This games community is so embarrassingly tribalistic sometimes.
This games community is so embarrassingly tribalistic sometimes.
I have never participated in another game community that has negativity circlejerks about every other game in the same genre to the extent that FFXIV does. It's mortifying, and out of place for a community that constantly pretends to be a welcoming beacon of positivity. This is like console-wars tier stuff lol.
You're posting on the forums of a game that:
- Makes you pay an additional monthly subscription for extended bank storage that can also generate passive income, despite being a subscription game.
- Demolishes your player housing if you unsubscribe.
- Also sells exclusive pre-order only editions.
- Has seasonal events with rewards that are relegated to the cash-shop after their limited time run.
This game isn't without sin in respect to sleaze either.
You absolutely have not seen many other game communities then lmao. There are communities that shit on THEIR OWN games because of preferences for one over the other. In terms of MMO discussion, WoW is also still way worse, although it has a strange dichotomy because often the forums are filled with people who don't like the game, so things are always very negative and yet whenever other games are brought up they are still trashed.I have never participated in another game community that has negativity circlejerks about every other game in the same genre to the extent that FFXIV does. It's mortifying, and out of place for a community that constantly pretends to be a welcoming beacon of positivity. This is like console-wars tier stuff lol.
While I do find FF's community a bit... overprotective (and it seems a lot of FF players have not played anything except FF titles), I overall prefer that to communities that hate on their games. I roll my eyes on FF folks sometimes, but it's nearly impossible to discuss anything reasonably in Destiny, Outriders, or New World communities.
But my annoyance of Lost Ark is not really related to FF. Lost Ark was forcibly put on my radar quite a while ago, I think back when a RU version was big, and back then I also was confused as to what the appeal was.
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