Here we go again

[Gwen_Lavellan]

Mmm… I want to add my two cents so please bear with my broken English:
I’m reading this thread and thinking about the fact that the plyayer’s mindset changed through the years. (I’m only speaking about what I saw on Phoenix, I never played on another world)

I’ve been playing FFXIV for almost a decade now (March 2016). (On another character -this one is, in perspective, quite new).

Back then, at least on Phoenix, when we started a dungeon with a sprout or a first timer, it was a habit to ask them if they wanted some advice about the dungeon’s mechanisms or if they wanted to discover those by themselves.
In short, we talked to each other’s. (In my FC, it was a habit, well before we had the Burger King crown next to our name plate. We just genuinely wanted to help new players.)

This time is over. Now, people barely talk, let’s not speak about demanding/offering help. (SE politics is partially responsible for this, it has become nearly impossible to give someone some advice…)

I’m 42, my eyesight is not as good as it was when I was 33 and I play less because of IRL stuff like family and work, so I’m a little rusty, but I quite liked the new dungeon and cleared it with 4 deaths (two on the second boss and two on the last one), so I’m satisfied for now.
As many people said here, dying it’s part of the process to learn a fight.
But it also was a part of the process to be able to ask for help or advice and not just watch a video.

In short, if you are on Phoenix or Light in general, feel free to reach me in game, I’ll be glad to help or even struggle together with you, because I’m getting myself back on track. There’s no shame dying while trying to learn/improve.