Quote Originally Posted by ScorpiusMaximus View Post
So i have come to the conclusion that no-one really cares anymore in this game about others, it's become "Every man for him/her self", 2 posts on these forums, and rather reasonable and simple questions and no replies but plenty of views... so no-one has an answer
And in-game Why is this even an MMO anymore? Simple things, like a gate breach when there are 30+ players in a zone and no-one wants to help
Me thinks there are too many WoW-heads playing now. Whatever happened to helping one another in this game? Maybe i'm playing the wrong MMO if i need help from others
You expect us to answer questions aimed towards the devs? Cause like 99.9999999% of the threads here are aimed towards the SE staff. No one really wants to treat these forums anything more than a feedback/questionnaire hangout spot. I guess that's alright and all but let me ask you and everyone else who's been posting gloomy threads lately this: Exactly at which point in your FFXI career did you come across nothing but helpful players? I've been playing for 7 and a half years and the community is just about the same as it's ever been. Very 'circle of friends' oriented. Very 'I'll team up if I get something' oriented. And lastly, very rarely 'I'ma help this total stranger' oriented.

People keep implying that FFXI players are this special bunch when it comes to helping people they don't know, to put down what they are doing to run to the aid of someone else. Someone who will probably never return the favor because it does take a special kind of someone to do what you suggest we've been doing all these years until recently. I ain't ever seen that on a mass scale to be considering it the norm. Just a little tired of the "what happened to this playerbase" threads that are designed to make people feel guilty about an issue that doesn't exist. Make your "this playerbase is too selfish" threads and the like, but please don't pretend we all once upon a time set aside our goals of attaining level 75 or end game gear or crafting or farming whatever to help someone. FFXI just isn't very friendly in that respect due to drop rates and the like. It's end game nature has molded us into what we are when logged in. You won't see that EQ family guild ideal here.