This game is on a terrible state right now.

[Absimiliard]

I live and breathe FFXIV media such as Twitter and Reddit (as much as that sickens me to say) and I'm telling you the opposite. More so I see people posting and sharing their own characters and art than the degenerate cyber stuff as you describe. And if even thats the case...actually think logically for a second here.

Dont you think its a little stupid to believe that the dev team whom are very much against the "cyber" crowd with modded characters would want to cater to that crowd when those people are breaking the ToS in the first place?


THINK MARK, THINK

I care little for what demographic the dev team does or does not cater to at this point. They've chosen their direction, and no amount of input from the fanbase will change that.

Having said that, I feel your response to that poster comes off as disingenuous. If you are indeed extremely active in FFXIV and its social media circles, then there is no way possible for you to have missed the incredible amount of degeneracy going on. Care to take a guess how often weird crap gets posted on the main subreddit that has to be taken down? Not to mention the weird crap that gets posted and doesn't get taken down. For that matter, when's the last time you looked at party finder? Or spent five minutes in Ul'dah? I'm no role-player, but the lion's share of people I know from the game that still play are. They too are extremely disappointed with the current state of affairs, particularly the venue infestation and massive upsurge in overtly predatory behavior that came with it. It's at the point now where a not insignificant portion of people that prefer normal, which is to say non-degenerate, role-playing activities are opting to invest their time in other games, and plenty more besides are starting to contemplate doing the same.

Some days there's more venue garbage in the party finder than actual party finding. I'm not sure why these people feel the need to label their weird cyber-lounges as raids, but I can think of several jokes to make on the subject that would get me banned from the forums real quick.

That aside though, you've got to admit... the inclusion of stripper poles is all kinds of sus. Throwing in all sorts of modern accoutrements that sorta fit the same theme isn't exactly helping, either. It's rather reasonable for someone to look at this and go, "oh, I guess SE is encouraging it." Because, honestly, it sure looks like they are. Maybe they don't realize it, maybe they do. I'm not an SE employee, so I don't know. I just know what I see, and what I see is the degenerates multiplying like crazy while those of us seeking to use the game for something other than an online brothel service for forever-virgins are left shaking our heads in disbelief.