Is anyone else scared of dungeons or trying to progress?

[Zantetsuken]

Since you played XI, you probably know why this community
changed to such a "mean" one. As easier a game is, the more Elitists will Pop up, while XI is/was a real timesink MMO, which took Ages to complete something it also gave "slower" Players more time to envolve, i also have to mention that Long time ago, YouTube Videos and stuff wasnt the hit and no1 really cared about strategys because Boss Encounters had RNG's and every Group had to find their own way to beat a Boss and everytime you made a new atempt on a Boss he acts different (talking about XI). Ill add here an example from the beginning of ARR and the first weeks after release.

1 Week, 1 Job in 50
2 Week, more Jobs on 50 and 1 Full Set of Darklight
in the 3 Week the first Relics were finished it with the end of the 3 Week we already had the wanna be elistis they only shout for experience People with Relic/DL and you should know the fight even before you atempt him already.

This is basicly my opinion why this Community became so toxic.

1000x THIS

soloable 1-50 + cheap and instant rewards = Impatient people quickly get their epeen fix, and then expect the endgame to follow suit.... when they perceive their (endgame) progress is stunted by other players, they quickly become angry and abusive. DF opens the door to even more dbaggery, due to the anonymity factor.

FFXI (pre-WotG) did not have this problem because everything took a long time to achieve and players had to rely on the kindness of strangers to achieve any real progress in raising their lvls. If you were a d-bag in FFXI, you quickly got a reputation, and ppl would stop playing with you.

I can count on one hand the jerks I encountered on my FFXI server -- ditto with FFXIV 1.0 -- Conversely, I don't have room in my entire FFXIV blacklist for the asses I've had to deal with in PTs since ARR's release.