In response to a growing deluge of “less than constructive” posts on its forums, the team at ArtCraft Entertainment has decided to restrict the Crowfall forums to only allow posts by users who have purchased a backer package.

While we’ve enjoyed having anyone who registered for our future beta tests interacting on our forums, there have also been issues with some non-backers being less than constructive. We’re choosing to keep the posting community limited to those who have pledged to Crowfall until we get to the non-backer beta tests sometime next year. Everyone will still be able to read the public forums whether they are registered or not.

There will be a grace period for users where, for 30 days after registering their account, they will be able to post in a new, limited forum to discuss the game and have any questions they may have answered before deciding whether or not to back the crowdfunded title.

As Crowfall offers backer packages for as little as $5 in its store, players who are seriously interested in discussion the game will find little barrier to gaining access to the forums and participating in the community. Whether or not this low requirement will help to keep the trolls at bay remains to be seen.

Source: http://www.crowfall.com/#/news/a-change-to-our-forums