Instanced Content is it killing gaming?

[Conkuur]

The mechanics promote player behavior. In a persistent world the community can punish folks for their douchery. In an instance you can be as douchey as you wanna be because there are no repercussions.

@jrrollins I have fed you enough today me thinks. Find another bridge thx lol.

[Musashidon]

but there is repercussions it just comes down to the player. get kicked for being new to a dungeon? report them they WILL be banned be it 1 day or 3 or a week. there is repercussions to doing things that are abusive to systems.

now when it comes to unstanced content they can be much harsher to players then instanced content and the df. why? because if you play bad once it goes around and players will know not to play with you and you won't be able to do content because you have a bad rep.

see what i did? it all comes down to the players not the systems, if you run into some that won't play with someone who is new you will have a bad time.

[Conkuur]

@Musashidon

It doesn't matter if you report them or not your night is ruined ether way.
No believe me I have played in non instanced worlds you gotta play crappier than just 1 time to be ostracized. I was a pretty bad tank at one time long ago but I learned eventually and the community can be pretty helpful.

You may be right maybe the majority of players have just become jerks and its not the mechanics at all. Thanks for the logical and civil debate you prove there are still civil folks out their that actually posses intellect and calm debating demeanor. Ty sir/maam

[Hanabira]

but there is repercussions it just comes down to the player. get kicked for being new to a dungeon? report them they WILL be banned be it 1 day or 3 or a week. there is repercussions to doing things that are abusive to systems.

Honestly i havent heard one case of someone being suspended for being a d-bag in game. You can have a farm bot running 24/7 spamming "im a bot" and you probably wouldnt get suspended.

[Swagcity]

Imo, too much emphasis is being placed on instance content; but personally, I believe that a lack of variety and creativity is hurting XIV. The game itself feels Limited/restricted to me (Not sure if it is rmt or "balance" related).

I do agree with the OP though.

[Sheer]

First love has nothing to do with it I have been playing many MMO's long after EQ so I can see the good of EQ and bad as I can see the good and the bad of newer MMO's. Facts are communities in MMO's are dead in 6 months. Why? because there is no real community bond. YOU can do everything alone except for dungeons. The guilds that have a static grp are done in 3 months and players without a good guild who cant get grps are just quiting out of frustration. In a persistent world you see who is there and you just grp up on site with whoever is there no mandatory grp number. Or if you want you run up in there solo. I mean you might not get far but you have the option.The truth is instances are just as easily griefed as persistent we have all seen it.

Funnily enough, I actually have a quote for that in a post I made a few days ago:

I think the issue is that there's variety. Back in, say, 2005, there were a lot less options for popular MMOs than there are today. I mean, a couple that I could name from back then are FFXI, RuneScape, Guild Wars (just released in 2005), and WoW. Ask me to list MMOs from 2013, and I can say RIFT, WoW, FFXIV: ARR, Guild Wars 2, Neverwinter, Vindictus, The Secret World, SW:tOR, EVE Online, Tera, RuneScape, and a ton more... Point is, the MMO community isn't just condensed to a few options; there's a bunch of games for us to choose from and enjoy. This should be celebrated! But instead all I happen to see on all the forums for these games is "this game is dead", "this design will never work", "everyone's dumb but me", and so on.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...61#post1937861