What with the short fuses?

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Originally Posted by DoctorPepper

Awwww, people have to do something more than once.

I'm sorry but having to grind something does not excuse a poor attitude. People choose how they act, the game does not choose it for them. If you're not capable of being polite then be quiet or if you have a huge problem with the people you're playing with just leave. There is no reason to be rude unless somebody is showing you the same level of disrespect no matter how you try to justify it.

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Awwwww, people are being mean and hurting your feelings?

If you aren't capable of handling it then leave, don't bitch on the forums about it like it bothers you so much that some idiot on a game yelled at you.

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Originally Posted by Otoha

I force myself to cap soldiery over the course of the whole week to keep at least my main geared decently, in hopes that in the future the game will have some things I do like, that simple.

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If you don't like the current content and just want to gear your main then you have at least 2 months until you get to see any new content not currently in the game. You have lots of time to get soldiery my friend, don't let the feeling that you need to cap out every week keep you from doing things you actually enjoy doing. They will inevitably make it easier to get soldiery or even better gear when new content is released anyways. Full soldiery is not best in slot anyways, get the pieces you require and then work on turn 6+ where the content is more challenging and less monotonous. I can see where you're coming from with the soldiery cap but we had the same mentality with myth until 2.2 and look how that went.

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Originally Posted by Darske

The game itself is more than just the grind though, don't you think? Its true that if this game was only grinding the same dungeons over and over again it would get very tedious (and in fact, sometimes it does), but what makes an MMO more than just the grind is the people. It's who you group with, and how you play with them that makes this more than just a grindfest. For example, if you're bored with the grind, why not try something silly like fighting Hard or Extreme Modes with snowman heads? Try runs with Titan-Egi tanking or just wander around the areas and be confident that nothing will so much as look at your level 50 the wrong way.

If you've cleared all the content, then help other players get to your level, and so on and so forth. The traditional idea of "Endgame" isn't the only way to enjoy having a high level character.

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I applaud you people that can make fun out of nothing, but the majority of people aren't like that.

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Originally Posted by Otoha

Awwwww, people are being mean and hurting your feelings?

If you aren't capable of handling it then leave, don't bitch on the forums about it like it bothers you so much that some idiot on a game yelled at you.

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Haha I think you're misunderstanding bud, I personally don't give a shit if people are rude or disrespectful to me. That still doesn't excuse the behavior, do you really want people to see you as a douche bag or would you rather people find your company enjoyable? I like to hope that people aren't so self centered that they only think about themselves, maybe that's a flaw in some minds but it's gotten me pretty far in life.

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Originally Posted by Otoha

I applaud you people that can make fun out of nothing, but the majority of people aren't like that.

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Please refrain from pushing your negativity onto "the majority of people". You'd be surprised how many people are capable of an amazing feat called "having fun".

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Originally Posted by Otoha

I applaud you people that can make fun out of nothing, but the majority of people aren't like that.

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What he mentioned isn't "nothing". At least no more or less than everything in the game is nothing. If all you care is about progress, progress, progress any MMO is going to get boring pretty quick at the endgame grind. The content isn't going anywhere. For me personally though it's about playing with people. If not for my FC I would have given up on the game and the DF grind ages ago. We have fun and laugh our asses off no matter what we're doing.

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Originally Posted by Otoha

Awwwww, people are being mean and hurting your feelings?

If you aren't capable of handling it then leave, don't bitch on the forums about it like it bothers you so much that some idiot on a game yelled at you.

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Why do you feel the need to be so rude to people? It's people like you that give MMO communities a bad name

I have impatience only if someone is continually making the same mistake. I spent most of Garuda HM my first time back in the day getting hated on in this one instance because the other party members assumed I was the reason why the plumes weren't going down fast enough and messing up the rocks. Turned out the other DPS weren't helping with the plumes because they thought they were going to burn Garuda (mind you, this is the beginning of the fight where it's identical to the first fight LOL).

People are really cranky on this game, it seems. I'm not sure why. It's a game. Have fun with it. If it makes you enraged, find something else to do.

From the forums, you'd think that FFXIV's community was a steaming cesspool, where the majority of players are rude or condescending. In practice, though, I've found the opposite to be true - the vast majority of players are, if not openly friendly, at least neutral or tolerant. Running into jerks does happen from time to time, but it's far from the most common case - and even when you do, those jerks are usually more interested in getting the instance done quickly and efficiently than they are in putting folks down, contenting themself with a snide comment or two but otherwise cooperating with the run.

The forums paint a different story, because if someone posts its because they've had a bad experience. It's hard for me to even imagine someone posting a thread called "Awesome run" ("Had an awesome Brayflox (Hard) run today! Went smooth, and the tank let me grab the treasure on the spiral staircase cuz I'm farming accessories!), and even harder to imagine that thread staying on the front page due to its running on for twelve pages of heated debate.

No, if you see a thread about a run, it's going to be about a BAD run, either complaining about a jerk, or posted by a jerk complaining about the noobs who wouldn't listen to his or her awesome and ever-so-polite advice. The fact that only a few of these per day show up on the forums, in a game with tens of thousands of players doing several instances each per day, is a good sign that the community as a whole is polite and/or friendly.

Take some consolation in that! It's not as bad as you might think. Jerks sure do have a talent for bringing down your day, though.

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Originally Posted by Gerolan

Why do you feel the need to be so rude to people? It's people like you that give MMO communities a bad name

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"People like you"?

Get off your high horse; you and all the others that act like you never get annoyed or mad at someone and that you're a more evolved life form that's above it all.