Players Who Don't pull their weight.

[Mattelot]

To be fair, you can't pretend to be a shining example of a good player in one thread while at the same time (or, previously) be knocking down that façade in another thread and expect people to not catch on to your being sort of two-faced and having double-standards.

Good morning. Could you link me to where I said I was a shining example of a good player? It's early and I've not had my coffee to jog my memory. Thanks, bud!

I have noticed this aswell, the forums have been very toxic the past few months. Instead of arguments, players are are trying to demean each other, to show the rest of the community, in their sick way that they are the better player. The way I see it, aslong as they do their basic duties, Tank: Keeps agro and uses their cooldown, DPS: does maxmum damage, Healer keeps everyone alive and all roles : play with common sense, avoid aoe damage etc. Then everything will be fine. If someone wants to finish a dungeon fast, then they can ask their friends/linkshell/free company members to join them and finish the dungeon fast.

Aslong as you play with random players, expect anything, trying to force the standards that you think is right, is pointless. I dps with my healer, but I understand that some players picked the healer role to avoid dpsing and I respect them. The way this game works is, if the majority dislikes the playstyle of someone they can kick them, otherwise, let them play (aslong as they follow the basic mmo rules) as they want.

Atleast one can take comfort that people on this forum are the vocal minority.

FFXI had elitists far worse than this game (even knowing what I know now) and WoW's community had too many kids. When I started playing this game, it seemed much better of a community than the other MMOs. The FC I joined was/is very polite. If someone needs help, you always have at least 2 people saying "sure!" People in random groups were friendly. Once in a great while, you'll get someone who has to make a comment, but not often. People would apologize for making a mistake that causes someone else an issue.

It wasn't until I came to the forums here that I realized how nasty some people are. People stalk/harass others for no other reason than they do not like the way they play a video game. They're not breaking any rules. They're simply not playing a video game the way someone else wants them to.

I totally agree that it's such a great thing that this is the vocal minority.