Quote Originally Posted by Lunaxia View Post
I can't help but feel it's a little less a case of "things are just getting better" - the forums went really off the rails with the mud-slinging prior to 6.4's release - and more that previously, people with more positive inclinations towards the story were "this is fine"-ing the MSQ and holding off on criticism for what they presumed would be an eventual pay-off, only to have another patch offer... really not much of anything at all, which has led to more grumbling in a good chunk of the playerbase and by default made taking a more critical look at the game suddenly much more common and acceptable. There's still an air of bitterness about though, and some players still can't help but get in digs, as you can see here.
Mud slinging prior to 6.4 is an understatement. If I recall, it started during Shadowbringers, especially when it came concerning whether or not one felt "Emet-Selch did nothing wrong". You'd have the Ascian stans getting on the case of people who weren't in their favor, and people who weren't in their favor getting on the case of everybody who was. I do not recall any insane amounts mud slinging prior to that...off the top of my head anyway.