PSA: Remember that there are real people behind our characters online

Luckily the majority of FFXIV players are super nice and friendly. But..

I was trying to advance the Hildibrand quest line with my friend tonight, and we were on the Ultros/Typhoon fight. (*Which isn't that hard) Someone in our group was furious with the first wipe, and rage pulled immediately after the fight reset. Giving us no time at all to get some information on it. Of course we wiped again, which resulted in more yelling and harassment.

This kind of thing ruins what is supposed to be a really fun fight into a chore. We can't even explain the fight to other new players if we wanted to. The 3 Elitists in our group kept pulling. (*there are a lot of returning players to the game right now by the way)

Just typing this made me feel a little better. Being berated by some of the rudest most elitist players ever was exhausting. Thanks to those of you who are aware there are real humans behind these screens, trying to enjoy a game as much as you.

The shame is, people don't care. I hope you have better success catching up and enjoy Heavensward.

Those elitists probably left in the first place because other players "weren't moving fast enough."
It's both hilarious and sad how impatient people can be.

When I ran it first time, had someone that kept calling people retards for failing first time they ever attempted event.

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Originally Posted by kyuven

Those elitists probably left in the first place because other players "weren't moving fast enough."
It's both hilarious and sad how impatient people can be.

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Don't forget the mandatory ilvl gear harassment too, they made sure to check on mine before they left. ^_^
I hope other returning players aren't being alienated by them right now.

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Originally Posted by Pandan_1

Don't forget the mandatory ilvl gear harassment too, they made sure to check on mine before they left. ^_^
I hope other returning players aren't being alienated by them right now.

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pffft, iLevel is garbage.
Though it does make me cringe when I see Bards stack skill speed. *shudder*
Can't blame em though since every single one of our weapons over 110 except Dreadwyrm has it -_-

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Originally Posted by kyuven

pffft, iLevel is garbage.
Though it does make me cringe when I see Bards stack skill speed. *shudder*
Can't blame em though since every single one of our weapons over 110 except Dreadwyrm has it -_-

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I understand the demand for greatness, but on a sidequest boss fight? With no ilvl requirement to queue?
These people are bonkers to be yelling at anyone for that sort of thing.

My ilvl 103 is not great, but it's totally fine for what i'm doing right now. Playing catchup, i havent played in a year!

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Originally Posted by Pandan_1

I understand the demand for greatness, but on a sidequest boss fight? With no ilvl requirement to queue?
These people are bonkers to be yelling at anyone for that sort of thing.

My ilvl 103 is not great, but it's totally fine for what i'm doing right now. Playing catchup, i havent played in a year!

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i100+ isn't terrible either.

Technically speaking, i70 and above is ok for most content as older content was made with i50, etc in mind. A lot of things can be lawnmower'd as older content wasn't adjusted for rising ilvl gear.

PSA: Someone being rude to you doesn't mean they thought you were a robot. People are rude in the outernet as well. :O

Also: look for party members in FC before DF. (that's what I did for Stone Vigil)[I suggest this for main story quests if it works out well]

I'm fortunate I haven't run into that problem yet...doing the MSQ dungeons.

Though I'm wondering if those people who left after wipes are speed runners who wanted to steamroll it.

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Originally Posted by Pandan_1

Don't forget the mandatory ilvl gear harassment too, they made sure to check on mine before they left. ^_^
I hope other returning players aren't being alienated by them right now.

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That's... dumb. I don't know why people would even bother to look at anyone's gear in Dragon's Neck besides to deliberately belittle them. DPS spend half the fight standing around collecting stacks for imp punch and healers don't exactly have a lot of healing to do unless other players are taking unnecessary damage. Tanks with low gear may have aggro issues in the very start if there's overgeared DPS, but that gets solved pretty quickly once the DPS turn into imps.

Seriously, seeing newer players get treated like complete trash is one of the few things in this (or any) game that makes me truly angry. I know I don't ever mind seeing people in lower gear in DF; those are usually new players or returning players, both of which are good for a game community in the long term. I'm sorry you had to go through that, and I hope you were able to finish the fight once they ragequit. Look at it this way - at least they took their attitudes with them.