How has your mindset changed with regards to other players since your started the ga?

[Goji1639]

I've noticed that in FFXIV people seem more passive aggressive and whiny, whereas other MMO's tend to be bluntly insulting. Not sure which I prefer, honestly.

I've also noticed this community seems far less patient with new players than other MMO's, which is weird for a more casual MMO like this. It might be because of the level synching and specific mechanics, which make it more obvious when someone is playing poorly.

Either way, I don't play this game for it's community. As far as premier MMO's go it's basically between FFXIV and WoW, and, although I think this game has the worst community of the two, I like it's world, visuals, characters, story, etc. better.

Edit: Would actually like to expand on WHY WoW has a better community, at least from what I've seen.

First, I'll point out that I haven't done any Savage or other serious content in this game; so maybe this games raiding scene is less toxic than WoW.

In most casual content however, it's amazing how different the communities are. In WoW, for better or worse, people are generally willing to carry new players through easy content without getting pissy about it. I rarely, if ever saw people taking little cheap shots at struggling players, taking a whiny tone with them, or trying to force them to do things they're not comfortable with.

In this game, however; so much whining. It's like a new player ruined everyone's day if he made the run take 5 minutes longer than it had to. It's all over the forums to, how the community views playing poorly as "disrespectful to the group for wasting their time," lol.