Quote Originally Posted by Atelier-Bagur View Post
I doubt people back then weren't complaining just like how we are now. One thing I learned about online communities are that they never change and it's easy to get the nostalgic goggles when you stay long enough in a game.
I hear this so often but I have absolutely played games where their forums were mostly positive overall. It definitely is possible. Even though ff14 has always had some complaints, there was a point where most people would agree it was a great game. I took a break last patch and picked up some good single player games and their forums were night and day difference to here.

The problem is when a game has received negative feedback for long enough, people just start to assume that's normal. It's the opposite of nostalgia googles. We actually forget how good a game can be.

I play ff14 because it's the best MMO on the market, not because it's an amazing game and perfect. The MMO market is in a slump right now and recent competition has been poor quality. FF14 is riddled with flaws, but there just isn't anything better.