So there we are, Hydaelyn imbues us with the power of a warrior of light, we are Eorzeas champions and yet...are we?

Wherever I look, all I see are players more interested in raiding and farming gear than in being civil. Whether it's steamrolling new players in story dungeons, dismissing players new to a raid, or demanding that people watch videos just to play, this is not the level of civility one would expect from a Warrior of Light. All the abuse hurled in game over the shout channel, the constant negativity and abuse hurled at each other on the forum, and the sometimes disgraceful disrespect heaped on Yoshida-san and the development team; this is not how Warriors of Light behave. This is not how the good guys behave.

So, who are we? I look at the gear in the game, and much of it looks to my casual eye to be the kind of thing one of the bad guys would want, and here 'we' are working hard every day to get it, and more like it. My impression of much of the new gear and future content, is that things are getting darker, not lighter.

The Dark Knight job seems to align with this darker tone. This is a Final Fantasy game, we are the warriors of light, aren't we? So why does it feel like we are becoming ever darker, even as the new astral era dawns?

I feel like the community needs to hold an intervention for itself, and find a way to better live up to the idea of being a warrior of light. Perhaps the Dev team might want to step back and take a hard look at where we are headed, and whether Hydaelyn would support such conduct...for that matter, are we even the Warriors that she sought out?

This is a Final Fantasy game, yes it's a 'modern' MMORPG, but beneath that, it is a Final Fantasy game, we are the good guys, and we should be acting like it.