Worst end game community ever?

[aphexacid]

I only really have ffxi to compare it to but I remember end game being far more laid back in that. I certainly don't remember any of these problems in sky, dynamis etc

That game generally had a slightly older player base though, guess that helped

[Makeda]

That game generally had a slightly older player base though, guess that helped

I don't believe even SE knows the average age of their players. That info was not anywhere in my account creation screens that I remember.

So not sure where your data comes from on that.

As an almost 43 year old player, I find some of the worst people are in my demographic: older working adults. Some years back when my nephew was a bit too young, playing WoW at then 11, I'd watch what he was up to and it was frankly harmless and rarely rude. It was very juvenile - but more silly. Stuff like trying to convince people to run around on gnomes in their underwear dancing in cities... or telling jokes from cartoon characters. Once he became a teen, he lost all interest in the MMOs that 'old people' where playing - preferring to spend his time on Facebook chatting up girls.

But people I know are adults, married, sometimes with kids - they were get downright vile in these games. Only two times in WoW was I ever able to find nicer more polite communities. First when it was a guild of notably older players. Me at then my later 30s being the youngest member by almost a decade. And second a family guild, where many parents gamed with their kids - so policies were in place about conduct and the kids were not at all problematic. That guild only blew up when we got more 20/30-somethings that were full of rage.

Don't presume that the bad community you find at endgame here is age-related. Many factors can be at play, but I do not agree that that is notably one of them.

[Eclipsed]

I only really have ffxi to compare it to but I remember end game being far more laid back in that. I certainly don't remember any of these problems in sky, dynamis etc

That game generally had a slightly older player base though, guess that helped

LOL! FFXI was the absolute worst MMO community before FFXIV. It was like high school drama on steroids 24/7. I have never seen so many cliques and snobbery as I saw in that game.