This game has serious free-rider problems and it's getting worse. A suggestion.

[Caitsithhh]

There is no problem, it is a pug setting and people can play how they want in said setting.

The rules and design is clear, and it being the best mmo on the market right now it is hard to argue with the results of a more relaxed mmorpg.


The rules protect these people. You can't shame them into doing better. You can't do anything to them, and if you try you get in trouble. So what makes you think how they playing is wrong with the game design as it is?


You all can not like it. That does not matter. These players are what the game protects and encourages. Who are you to say they are playing wrong? The developers has content made for people who want to try hard, and has content design for people want to be lazy.

The problem is when they step into one another’s world and have zero respect for each other’s time.

If you don’t see a problem with that then there’s no saving you. Respect is something instilled long before ffxiv comes into your life.

That’s why I’m glad there’s a steep cliff into early progression. It serves as the dev’s wall to let the untold be glaring you right in the face.

This could become the best mmo for many years past this new love with slightly more levels of harder content but as it stands I don’t see that ever happening. So the “Wall” will be there to encourage you from the dev’s in a not so subtle way. On top of not getting respect from your fellow player when you decide to breach that wall when you have no business doing so.

You’ll lack vision as a whole til you decide to get better yourself and that’ll better the community as a whole one player at a time. Forums and ego will get you nowhere til you respect and love your craft.

[Wavaryen]

The problem is when they step into one another’s world and have zero respect for each other’s time.

If you don’t see a problem with that then there’s no saving you. Respect is something instilled long before ffxiv comes into your life.

That’s why I’m glad there’s a steep cliff into early progression. It serves as the dev’s wall to let the untold be glaring you right in the face.

This could become the best mmo for many years past this new love with slightly more levels of harder content but as it stands I don’t see that ever happening. So the “Wall” will be there to encourage you from the dev’s in a not so subtle way. On top of not getting respect from your fellow player when you decide to breach that wall when you have no business doing so.

You’ll lack vision as a whole til you decide to get better yourself and that’ll better the community as a whole one player at a time. Forums and ego will get you nowhere til you respect and love your craft.

I don't see a problem with it because that is how the game is design, The developers are ok with you getting a bad group. Your time is not anyone problem but your own. I respect other players by not breaking the rules of the game. That is all the respect I give. How you have fun, how you play. what you want out of the game. I don't care or don't need to care. I'm using you to get the content done, and I can't say a thing about the pace you go because you are not in my FC or LS that has a standard. I did not make the group, so the group has no standard.