Elitism and How It Is Ruining The Gaming Community [Discussion, Feedback, and Rants]

[NessaWyvern]

If someone is new to a dungeon, just explain the battles and have patience, if you wipe then it's cool, you will get it on the next try. Or the one after that Getting a feel for the battle and the party you are with are important after all. This is a multiplayer game, so interact with the other players, chat and have fun! I remember I had a cas run, and towards the final boss we all decided to go all out in our Bikinis! Why? Because it's funny XD

It sucks when you don't have fast internet, you are instantly branded a noob and get told to get lost, even with full DL. Final Fantasy 14 is much less forgiving when it comes to internet speed.

~New Zealand internet: The bane of my existence in Titan~

[CUTS3R]

If someone is new to a dungeon, just explain the battles and have patience, if you wipe then it's cool, you will get it on the next try.

Time is money.
Money i spend every months to do things on this game that benefit my character.
Im not paying to wipe on things ive already done hundred times just because "i could be nice".
This will not happen unless you are a friend and a good one.


If im doing some content and judge the time im spending is making me play at a loss, ( i.e the reward isnt worth the time im spending ) such as over 3 wipes on a Primal fight or more than 35 mins in AK/WP, i just leave i dont care how it will impact the others PT members.
I still can mine during the 15mins lock out so im not afraid of it.

[MichiKyou]

One. (unrelated)
Square enix, your forum design is terrible. I've lost 5 posts due to this shoddily designed forum layout.

I had some epic 6 paragraph post ready the first two times. But I really cant be bothered writing it out again. What I am goign to say simply is:

Set the example of the community you would like to see.

If you want to see a friendly community that is focused on interactions with new and old players, then be that way. But 'cussing' and being an elitest jerk will only end you up on eveyrones black lists. Guess what? most of those -new- players will end up as geared as you by the time 2.1 comes out. And -guess- whose groups you wont be in?

[Risae]

Time is money.

B-BUT THINK ABOUT THE NEW PLAYERS WHICH WILL ALL LEAVE BECAUSE OF YOUR ATTITUDE

Y-YOU'RE THE REASON THIS GAME WILL GO FREE 2 PLAY!


topkek, i wish more people would think like this.

[Risae]

Oh EXCUSE ME for not playing this game EXACTLY like the internet TELLS YOU TO. No thanks, I'll use my move sets how I want WHEN I want thank you.

Oh the poor souls that have to run dungeons with you. Thank god you're on Kaktus

€: i can already see a ban flying my way for writing this

[RyuujinZERO]

Balmung is especially bad for elitist behaviour being a legacy server

Literally, you won't get a pre-made team for anything unless you have full darklight and a relic (Save for HM primals, which are typically DL + weapon from the primal below); afterall why would they? - 90% of the players already have all level 50's and full gear before the server even launched. Why rub shoulders with newbies who (heaven forbid) might not yet have the dungeon on farm yet? (Though i have AK on farm but my lack of full DL and a relic means I must be teh suckzors)

If you're on a legacy server don't expect to actually play with your server-mates, it's DF way or no way (Unless of course, you already have full darklight and a relic, in which case you're in with the in crowd)


I've been practicing Titan HM and can reliably get deep into phase 5, but DF teams always end up with dead DPS every single time and can't finish the fight (Usually they eat a bomb or landslide); which is to be expected. But I can't take that education to a premade team on Balmung to finish the fight, because I need to prove that I've beaten titan at least once before before anyone'll let me on their team; so it's a catch 22

[seekerofpower]

I know what feature he is referring to, but that feature does not provide all cutscenes in their entirety. And I agree that it breaks with the immersion.

I am strongly against people being forced to skip cutscenes, but every cutscene is in the inn, you just have to look for them. I have watched every cutscene from both CM and Prae in the inn. They are all there.

[Keneblerz]

What the... requiring level 70 armor to do a dungeon that drops level 60?

I haven't done those two yet, but makes no sense to me.

You can this do this dungeon in level 40 armour if you want. Though your weapon proves the difference for the most part. If your tanking a PuG with people geared with DL and Relics, youll need a decent weapon to hold aggro. Personally, i've ran Ak as a tank with a lv47 weapon. Had a few hiccups with aggro here and there but nothing major. Other than that, you could run this with iLv45-55 weapons + AF gear no problem. All of the bosses are left to just paying attention and DPS checks.

If you want to see a friendly community that is focused on interactions with new and old players, then be that way.

Basically a rule for life. Set the example you want people to follow. You want a better community. Go into PuGs and be the nicest Son of a B*tch you can be. Support the newer people in the community by going into lower level dungeons and helping out newer people. I like doing it on my alts.

[SchalaZeal]

or more than 35 mins in AK/WP, i just leave i dont care how it will impact the others PT members.

35-40 minutes is my average for WP runs. Ran it 3 times yesterday, hadn't run it before. Got AF, some WP gear and 1 DL piece, no relic. And I consider it's decently fast. This is without wipes. Though the tank got 90000+5003 right before the Flan boss so we lost a big 3 minutes.

[Masked]

I just hit 50 last Friday.

My experience so far has been a mixed bag.

I've done @ 10 CM runs, 3 AK runs and 1 WP run.

I was rushed through CM my first try and with Prat, I actually had 2 tanks that were very patient so +1 to them both but, I do understand the issue.

If nobody from the FC is on, I pug and no doubt, the elitism with some of these folks is very apparent.

I would like to see an ignore feature implemented, like in Rift, where I could ignore that user and just not group with them anymore because, some of these guys have actually been THAT bad.

I've also had some great experiences with pugs and have made a few friends so, again, mixed bag.