"Everyone's so open and friendly" is a lie

[KizuyaKatogami]

I have never met those individuals or seen anything like that in game, and I've been playing since 2.0's beta. Either I've been lucky, or Primal's community is better than the impression you're giving me of Crystal's community.

While i *have* had my own fair share of....horrible experiences on crystal, ftmp im not even talking about that. Im talking moreso about some of the people on these forums,twitter,and reddit which, yes the latter two are toxic cesspools but they do make up a large portion of the community and the amount of people that are just absolutely against constructive criticism towards the game of any kind is scary. How is the game going to grow if people continuously gatekeep criticisms or just tell people to unsub because theres some aspects of the game they dislike and would like to be improved upon.As an example of Crystal shenanigans though, recently I literally got told im a toxic scumbag for asking people more than twice to aoe in a dungeon lol.

[ReynTime]

While i *have* had my own fair share of....horrible experiences on crystal, ftmp im not even talking about that. Im talking moreso about some of the people on these forums,twitter,and reddit which, yes the latter two are toxic cesspools but they do make up a large portion of the community and the amount of people that are just absolutely against constructive criticism towards the game of any kind is scary. How is the game going to grow if people continuously gatekeep criticisms or just tell people to unsub because theres some aspects of the game they dislike and would like to be improved upon.As an example of Crystal shenanigans though, recently I literally got told im a toxic scumbag for asking people more than twice to aoe in a dungeon lol.

FFXIV has no direct competition and to be honest hasn't had one in years. The people against constructive criticism will feel justified because of the game's success. It's just not going to change until an actual new big successful MMORPG takes its place by offering what it doesn't. Or interest in MMORPGs collapses so bad the game loses significant income generation on its own.

I have a long list of peeves with its current design but I'm not expecting them to be addressed. Because despite what I think the game keeps growing in popularity.