Bethesda.net, Bethesda's new forums REBOOT Options

[Renee]

Just a heads up, for those who don't know, but still participate over at Beth. They're going to be making new forums, and from what I'm hearing, a lot of things are going to get demolished. Usernames, post counts, stars .... all of that is going to be started over. Actually, here, I'll just let Gstaff explain ...

Hi

We’re still in kicking the tires on Bethesda.net, and are very excited about the progress we’re making on the forums. We believe you guys will be happy with the changes and new features they will offer.

There are a few things worth noting at this time:

1) Usernames and posts will not be ported over. We will give folks a heads up as we get closer to the forum launch date so you can ready for the transition and claim your preferred username.

2) We will not transition all of our forums over at once. We want to make sure we’re testing functionality on the forums and gathering feedback from folks like you.

3) As forums transition over to Bethesda.net we plan to archive the existing forums so that folks can reference back to old posts.

Moving is never easy – there will be adjustments and we hope that you’ll pardon the dust as we all get used to our new digs. Knowing the longstanding efforts, love and attention, and general awesomness I’ve seen from all of you, I expect bigger and better things for everyone on the Bethesda.net forums.

Much more to come!

Personally I could care less about my username, my post count, my stars, all of that stuff. I was worried I would lose all my old posts there, the stories, the good times, but apparently #3 takes care of that. They're supposed to archive the old forums, which means all our ("Our", assuming you participated over at Beth) posts are going to be okay, we just won't be able to participate in old threads. PMs are also not getting ported over, but those are easy to archive, of course.

So in essence, we're all getting the banhammer over at Beth. yuk yuk. It's all good though.

[Grits]

Thanks for the heads up, Renee! I would have missed this until the day my link no longer worked.

[mirocu]

Still unsure if I´ll join the new site. Guess I´ll wait and see how it unfolds


Anyone who´s set on joining up directly?

[mALX]

Still unsure if I´ll join the new site. Guess I´ll wait and see how it unfolds


Anyone who´s set on joining up directly?

Is the new site up? I didn't know.

I just went there, and there isn't a forum to be found, it is all about advertising their new games and gear. Are they doing away with the forums?




This post has been edited by mALX: Dec 10 2015, 08:54 PM

[ghastley]

The bethesda.net site exists now, but the "community" link takes you back to bethsoft.com. So the site's there, but not the new forums.

[mirocu]

ATTENTION


They are apparently letting people sign up now so act quick if you´re gonna. I won´t since I can´t even access bethesda.net plus I don´t like this whole thing.

[Callidus Thorn]

Eh, it's been so long since I was around the bethsoft forums, I might not bother.

[Acadian]

Thank you for the update, mirocu. I did go look at Gstaff's thread, followed his instructions and registered. Happily, Acadian was available as a call sign and I had no problems. Not sure what it means exactly, but I am registered now. Lol.

[Grits]

Thanks for the update. I guess I'm free to shop as myself on the new site.

[ghastley]

Signed up, too, just to make sure my username isn't taken. I wasn't happy that the same password wouldn't work. Stronger passwords are harder to remember, so not really more secure, anyway.

[Decrepit]

I signed up as my decrepit self, but won't visit there again until I know the forums are active. Wanna link straight to 'em rather than contend with the Bethesda.net home page, which I have no interest in.

[Lopov]

Just like Decrepit, I'll wait for the forums to be launched before getting back to Bethesda.net because I don't like the home page either. I registered, but the forced keys of the password annoyed me, not sure how exactly this contributes to a stronger password. Since in the past few years I haven't posted much at Bethsoft, I don't expect to post much at the new forums either but we'll see.

[ghastley]

Some notes that may have relevance to others:

I registered from my browser at home, and tried to login from work. It accepted the name and password, but sent me an email (to my home server) with the login link for the "new browser or device". It's likely that will happen any time you clear your cookies, so make sure the email address you supply the first time isn't temporary, or you might get locked out.

User names containing spaces aren't allowed, as the space acts as a delimiter in some of the interfaces, and the name would get truncated at the space. Presumable Pseron Wyrd has changed his, as he states he can get it. Only one non-alphanumeric character, too. Can't see any reason for that restriction. Accented characters should count as regular alphabetic ones.

[tegeus-Cromis]

This all just sounds too tedious. Though I'm mostly concerned about just two forums - OB Mods and the (frequently excellent) Construction Set forums. But it looks to me like The Assimilation Lab and TES Alliance (and Chorrol, of course!) can fill the gap mightily, so I just may not bother with Beth Forums at all once the change happens.

[Renee]

Signed up, too, just to make sure my username isn't taken. .

This exactly. I don't want anybody pretending to be me. I made sure to put my new username in my current sig over at Beth, just so there's no confusion.

Not to start on a negative note, but one thing that really sucks is we cannot put a space, hyphen, or underscore into our name. So now I'm ReneeGade instead of Renee Gade. I can live with that, I guess, but still....

Maybe the new forums will be okay. Maybe the search function will be better, oh my gosh, Beth's former search function was so awful!

[ghastley]

Hyphens and underscores should be permitted, but only one. The space restriction makes sense, but the only one hyphen part doesn't.

[Darkness Eternal]

Hope Rohugh isn't around this time.

Time to bypass the ban.

[Darkness Eternal]

How do I sign up for the new forums?

How do I sign up for the new forums?

[ghastley]

This is the link in the Bethsoft general forums.

https://account.bethesda.net/en/login

Some have reported that the registration process fails in Firefox, and recommend using Chrome.

The new forums themselves are not yet accessible. This is just the sign-up process for when they're opened. Existing users got a bit of advance warning.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Feb 4 2016, 10:40 PM

[Decrepit]

This is the link in the Bethsoft general forums.

https://account.bethesda.net/en/login

Some have reported that the registration process fails in Firefox, and recommend using Chrome.

The new forums themselves are not yet accessible. This is just the sign-up process for when they're opened. Existing users got a bit of advance warning.

For what it's worth, I registered via Firefox (yesterday) without issue. Leastwise I recall none.

[Darkness Eternal]

This is the link in the Bethsoft general forums.

https://account.bethesda.net/en/login

Some have reported that the registration process fails in Firefox, and recommend using Chrome.

The new forums themselves are not yet accessible. This is just the sign-up process for when they're opened. Existing users got a bit of advance warning.

Thanks, Ghast!