Quote Originally Posted by OrianThormond View Post
You're making a lot of generalisations about what "the playerbase" thinks but the playerbase is not a monolith. In any social game you're going to get people frustrated. I mean I got kicked from an Extreme group recently because "somebody" kept changing the markers and the dope who was running the group decided to kick everyone they didn't know personally, some people are just idiots. On the other side there are tonnes of players who do want to help people who struggle with content but you have to make the effort to go out and find them. Just because some people are arseholes doesn't negate the nice people who play the game. You're taking all of your worst experiences in the game and extrapolating from that that everybody feels that way but it's just not true. Haven't you had positive experiences too?

It seems like you have doubts about playing the game and you're projecting them on to others. If you don't like the combat, don't like the social aspect, then what is it about this game that attracts you? Because these are not part of the casual/hardcore discussion, these are all essential elements of the game design for all players.
It is regularly said about the FF14 community (the thing you call a monolith) that it's a helpful and friendly community. Aidorouge is saying their experience isn't like that. Where's the generalization?