The FFXIV community is mostly people without any social skills to begin with. How they are in game is how they are in life. The game is an escape for them. It’s the same reason that a large population of the community also consumes anime in unhealthy levels, it’s an escape. Just walk around the game and see how many cringy Japanese character names there are.

I don’t want to make it sound like I am generalizing, since I have met so many amazing people in game that love to converse. But let’s call it like it is. If you want good conversation or banter with players, you chose the wrong game.