What can we do to make the community a better place?

[Shinjorai]

First off before i start this, i am not just talking about PSU which is a part of the PS2 community definitely, but i mean the general populace in planetside 2 once it launches. Having played some games with some very bad game communities that had some people with horrible attitudes a multitude of trolls and just outright rude people it got me to thinking. What are some games that have horrible communities and what are some games that have had relatively friendly and helpful communities and what is different about the way the games are settup that makes them different.

So what id like to do here is maybe if everybodys willing, give one bad experience with a game community you had and give one good experience with a game community you had and maybe we can all look at those good gaming communities and figure out what was different about them that drew in a more positive group of people. The reason this is more important than you probably realize is because this game will be totally community driven and if its filled with a majority of rude obnoxious people its going to potentially drive away a lot of players and in the long run I feel that will hurt SOE's sales as well as ruin some fun of the game because of the lack of cooperation.

Im a realist and i realize its not all going to be ponies and rainbows all the time but what im really getting at is maybe we can come up with some in game incentives we could suggest to SOE to help promote a better community maybe they hadnt thought of. Im not really sure off the top of my head what could be done but thats why i started this thread, im sure amongst the populace of PSU theres some good ideas out there we could suggest to ensure the game were going to be playing for hopefully the next many years will always have a healthy friendly helpful community.

One thing I remember hearing from a game i never played much but had a cult following was SWG I remember reading something about a helper system in the game and people would wear a helper tag and assist new people just logging into the game.I think maybe things like that in ps2 would be a great idea. Id also like to say too that i think its really great the way the devs get involved in the community here on the forums for example and actually communicate with the playerbase. I have been into gaming for a many many years and gotta say ive never seen that so i think thats really great and one good thing that leads to a positive community. Im not sure if this should be in the idea vault section or not since what im really asking for is maybe in game and out of game incentives to promote a better community but i figured id post it in the discussion section as more people seem to view this than the idea vault regularly.

So all that being said what are some Ideas to help promote a better community and what differentiates a good community from a bad one in your opinion?