*Galdous takes a deep breath* Ok. Got that out of the way. Please do not flame me for mentioning WoW so here it goes. I here quite a few people who talk about how the community is starting to turn toxic on ff 14 and while I have yet to truly experience any of the situations where people have total melt downs in this game I was taken in by wow's token system to see how the game was doing.
I was a slightly undergeared warrior from being gone 4+ months and started to just do a daily heroic dungeon when the first line that comes into the chat box from my group mates before I even said hi was, "Oh god I have more hp then this newb tank." Well that was alright. I just said one line about 10 seconds after that statement ws said about how I am just returning to the game and sorry for being behind the gear (despite being past heroic gear level for the dungeon I was tanking) curve.
Well I was instantly kicked before we even got to the first pull. So being kicked from my first dungeon back within 30 seconds of being in a dungeon is new so I requeue. I get into another dungeon within 20 seconds as a tank queue and said hi to the group. Healer responded back and so I start to move to the first pull. I pull the 3 ogre mobs at the bridge and drop my aoe's to get enmity and I get yelled at by the dps to keep pulling mobs. I said I have not been playing long and would like to get use to the game again but instead of listening they all run ahead of me and start pulling mobs and bring them back to me. I fail to connect to every mob and start getting a shout down. The healer keeps the group alive and is at 30% mana after its all said and done.
The hunter and mage all run ahead and start pulling 6-7 more mobs and the healer hangs back with me rolling his eyes in an emote. The hunter dies and mage invisible casts to escape the death. They respawn and I receive a cussing of a life time. The one dps just ups and leaves and the rest of the group follows minus the healer. The group fills back up in a few seconds and the first word from a replacement dps (rogue) is oh gg I have more hp then you. So it started again about how I should gear up and buy some gear before I step into a dungeon (WHICH I remind myself is about 30 Ilevel below what my gear level was for this dungeon) so I asked to just bare with me because I returned to the game. He started to say something again after one cuss word and I turned off chat and started pulling the dungeon normal.
They of course decided to be off tanks and pull more to help push me along. I turned off my defensive stance and acted as a dps without even listening to a comment. First two bosses die and I get kicked since I was ignoring everyone and acting as a dps. I logged out of wow and have not been back into that game since. I pray that wow does not lose a lot of subs and that those people do not come here. As a whole FF 14 is more understanding and a higher quality of person and I love my community and hope that we never start down the path of wow. I could just have had a very bad roll of the dice on who the people who joined my group are but minus a few small grumbles on here from people who wanted a speed run a while back my raid and grouping experiences on this game have been infinitely superior. Even the so called 1 strike your out party finder groups ended up being patient and helping new people understand the raid mechanics (on balmung itleast) better then the trash experience I had in wow last night.
Thank goodness for FF 14.
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04-18-2015, 02:19 AMGaldousThank goodness for FF 14.
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04-18-2015, 02:26 AMCYoung187
k. .
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04-18-2015, 02:27 AMRhaja
Yeah... the community in this game isn't exactly toxic. LoL and WoW are better examples of a toxic community. FFxiv is more... a mix of experienced MMO players dealing with first time MMO players.
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04-18-2015, 02:28 AMbalte049
Lel lescrub mentioned WoW what a srcub, reported.
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04-18-2015, 02:29 AMAkuryu
I love FFXIV and haven't played WoW in over 5 years.
That said, I see comments just like that in this game quite often. -
04-18-2015, 02:38 AMRisvertasashi
Hmm. During the first wave I saw some behavior similar to what you talk about (though ilvls weren't the issue back then). But I feel like the XIV community has, all in all, matured pretty well. WoD lately has been kind of bad. Outside of WoD, I haven't really seen similar behavior for a while, though it happens on occasion (DPS ripping into a new tank, etc).
But... sounds like I haven't missed much by passing on wow.
If you want a game that's heavily into tokens, you could try TSW. However, it's small and essentially f2p (b2p technically). Updates come slowly, updates to endgame dungeons/raid content almost never. That aside, it has some pretty cool stuff and very little drop only gear. Token gear you can upgrade over time and customize the stats. -
04-18-2015, 02:44 AMNuinn
Heh... kids in puberty. We get a fair share of them here as well though.... Perhaps less than in WoW(?) (wouldn't actually know as I never touched it). If such things happen here make sure to report for harassment.
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04-18-2015, 02:50 AMPriyaAh, but OP mentioned it in the appropriate way, which is to bash it. The OF has a daily quota to meet.Quote:
Originally Posted by balte049
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04-18-2015, 03:04 AMDragonFlyyPlayed WoW for years and age doesn't matter. Someone who is in their 40s would act just as bad as someone in their teens. It all comes down to anonymity. People will act like an ass because they can get away with it.Quote:
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04-18-2015, 03:25 AMNuinnTrue, I'm just being dismissive as such behavior reminds me of hormonal temper tantrums and that's how I treat them when they "act up" >:3 I'm a bit evil that way when someone's being an ass I like to see them blow up at the top of their heads >.>;;;Quote:
Originally Posted by DragonFlyy
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04-18-2015, 03:37 AMAlipoprocks
The WoW community is one of the main reasons why I disliked that game. I chose to play FFXIV 1.0 over WoW mainly for that reason.