Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
In my experience I've found that there's elements of FFXIV's community that are far more 'toxic' than anything I encountered back when I played WoW. It's a special breed of toxicity, often rooted in perceived moral superiority and immense passive aggression. An approach to avoid agreeing to disagree but to demand that absolutely everybody thinks and feels the same way as they do. Even in regards to liking or disliking some of the game's fictional characters. Such individuals are often prone to excessive narrative control, gaslighting and weaponising the terms of service against those they see as having slighted them somehow.

I don't think it's fair to tarnish any game's community as being utterly without redeeming qualities. There's good and bad elements in every game's community after all.
You are welcome to your opinion. It will not change my opinion though. I have never experienced straight up hate, disrespect and racism from the ffxiv community. I have experienced all of the above constantly interacting with the WoW "community". You want to defend that more power to you.