Asking people to improve is toxic, ageist, and ableist

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Originally Posted by pastperfect

My friend has a 65 year old woman in her static that does content just fine so maybe this game just isn't for you?

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Actually it is for me. Yoshi P said this game is first and foremost designed for people who are casual and may not dedicate 20 hours a week just to improve at some video game.

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Originally Posted by Juzjuzz

Maybe that will work for players who only want story, finish castrum once and be done with it. You'll look good in castrum without a lot of effort and have fun with the custcenes after..

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Some games like SWTOR have a great option: three levels of difficulty. Anyone who just wanted to play the story and watch cutscenes chose this option: "story mode" and enjoyed the game without wasting a lot of time and getting what they wanted, story and custcenes. Those who wanted the maximum difficulty chose the "master mode". There would be no controversy if the SE made this grading, each group of players would enjoy the game, including unique rewards and achievements for increased difficulty.

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Originally Posted by MilitaryVet123

Furthermore, people assume that it is natural to be able to concentrate on mechanics over an hour. I could not because of my ADHD and I easily get distracted. During the Castrum engagement that I did with my friends, it took every ounce of energy to make myself concentrate on doing the mechanics. However, with the insane chat spam and people all shouting different things in yell chat, it becomes extremely difficult to focus on what I need to do because of my ADHD.

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Fun fact about the military: they DO NOT enlist people who have autism, ADHD, and Asperger’s Syndrome. I’m autistic and I cannot be enlisted in the military as they will not allow people who have it. Mainly because if a person takes medication in order to function like a normal person, it’s an issue as the medication can be abused by the user and other people. Plus people with mental disabilities cannot make good decisions, and that’s a HUGE no-no in the military as it can cost the lives of other soldiers as well as that person. A soldier is responsible for themselves and others in their troop.

So please get your facts right when you portray yourself with a person with a “disability,” as if you are disabled, you can’t do anything functional. People with autism and the like can have disabilities, but it’s more like differences. With my autism, I can function like a normal person. I just have trouble following directions and understanding the emotions of others as well as expressing my own.

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Originally Posted by MilitaryVet123

Actually it is for me. Yoshi P said this game is first and foremost designed for people who are casual and may not dedicate 20 hours a week just to improve at some video game.

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Where do you get this figure? 20 hours a week? If you literally read a guide on your job (maybe 20-30 minutes) and apply that logic to how you play (perhaps another 20 mins reorganizing hotbars) you'll be doing well enough to not be a burden in anything below EX content.

No one requires 20 hours a week of 'practice' it just takes a bit of common sense.

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Originally Posted by Naraku_Diabolos

Fun fact about the military: they DO NOT enlist people who have autism, ADHD, and Asperger’s Syndrome. I’m autistic and I cannot be enlisted in the military as they will not allow people who have it. Mainly because if a person takes medication in order to function like a normal person, it’s an issue as the medication can be abused by the user and other people. Plus people with mental disabilities cannot make good decisions, and that’s a HUGE no-no in the military as it can cost the lives of other soldiers as well as that person. A soldier is responsible for themselves and others in their troop.

So please get your facts right when you portray yourself with a person with a “disability,” as if you are disabled, you can’t do anything functional. People with autism and the like can have disabilities, but it’s more like differences. With my autism, I can function like a normal person. I just have trouble following directions and understanding the emotions of others as well as expressing my own.

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You do realize that mild forms of ADHD and autism exist? I do not require medication to stay functional, and yet I can not be described as neurotypical at the same time. Stop gatekeeping disability.

It depends on how you ask, sometimes people give constructive feedback, sometimes people are super rude about it

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Originally Posted by MilitaryVet123

You do realize that mild forms of ADHD and autism exist? I do not require medication to stay functional, and yet I can not be described as neurotypical at the same time. Stop gatekeeping disability.

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ROFL, thanks for the laughs.

After reading this thread my heart really sank. Ive been enjoying bozja after trying it the past couple of days but now im done. If it is on par with savages or extremes then forget it im not interested. I play the game to relax and have fun. I really feel where the OP is coming from. Ultra shame that story is being gated by difficulty. Thought I left that behind in my previous MMO.

These kind of troll posts are the worst because it kinda just throws genuine complaints about ableist and ageist (or whatever -ist) complaints under the bus a lot of the time

Usually I try to give benefit of the doubt but I have a real hard time believing this post was made in good faith

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Originally Posted by Xaruko_Nexume

After reading this thread my heart really sank. Ive been enjoying bozja after trying it the past couple of days but now im done. If it is on par with savages or extremes then forget it im not interested. I play the game to relax and have fun. I really feel where the OP is coming from. Ultra shame that story is being gated by difficulty. Thought I left that behind in my previous MMO.

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On the off chance that this post IS legit... It's not. As someone who regularly runs both extremes and Savage, the only fights in Bozja that remotely compare are the red chocobo of BS and maybe the lich dude in Castrum, and only because the fire + earth element combo seems to just wreck a lot of people when it comes up. 90% of Bozja is just fate grinding, and the "raids" can honestly be completed with half the raid putting in bare minimum effort. I don't know how that'll change in EW, but I do know I had plenty of runs where we had dudes using bad/no essences and dying like six times a fight and that didn't stop us from making it to the end. Take like 5-10 minutes to skim a guide and you'll be fine.

Oh it's this guy, carry on everybody there's nothing to see here.