Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
Not to be nasty but players in FFXIV don't usually call a player character a 'toon' - this is because it has negative connotations with WoW, plus it's not considered appropriate due to the more realistic graphics in FFXIV (it should be noted it was never considered acceptable in FFXI either, and a lot of FFXIV players are FFXI fans as well). Most people just use the word 'character' or 'PC' to describe their character instead of 'toon' - which results in muffled sneers when people who are not aware of this fall into this social faux pas. Don't take it personally, it's just one of those things.
Thanks for the explanation. I've never played WoW. FF14 is my 2nd MMO. My first being Forsaken World. There, people referred to their characters as toons or characters. No one seemed to take offense at either. I hadn't realised it was SUCH a big deal for a precious section of the community.