"Stop Playing FFXIV", "FFXIV is Not for You", "Leave the Game"

This trend needs to stop in my opinion.

Just because people use a Discussion/Feedback Forum to address or critique a FEW perceived 'issues' about SOME aspects of the game they dislike, it doesn't necessarily mean they should "GTFO".

It's tiring reading this over & over, and then reading childish debates ensue over the retorts.

All this does is often cause people to go up-in-arms, create flame, and/or help to necro threads.

Please just stop with it, that's all I ask. This' merely a plea for the wellbeing of the forum community.

A NOTE: obviously this doesn't apply to everyone who's made a comment of this kind, and clearly there are times it is appropriate... this post is reserved for those who love to make waves just for the sake of it. As well, it is not a complaint, it is merely a plea to those players for the betterment of the Forum as a whole.

People have the right to post their opinions and give their feedback. It is all in how people present these things in a lot of cases. If something is posted full of frustration and total rage...well, the same kind of responses will be given in return, sometimes worse.

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Originally Posted by Gesser

you're equally welcome to "Leave the Forum".

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And you made this topic, why? You are just as guilty as those you accuse.

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Originally Posted by Gesser

This trend needs to stop.

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I'd say its not a trend with a past practice dating back to the 1.0 forums.

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Originally Posted by Duuude007

And you made this topic, why? You are just as guilty as those you accuse.

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Do not confuse pleas or admonishments with harassment/flaming/trolling.

Did I flame anyone in the making of this thread? Did I necro any forum posts with it? Did I intend to harass someone for hosting a legitimate concern/complaint/dislike? No.

What's that one saying? Words Only Have the Power You Give Them.

There are plenty of generic responses such as special snowflake, vocal minority, if you like it so much play xxx, etc. Just ignore it, they are meant to trigger a response and doesn't add much.

I've noticed you've either maned the helm or taken over several complaint threads this stormy night. Gesser.

So my only question is, what spit in your oatmeal today?

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Originally Posted by Duuude007

He indirectly asked me was he doing something considered trolling. I responded in kind.

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Your first post implied a bit of attitude so they also responded in kind. Around and around it goes...lol

Alright. This needs to stop. Gesser as much as you dislike it. At this time the people complaining about the game are by far what we like to call the "vocal minority". My reasoning behind this is in the fact that with such a massive playerbase, if the majority were upset with something in game it would be brutally obvious here. Such as a thread with hundreds of pages filled with people in agreement of said problem.

Sometimes "Maybe this game isn't for you" or "Then why are you still playing" ARE the appropriate response, especially when people are asking for/raging about stuff they've already been told "No" by the devs multiple times, which on these forums...is usually the case.