Raid behavior is getting worse lately

[DamianFatale]

Maybe don't attach your ego to an identity. Pride is not a virtue, it's a hindrance.

You should be proud of what makes you who you are. It’s not about ego at all. In a world where people act so mean just because someone is different for any reason, we need to be proud of what we are.

[van_arn]

I wasn’t inappropriate in the raid, and I don’t even know you.

They certainly know you, though. This might get interesting.

[MomomiMomi]

You should be proud of what makes you who you are. It’s not about ego at all. In a world where people act so mean just because someone is different for any reason, we need to be proud of what we are.

Might I suggest you be proud of who you are instead of what you are? For most things that make us what we are, we don't typically choose them: race, nationality, sex, sexuality. You might be able to change some of those, but you don't get to pick the one you're born into. It's a bit silly to be proud of being born something.

Instead, be proud of something that truly makes you, you. Like your personality. And by be proud, I mean be happy with yourself, not flaunt it. You don't have to tie who you are to any of the aforementioned things. Often, it's something that teenagers do, but most people grow out of that phase when they finally figure out who they are.

I'm very different from most people myself. But you know what? Nobody has to know that. They don't matter in my world. Only I, and the people I care about, do.

[Rufalus]

Guys... this is obvious bait... I rate it as a 4/10 only on the virtue you got a fair amount of fools to take it.

There's not a slight hint of bait/trolling. It's a person with a grievance based on a type of harassment which really does happen in-game, but some people are insensitive and don't understand what the issue is. The OP seems sincere and not doing anything to provoke people here.

Some people don't have thick skin and can be hurt by people being unnecessarily mean to them online. Personally I would consider leaving a duty if my party put ignore marks on my character and refused to resurrect me in battle. We get punished with a penalty for leaving but sometimes it's better than playing with malicious people.

[sakkito]

I raise automatically anywhere if I am on smn. It is autoresponse x)

Bait or not, lately I had noticed an up of trolls in my levelling roulettes. 24 man wise I had a guy who needed to step out for pizza and some people getting verbally nasty also a Raba run where on first boss I spent most of the fight repeatedly solo rezzing 2 alliances (dunno why healers/rdm/smn have allergy to rezz duty *sighs*)-- I am saying this because I joke not, there is a spike of people making runs a pain in general across everything. Or maybe I am just a magnet for those x)

On that note - if this is not a joke- this is a lot of effort to check what someone wrote in description. I don't even bother with checking gear (not even checking for some comment someone made) until it is a repeated wipe in a content I could run blindfolded. OP has a true dedicated fanclub.

To OP whatever you believe in (or the gender preference of the partner/religion/whatever) you should not be harassed because of it. The way I see it as long as you are not pushing it in our face (same as we shouldn't do to you) it is none of people problem nor issue. It also shouldn't be a joking matter nor something you get teased about especially by STRANGERS. Like what does it even matter? It is not this stranger problem what you get up to in your free time and it doesn't hurt anyone, so this is just childish. I am sorry that you have a bad period in real life, and that even in game you cannot escape that totally. Someone wrote that perhaps teaming up with friends will help and I can totes agree. Friends can actually make a bad run best run x). I would offer my company but we are on completely different world even.

XXX

[Selova]

Might I suggest you be proud of who you are instead of what you are? For most things that make us what we are, we don't typically choose them: race, nationality, sex, sexuality. You might be able to change some of those, but you don't get to pick the one you're born into. It's a bit silly to be proud of being born something.

Instead, be proud of something that truly makes you, you. Like your personality. And by be proud, I mean be happy with yourself, not flaunt it. You don't have to tie who you are to any of the aforementioned things. Often, it's something that teenagers do, but most people grow out of that phase when they finally figure out who they are.

I'm very different from most people myself. But you know what? Nobody has to know that. They don't matter in my world. Only I, and the people I care about, do.

^This pretty much. Also, having that kind of personal information advertised for all to see is a troll's wet dream, I'm not excusing what they said or their actions but this entire situation most likely could have been avoided if you chose what kind of information you want to display to the public. Anonymity on the internet and all that.

[LalafellDown]

SE already has a system in place. Any harassment you get reply with love and not hate. Then go report it to the GMs and they will see the text chat of the guilty party acting in hate while you responded with love.

Most they will get is a warning, but if it happens again with the same offenders, a 3 day ban or so. Know that you’re not the only one getting harassed and poked fun of for reasons. Don’t let bad people ruin the game for you. You never know, they may one day realize what they did was wrong and feel sorrow. Forgive them like you’ve been forgiven. Fight evil with love, you may win your enemies over one day.

[Ilan]

oh..eh nah, some types of content seem to get a lot more jerks, probably because there's a lot more jerk potential. 24-mans seem to devolve into sniping at each other a lot easier than other content, for example.

I don't know how it is on the NA datacenter but over here i've noticed nothing of what you are claiming. Sure you have sometimes 1 or 2 people who can't behave but that happens the same way in 4 and 8 man content.

Maybe people shouldn't have such a negative behaviour torwards certain content just because something happened in there once. If it happens frequently that people go after someone this person should maybe thing about the reason for that and its most likely not just because others are always jerks.

[Tsumdere]

I wasn’t inappropriate in the raid, and I don’t even know you.

Sweet summer child. I have 8 Balmung characters across 3 FCs. While we are not best friends, I have most definitely talked to you more than a handful of times and well... it's Balmung. A closed server. Every lizard knows every lizard.

(no meme on me please.)

Clearly, I have nothing against you if you are on my friends list (heh.) and it is just an observation. Regardless of what instigated the people harassing you, it is not acceptable on their part. Be kind to yourself. Be proud of who and what you are, but do not let people harass you with it. If that means you should take it down a notch, then do so.

Again, blacklist, report, move on.

[TaiyoShikasu]

Online gaming community is garbage, more at eleven.