Quote Originally Posted by zPanda View Post
ummm, you do realize a lot of people view FFXIV as "just a game" right lol ? Trying to compare FFXIV to a real-life job is sort of laughable IMHO. We're talking about a **GAME** As far as I am aware, once I log off FFXIV, nothing in my real-life is affected by anything I've done in-game. A lot of people play MMORPG as an escape from real-life, not to emulate every aspect of real-life in-game. So if people want "easy mode" in-game, what's the problem ? As far as I know, implementing an "easy mode" in the game will not have any negative impact on me in real-life in any way whatsover, so I don't see what the problem other people have with it either. FFXIV isn't even an E-sport pro-competition level type of game either, so not sure why people get so uptight about this sort of thing. No one is making prize money or getting endorsements from FFXIV accomplishments as far as I know.

The great thing about being able to distinguish a game from real life, is also being able to compare them without taking everything so literal or reading into every small details. Even though it is just a game, explain that to people who take it so personally when you do not want to party with them because they can't complete content and then call you elitist.