My first experience as a tank - I thought I was playing WoW for a second

[Pepsi_Plunge]

No, harassing someone is never okay and you did right to report them.

[yajnaji]

No, harassing someone is never okay and you did right to report them.

Then we understand each other.

[OdysseusGR]

i understand that you have to rant somewhere. many people gave you legit advice here and you should follow it. you don’t sound like a new MMO player so i don’t understand how you are surprised by online behaviors. The subreddit is full of stories from angry people. I know premade groups that if you are slow they will kick you and finish the dungeon without a tank. so, use your chat to communicate, start learning a tank role from scratch, and if you don’t feel like speed running a dungeon (which is the high level norm), have a premade group, change roles or use the chat to let people know. if people harass you, report them and move on. I am actually offended that you even thought of comparing us with crappy WoW.

[Sqwall]

I am actually offended that you even thought of comparing us with crappy WoW.

I would go as far to say that FFXIV community PRIDES itself on not being that toxic. I don't want to dog on WoW since I lived there for a while, but it has just gotten the horrible stereotype of it's community. A lot of that comes straight from the top though, and completely Blizzards fault for not taking care of it. FFXIV does the complete opposite and stamps that toxic crap right out of existence. Sure there are times it happens, but SE takes it very seriously. They don't want there crown jewel (money maker) becoming a toxic cesspool of elitist jerks min maxing your every thought or move.

Does anyone remember FFXI community? It was a mixed bag of both, and it was kind of daunting when you found a group that were elite, but they never made you feel like crap. They razed you a little bit, but then they helped you out. Which built really strong friendships and good linkshell community. WoW did the COMPLETE opposite of this, and I blame the 2 faction split mostly. Horde vs. Alliance. I think people would role play a little when it came to PVP and would say some nasty things to the other side. They would take that mentality and just use it like normal language outside of PVP. I know this...because I did this lol. FFXIV just asks that you leave that at the door before entering.

[DWolfwood]

A lot of the FFXIV community is coming from WoW, so... yeah.

Sorry about that. Not everyone is terrible, but there's a lot of elitists for sure.

[MicahZerrshia]

but there's a lot of elitists for sure.

I think I'm still entitled to play the game the way I want.

I was under the impression that me, as a player, can play the WAY I WANT

they can create pre-mades with their friends and faceroll the whole thing. I don't buy at all what you're saying.

Just squint really hard, maybe you will see it.

[Sqwall]

Just squint really hard, maybe you will see it.

LoL this is great!