What is the Obsession with player base?

[Welsper59]

Another secret:

Alot of people here played, liked and enjoyed World of Warcraft, and simply left because their time with it was over. These people are not toxic in any way, shape or form.

For some odd reason it's the 'in thing' to be seen to disapprove of WoW at every turn.

That's actually something I don't agree with, but it's sadly subjective. The mentality of the "zerg all the things" players is fairly toxic to a game where the base philosophy is the opposite of that. Some people may not agree on that, but that's kind of the case... it's a foreign country (Japan) that developed this game. Their fanbase and philosophy towards games is different from the West.

Essentially, the typical mouth-breather WoW player (termed for identification purpose only) is like a missionary going to foreign lands to try to convert those lost souls to believing in things they do. "WoW did this" and "WoW did that", trying to get the game to be more in-line with their idea of what's "right".

Mind you, I've played WoW since Dec 2004 (until a few months ago). I thoroughly enjoyed my time. Likewise, I thoroughly enjoyed my time in FFXI since the NA launch until around 7yrs after. I've enjoyed games from many countries, and experienced the extremes of content. I play games for what they are, not what I want them to be. Going back to the missionary example, people should be accepted for who they are, not who others want them to be.