I realised that the reports of the FFXIV community being one of the nicest in gaming was a lie.

Its nothing more than a facade; in reality its just like every other gaming community, albeit neutered by a rather strictly enforced ToS that limits what people really want to say.

I hate the fakery. I hate the anti-improvement attitude that is ingrained in the playerbase. I hate the idea that people are seen as villains for simply wanting fair effort from teammates in a cooperative game.

I stopped regularly doing Duty Finder content about 2 months ago. It's not fun anymore. Especially considering how the jobs are now.