 said:

oh well, at least I hope we get a subforum for Pharaoh

Absolutely! Games2Gether is broken down into "universes," so Pharaoh will get its own universe for discussion, new player guides, ideas, and other features that will be added as the space continues to grow and evolve.

While everything looks nice on paper, some kind of post either here or in the new forum explaining how everything works over there would be appreciated, specially the differences and advantages of the new place, otherwise it's just throwing people into a new environment they have no idea how it works.

Agreed

Walkabout#1505

Surge_2#1464 said:

Will I be able to still spam disagrees? This is a critical concern.

lol

#902441

Will the person who would "Disagree" with my comment if I stated "the Earth is a sphere" still be able to do it?

I do hope so, it gives them such pleasure, and it would be sad to think of them angry and frustrated.

Rocketlegion#7423

Patch your damn games CA.

Maedrethnir#1968

mecanojavi99#6562 said:

Maedrethnir#1968 said:

Well, at least the new forum doesn't have like/dislike system. Or does it? Oh, it does*. I miss clean forums, without badges** and other happy hormones injectors.

Hopefully, we will keep the same moderators.

/edit/

*It appears there are no dislikes, or at least they don't show if you aren't logged-in. You can only get likes** and those are always displayed, alongside badges you collected.

**LIkes and other actions add G2G points:



You can unlock avatars and titles. And some other weirdness.

It's like a minigame breeding ground for consumerism.

The biggest take aways I saw from the new place is that it's muuuch better for collecting feedback, even allowing us to vote on game design decisions.

It might be a much better place for collecting feedback. But I deeply dislike how the vote's power in game design vote is affected by forum points. Points one can earn by, amongst other things, owning games. It is a game in itself.

I really miss simple forums without all that nonsense.

kabulk#6557

CA_Evangelos#1832 said:

Red_Dox#2328 said:

Welp. So much for the topics I was still working on.

------Red Dox

You still have plenty of time to post here, but definitely consider saving them out as files so you can pick up those threads in the new space. This announcement is to give everyone plenty of time to collect their old posts from here in case they want to just that.

@CA_Evangelos#1832

Are you seriously not going to support top contributors to port their posts?

This forum has become an encyclopedia not only of total war but to warhammer universe thanks to contributors like Red Dox.

Would not be possible to save this knowledge with your support? At least could you facilitate them not turning off the forum till everything is ported?

It would be appreciated of you show some interest in what is written here instead of just saying: "if you want to keep it save it before we delete it"

ArbitraryDwarf#5835

Simply the name Games2Gether makes me want to cut it's throat.

Maedrethnir#1968

kabulk#6557 said:

CA_Evangelos#1832 said:

Red_Dox#2328 said:

Welp. So much for the topics I was still working on.

------Red Dox

You still have plenty of time to post here, but definitely consider saving them out as files so you can pick up those threads in the new space. This announcement is to give everyone plenty of time to collect their old posts from here in case they want to just that.

@CA_Evangelos#1832

Are you seriously not going to support top contributors to port their posts?

This forum has become an encyclopedia not only of total war but to warhammer universe thanks to contributors like Red Dox.

Would not be possible to save this knowledge with your support? At least could you facilitate them not turning off the forum till everything is ported?

It would be appreciated of you show some interest in what is written here instead of just saying: "if you want to keep it save it before we delete it"

CA won't delete posts and comments:

Shortly thereafter—likely on the same day—these forums will be switched to read only so you can continue to collect any of your old posts.