That Which He Does Not Play

[Theodric]

If I was to make a thread about my enjoyment of the current state of healing I'd be insulted and ragged on by many of ths threads supporters.
It's a 2 way issue.

I doubt that very much.

[Kes13a]

I doubt that very much.

not sure where you have been but positive threads about liking an aspect of the game, or even the game itself are generally "shouted" down as the poster being a shill or what have you. that has been proven time and time again. so not sure why you express doubt

[Kazhar]

not sure where you have been but positive threads about liking an aspect of the game, or even the game itself are generally "shouted" down as the poster being a shill or what have you. that has been proven time and time again. so not sure why you express doubt

"I hate haters" threads are not positive.

[AwesomeJr44]

If I was to make a thread about my enjoyment of the current state of healing I'd be insulted and ragged on by many of this threads supporters.
It's a 2 way issue.

I doubt that very much.

I agree with Theodric. I probably wouldn't be in such a thread as I don't play healer that much, but as long as the points made were good, I'd be in support of a thread like that. I'm not against criticism of the game, even if I disagree with the premise. For example, I don't 100% agree with Aveyond's OP here but I still support his ability to be critical of the game/devs, and I'm against the people who blindly hate him for it. I sincerely doubt that Ikara would be getting 'ragged' by the supporters of this thread.

not sure where you have been but positive threads about liking an aspect of the game, or even the game itself are generally "shouted" down as the poster being a shill or what have you. that has been proven time and time again. so not sure why you express doubt

Are we talking about actual positive threads or threads where the OP spends half of the post talking about how terrible people who are 'too negative' are?

"I hate haters" threads are not positive.

It's positive to them because it's directed at the 'right people'.

[Kes13a]

Are we talking about actual positive threads or threads where the OP spends half of the post talking about how terrible people who are 'too negative' are?

actual positive threads. "I hate haters" and "complaining about complainers" threads are useless and counterproductive.

positive threads tend to be derailed and ganged up on faster than any other kind. (no, I didnt think the "lets thank the devs" thread was an honest positive attempt, fell into the anti complaint category imo)

[Striker44]

I doubt that very much.

I don't doubt that in the least. Just look when IS came out. The usual crew making multiple threads about everything they found "wrong" with it. One thread was made by someone who enjoyed it talking about what they liked. And within the first few comments were several of the echo chamber cabal either straight-up attacking the OP or making passive-aggressive remarks like "I loved how I was able to no-life it for a day and now there's nothing to do." If anyone made a thread here talking about how they enjoy something in FFXIV, they'd doubtless be attacked for it. Heck, it happens practically anytime someone makes a post about something they like in juxtaposition to a post about something someone doesn't like...

[Cithaerias_pyropina]

I don't doubt that in the least. Just look when IS came out. The usual crew making multiple threads about everything they found "wrong" with it. One thread was made by someone who enjoyed it talking about what they liked. And within the first few comments were several of the echo chamber cabal either straight-up attacking the OP or making passive-aggressive remarks like "I loved how I was able to no-life it for a day and now there's nothing to do." If anyone made a thread here talking about how they enjoy something in FFXIV, they'd doubtless be attacked for it. Heck, it happens practically anytime someone makes a post about something they like in juxtaposition to a post about something someone doesn't like...

You seriously overestimate the amount of people in this very thread here that would actually go into an "I like how healers currently are" thread. Which is what IkaraGreydancer was talking about in their post saying that the very people "supporting" this thread would go into a thread about healers.