The "Wow Refugee's" impact on the FFXIV Community?

[Windwalker]

WoW made people anti social with garrisons, pvp created hate and split the playerbase between alliance and horde... in ffxiv however we work togheter, we need eachother to share tactics in dungeons/raids to beat a boss and move forward, which in turn creates more social experiences in dungeon and raid runs.

And thanks to the novice network, its only getting better, new players can ask questions, hints and tricks, all in all it creates a friendly enviroment.

The WoW folks are more than welcome to join and enjoy the game, as long as they play nice of course, if not, we can turn their attitude around.

[Imuka]

Here is the perfect example how toxic this Community can be: They needed to disable the Text Chat in the Feast.
I remember the times, when there was a Chat in the Feast and the whole Chat looked like it came straight out of LoL or Overwatch.

WoW made people anti social with garrisons, pvp created hate and split the playerbase between alliance and horde... in ffxiv however we work togheter, we need eachother to share tactics in dungeons/raids to beat a boss and move forward.

And thanks to the novice network, its only getting better, new players can ask questions, hints and tricks, all in all it creates a friendly enviroment.

The WoW folks are more than welcome to join and enjoy the game, as long as they play nice of course, if not, we can turn their attitude around.

The Dutyfinders make Players anti social, it makes every MMO anti social. 14 is also pretty toxic, when you play PvP or go for PUGS Primales or Savage and owning a House made Players just move between the MB and their House...maybe once every two weeks the visit Rhalgrs Reach to buy Gear.

You don't need other Players, you can be the biggest dick of the Game and you still find Players to play a Dungeon or a 24 Player Raid.
And the Game does not matter, WoW or 14. Every Game with a Dutyfinder became anti social in the long run.
Players don't need to leave their House, don't need to interact with somebody, they just need to press a single Icon to play Content.

The Novice Network is a joke. I stopped joining it, because you risk getting kicked if you tell somebody that what they say is just wrong.
90% of the Players running around with their Mentor Crowns have absolutly no clue what they are doing.
There is a reason why the Meme of "Mentors show you how not to do a fight" is a thing.

You make it sound like every WoW Player is a toxic Person and 14 is the nicest Community in the whole MMO Genre.
Every MMO is around the same Level of toxicity.
You could download the MMO with the cutest Graphics, filled with "Moe Moe Moe" Chibi Characters and fluffy Monsters and you will still find a bunch of Player who will flame you into the Ground for no reason.

[Windwalker]

Well, sad to see you had bad experiences, i guess this is true for most lower populated servers, Balmung got a very friendly community in comparison, new players cannot join, nor can bots. Roleplay may also play part in a more friendly community.

However, being negative will only breed more negativity. Give the network a chance, or perhaps show them there are people better than them that can actually be helpful.

Kicking someone from the network over something so trivial will only hurt those who do it, report them and move on, simple.

Something i noticed when it came to those people, is their need of getting attention, their social skills are whack and they gain attention by acting cool and hostile, this is true for most of the online world, sad people with messed up mental health, they simply need help and guidance towards the right direction.