Quote Originally Posted by Lewtskie View Post
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I'm not saying that the only type of player who gets deterred by a gate is the obnoxious kind - But they are the majority. Proof of that is how every game that tries to be inclusive has to deal much more with toxicity than the ones who don't. Nowadays, one of the MMOs with the most mature, less toxic community of all is LotRO. Even it being F2P it has a pretty swell community. And it got to that by catering to a more mature audience, with a higher level of difficulty and lots of gating. And that is a generational thing, yes. People from the younger generations tend to be less amicable online, and are more about the instant reward and gratification - You can refer to a number of studies in that regard, I'm sure you've stumbled about those conversations in the last few years.

There are some white sheeps among those left stranded? Maybe. but they are a minority. And if they hate so much the story... why are they playing FFXIV, anyhow? They'd be happier on other games.