I've noticed a change in attitude as EW grows closer

[AnotherPerson]

Lots of things can affect the community's expected attitude.

Overall attitude for the day could've been bad, drama (ingame/irl), endwalker last minute or rushed prep, player's expectations of a given duty being much lower than expected that it starts tilting them, and people just want to get this content over with (mostly happens to people who run the same content over and over and then you'd have new people or people who haven't really done this duty other than once for the story).

But it's most likely just Endwalker is about to drop and people are trying to rush, and if they're far behind what they wanted to accomplish, they're goanna start tilting a lot more.

FFXIV has its good points, but it's not always sunshine and rainbows. Just remember that people are people. We all have different skill levels, sometimes have an off day, and sometimes end up shitting on others indirectly as a result to vent some frustration. Most people keep their behavior in check, but sometimes it does leak out. Plus, Communication is something people can easily neglect or misinterpret when things aren't going their way. The best thing to do is not let the bad things bother you too much, and return negative behavior with a positive mindset instead.

Or just block them, whatever works for you. I have an FC that actively talks while I'm doing a duty, so most of the bad attitude just passes over my head since any toxicity I encounter on duties isn't enough to phase me or warrant more brainpower on it.

[Sigma5]

nothing to say just get the duty done quick you dont need to exchange pleasantries as you will never see those players again

[Velnora]

nothing to say just get the duty done quick you dont need to exchange pleasantries as you will never see those players again

Gone are the days of server reputation.

[Floortank]

It's not the WOW refugees. There's plenty of unfriendly players year round and they're all back for Endwalker, so you're bound to run into them. As for silence in Limsa, I dunno. I don't talk to random strangers very often. "I like your glamour" is about all I'll say, and rarely does that ever get a reply. The silence from a stranger doesn't seem odd to me at all tbh. They might not even be at their keyboard.

[_Pigzig]

when the nice guy loses his patience
the devil shivers

[AlyaNimfa]

This is my first MMO, I did play WoW for a month or so but I can't count that as I barely made it half way to max level before leaving.

This one I came into full of excitement, I couldn't believe the world I had stepped into. Since then I have become a little bit more reserved in my approach to other players. In the few months I have been here, I've seen drama, been through the struggles of trying to make friends, or even finding a FC that actually talks to and includes everyone.

I'm still working my way through the final parts of the story, and I am loving it. Once I get into Endwalker, and finish it though, I probably wont have a reason to stay. It made me question myself a lot since I'd always heard amazing things about the people here, but I've come to understand maybe what I'd read was either lies, or just people looking through rose tinted glasses while huddled in their own little friend circle.

[TaleraRistain]

Idk I've been noticing alot more ppl facetanking mechanics and laying on the floor lately. Especially in Bozja areas. I'm seeing wipes on the first boss of CLL, mass graves on CE's that didn't really have them before, Lyon DPS check failures, mass death everywhere in Dalriada and DR, etc... It makes me afraid to queue anything with savage, extreme, or ultimate in it's title right now.

That's Bozja, though. It's its own different animal. For regular content PUGs, I haven't noticed more facetanking mechs or laying on the floor than usual, but I'm a healer main so that's kind of my life anyway. I see the same ratio of chatty groups versus not chatty groups and even if there's a mistake in a run, it's just the one random jerk now and then who makes a big deal of it. Most people are still pretty chill. And when you mention you're grinding X or Y, that can start off conversation as those who are also doing it commiserate together.

[NegativeS]

when the nice guy loses his patience
the devil shivers

"I'm not like the other wow refugees"

Man, why you gotta be like that?

Ah, yes. The Ol' FFXIV good WoW bad thread. I figured we were due for another one.

I'm still at a single 'jerk' encounter out of the 600+ dungeons I've been doing since coming back a few months ago so I'm gonna go ahead and say no, nothing's changed.

I didn't really want this to be a WoW bad FFXIV good thread, I was just wondering about the noticeable change in tone from the community. It's kind of ignorant to think that WoW doesn't have a lot of the problems that it has, but it's also ignorant to think that FFXIV is flawless.

[LazyMemories]

Seems about the same it's always been to me.

If you don't mind me asking how did you make that cool little picture showing all your classes and stuff if you don't mind me asking

[Kolsykol]

If recent personal experience is what matters here.

Someone just randomly gave me chocolate and hugged me in Limsa.
Best community confirmed?

Checkmate Atheists.