Final Fantasy XIV and a Culture of Enabling

[Wavaryen]

I can see where they're coming from.

Inherently no one's time is more valuable than your own because it is 'your time' however that means it makes sense to treat people the way you want to be treated in hopes to increase the chance of them respecting your time.
The opposite side of that is anyone disrespecting your time does not deserve your time, the reason is really irrelevant but I just thought I would put that thought process out there.



This is very similar to RPing in public dungeons/areas/runs

It's nice that your wife is having fun and there are places for that mentality but she should also respect that her way of playing is unique and that it warrants annoyance from most people as she is disrespecting the time of anyone she plays with intentionally, this is fine in a controlled group of friends but with randoms it's not their responsibility to play along. Other than that have fun the way you want to have fun.

I don't see it as that. The game itself forces her to group with players to do the content, and it is not her fault she enjoys what she enjoys. She does not do harder content because she understands she is not a min/max player. She only does group content that the game makes her do to keep on the storyline. So the issue is not with her and how she wants to play. It is the game design that requires her to group up at times for big bosses. Grouping is fine, but players must be understanding that the content they do is design for players like her to beat. So being annoyed because she wants to play like that is silly in my books.