Raiding and Teamspeak.

[Beckett]

Many see voice communication as breaking a notable social barrier and for those with social anxiety it can be very taxing on them.

Social anxiety sure, that's easy to see, but I see this from people who don't even have such things. That's the kind of people I don't understand. Especially when you're playing a game that is literally made to be social..

As someone with social anxiety, I understand that that is a limitation I need to get passed if I want to play an MMO and cooperate with other people. I've never raided in any other MMO I've played, precisely because I feared interacting with people on anything more than the most casual basis. When I decided I wanted to raid in this game, I realized I needed to suck it up and overcome my fears if I wanted to do this content.

FFXIV is an easy game for someone with social anxiety to play for 90% of the content, but if you want to do the 10% of the game that does require interacting with people for more than 30 minutes at a time, then either realize that content is not for you, or attempt to overcome your own issues. Don't expect other people to do it for you.