Basically, this thread shows for the umpteenth time the two main problems in every MMOs:

1) There is a very vocal and aggressive minority of "elitists" who live in an absurd delusion, i.e. that being "good" at playing a game (or, really, just some features of a game) makes them better than "common mortals" and gives the right to freely insult them ("you suck" etc.).

2) Game companies cater too much to this minority and dedicate to them far too many development resources, often jeopardising the "health" of the game in doing so.

Games managing to have a consistent success are those so good in other aspects (graphics, story, overall gameplay etc.) to overcome these two problems. Let's hope FF14 is one.