This is going viral in the MMO community and everyone should read it

[Feathery]

Eh, it's the developers who create this sort of situation.

I respectfully disagree with this.

We need to realize that if we want FFXIV:ARR to have a vast and healthy population then we must also work together to create a friendly and accepting community. Elitism and toxicity will drive away new and casual players. And this is something we as a community can work together to prevent.

As an individual I can make a conscious choice to not berate and harass newbies for their performance. I can choose to help them with their dungeons or quests and offer other helpful advice to help them orient themselves with the game.

As a community we can stigmatize toxic and abusive behavior, we can refuse to group with people that openly harass other players or rage.

The developers can provide us with more tools to help manage this behavior, but ultimately it is up to us a community in how we use these tools.