Whether World of Warplanes and World of Tanks will follow suit remains to be seen. Most players aren’t happy with the switch, however, with most complaints aimed at Discord’s lack of features compared to an actual MMO forum. “We understand that this is a big change, and we’re here to help.” “We understand that it can be hard to adapt to new community platforms however, this end only signals a new beginning, as we’re now transitioning our communication and activities to our dedicated Discord servers,” the studio explains. The team is also giving away a bundle of in-game goodies for those who sign up. Wargaming has opened several Discord servers for multiple languages and is encouraging players to sign-up with promises of Discord drops, regular events, and peer-to-peer assistance.

Plus, players were apparently flocking to Discord anyway. The studio cites behavioral trends in the gaming community and the video game industry in general as well as the forums’ aging infrastructure as the main reasons for the switch. Wargaming shut down the World of Warships official forums this past weekend in favor of the popular video game messaging and VoIP platform. World of Warships: Legends brings iconic ships and greatest commanders to Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 4 and 5 in the ultimate naval action. The era of video game forums looks like it’ll soon be coming to an end as another development studio makes the jump to Discord.

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