Ahh, I see the issue, I mixed the OP up with another poster that was responding frequently since they had similar avatars. Apologies to the OP in that regards.

That said: you comment that this exchange is a net neutral in terms of impact on community. But let's consider this: Go through almost any of the pages and you'll see people making baseless accusations that those who haven't done endgame content and/or don't want to must be things like lazy, entitled, terrible at the game, etc. It's funny to me that people are also arguing...quite angrily at times...that anyone commenting that they perceive the community as toxic is wrong or that they have ulterior motives.

Think from the perspective of someone who may not have done endgame comment yet (and potentially a bit anxious about it). It is impossible to see how someone may feel indirectly targeted by such comments might walk away with a perception that, yeah, the endgame community to an extent is kind of toxic?


Instead of being angry at the people who are stating an opinion, endgame communities (in any MMO) would do a lot better to try and stop trying to find, or even manufacture, the worst in people.