My Horrible experience with most (not all) WoW players in FFXIV so far

[Xaruko_Nexume]

Gonna be real. A lot of this strikes me as "haha WoW bad right? please clap"

Judge players not on their gaming background, but by their personal background and attitude. Also, foster an environment that is accepting and accomdating. WoW is a very different kind of game with different mechanics. Some of them will struggle. That's fine.

XIV Players try not to be tribalistic challenge (DIFFICULT)

Playing devil's advocate here (again, 16 years in WoW, 4 months in XIV so I have some right to talk here) the WoW community is hot garbage. It's not just a generalization, it's like a super majority (though not everyone of course) It was nothing to be told daily in WoW, sometimes multiple times a day in that game to uninstall and/or kill yourself. Public trade chat filled with racist, homophobic xenophobic garbage 24 hours a day. Not just sometimes, but like all day, every day on servers like Area 52, Ilidan, and Stormrage.

The worst I've seen in this game is a "omg whats wrong with you" and things along those lines.

The fear of not wanting this game and/or it's community to be infected with WoW is in my opinion very valid, and as a WoW refugee myself, a fear that I share.

[Ronduwil]

The fear of not wanting this game and/or it's community to be infected with WoW is in my opinion very valid, and as a WoW refugee myself, a fear that I share.

While I agree with what you said, I also believe that the WoW refugees are coming here to get away from all that, not to propagate it. I don't buy the OP's story.

[Xaruko_Nexume]

While I agree with what you said, I also believe that the WoW refugees are coming here to get away from all that, not to propagate it. I don't buy the OP's story.

Many are coming here to get away from it, yes. I would include myself in that. But I have seen a lot of the sentiment the OP is referring to whilst leveling the past couple of months from others that come over from WoW. I have even encountered one individual who made it very clear they hate the game (but are still playing it lol) and are only here because Asmongold is, and only playing until he "comes to his senses and goes back to WoW."

[Kes13a]

Many are coming here to get away from it, yes. I would include myself in that. But I have seen a lot of the sentiment the OP is referring to whilst leveling the past couple of months from others that come over from WoW. I have even encountered one individual who made it very clear they hate the game (but are still playing it lol) and are only here because Asmongold is, and only playing until he "comes to his senses and goes back to WoW."

I cant speak for every ex WoW player, but I imagine once you find there are other games out there, and they are pretty decent games to play... the prospect of returning become dimmer and dimmer. WoW was a great game, back in the day, they even brought back Classic for the rose tinted glasses crowd... but its not been that game for years now... and there were good times back then, but I think they are so far down the rabbit hole now, they will never recapture that.

[_Pigzig]

one individual who made it very clear they hate the game (but are still playing it lol) and are only here because Asmongold is"

when did society become this way

[Avidria]

when did society become this way

Always has been