What with the short fuses?

[KoujiMoreno]

"People like you"?

Get off your high horse; you and all the others that act like you never get annoyed or mad at someone and that you're a more evolved life form that's above it all.

Reaching pretty far aren't we?

[Foo01]

Actually its not the people in your comparison, its the fact they have to take the same road every day and people driving slow or making mistakes just like in game annoys people and makes them impatient.

The road and route you choose is the content. Just like people say that life is the journey. But if you want to be fixated on only the destination, especially in a game like this, then heck everything is in the way and everything is slowing you down. Heck the fastest way to get to your destination is get a hex editor and edit the bits your want to the values your want. All you need is root privileges on the server and bang you are done. Then what???

But for your own good and the good of others and the community as well, do NOT got flying off the handle and accusing people. Especially don't go pissing at the tanks even if you have some sort of half-baked reasons. And as a DPS definitely don't go pissing off the tanks or healers when you have the wrong reasons.

[Moqi]

This "game", in many ways is more of a chore than anything.

Only because you chose to make it so.

[Foo01]

From the forums, you'd think that FFXIV's community was a steaming cesspool, where the majority of players are rude or condescending. In practice, though, I've found the opposite to be true - the vast majority of players are, if not openly friendly, at least neutral or tolerant. ...

.....It's hard for me to even imagine someone posting a thread called "Awesome run" ("Had an awesome Brayflox (Hard) run today! .....

That is actually quite true. Although I've seen a few threads where players what to thank other players for a good run even after some unfortunate event had happened.

But for comparison, in another Ifrit HM run I've done. I simply asked, "who will do LB on the nails?" and a SMN or two or a BLM pipes up and said "ME ME MEEE!!" Those runs usually do great. When people communicate it works. When I am met with the silent treatment, I usually know it is not going to end well.

So it is not the fault of the content. It absolutely is the people. People is what makes the game more interesting and more fun. It the a game for the players, and the players have the power make this a great experience and great community.

[Slatervonjager]

A recent example:

-DPS: (After being quiet the whole run, we WIPED in the last boss of AK) I'm sorry, I didn't do this dungeon in a while.
-Healer: Ask for advice, then.
-DPS: Shut up

I got one better.

-Doing HM Ifrit as scholar for my 4th relic.
-Other healer is a whitemage, that casted regen on the tank right as Ifrit noticed him, but before he grabbed aggro.
-As soon as Ifrit charges at him, he panics and casts medica 2 in reponse with Ifrit breathing fire(though only the tank was hit by it). He keeps spamming cures btw.
-before the tank is finally able to rip hate off the WHM, two DDs get MPK'd thanks to this guy.
-I checked his player stats, saw that he's brand new, and offered him advice and I told him that he shouldn't regen before pulls.
-"F**k you, eat a D**k" is the response I get.

Some people shouldn't be allowed to interact with others, even if it's not face to face.

[Zhi]

I got one better.

-Doing HM Ifrit as scholar for my 4th relic.
-Other healer is a whitemage, that casted regen on the tank right as Ifrit noticed him, but before he grabbed aggro.
-As soon as Ifrit charges at him, he panics and casts medica 2 in reponse with Ifrit breathing fire(though only the tank was hit by it). He keeps spamming cures btw.
-before the tank is finally able to rip hate off the WHM, two DDs get MPK'd thanks to this guy.
-I checked his player stats, saw that he's brand new, and offered him advice and I told him that he shouldn't regen before pulls.
-"F**k you, eat a D**k" is the response I get.

Some people shouldn't be allowed to interact with others, even if it's not face to face.

Epilogue:
- Goes to forum complaining about elitist
- thread fills with circle jerkers and sympathizers
- thread gets buried, rinse and repeat.

[Tiraelina]

"People like you"?

Get off your high horse; you and all the others that act like you never get annoyed or mad at someone and that you're a more evolved life form that's above it all.

I'm too busy giggling about how "People like you" react to it that start raging over every delay. Everyone is doing the exact same "grind".

[Slatervonjager]

10,000 tons of BS

You make me feel ashamed to be on the same server with you.

People aren't being douches because they have to do grinding, it's because they feel entitled and think that they're more important then everyone else. That is the reason they do it, and like it was said by others, IT IS NOT AN EXCUSE for acting the way they do. Where you came up with the thought of it being because of grinding is confusing, because if people are really so upset over grinding that they're being d-bags to others because of it, then they're brain damaged, because anyone that gets that upset over it, would have quit. No right minded person is going to sit there and punish themselves over and over to that point. Drop the "majority of the playerbase" crap, because unless you or anyone else that uses that line have interviewed enough of the playerbase to get valid results, then you don't know what the majority of the playbase likes or doesn't like.

And if you think the game is such a chore, and you're having no fun with it, then why are you even playing it? Grinding is part of the game, get over it and just be glad it's not anywhere near as bad as it could be. And FYI, no one is on a high horse, you're just pissed because everyone else refuses to agree with you. You're honestly being no better then the people this thread is directed at.

[Gormogon]

It's the elitist end game mentality.

People don't want to deal with bads. They want every run ever to be 100% perfect with a minimal 1 wipe. This mentality gets so out of hand that people can't give proper criticism without someone taking it offensively.

The worst part of that mentality is that overall it will only get worse over time it.

[Xerich]

You have to keep in mind, OP, that for some people, this game is all that they have in their life. Their gear, their mounts, their time is worth everything to them.

Also, they are stupid. There's that too. "Hey, let's join DF groups and expect 100% flawless victory" Fucking herp de flerp.