Poor community in this game?

[Eye_Gore]

My server is awesome, Never really have any issues. I assume you're on a North American server? I use to be on Exodus and and found it similar to what you're saying.

Welcome to North America.

Remember though if you are using the DF for dungeons, you are being grouped with all servers within the same data center.

This kinda mimics a thread I started about DF zombies. Though if you read that thread, it seems that the majority of people care not for you, or even wanting to talk to you. Though I have had some better runs through the DF, but most people just say nothing, go full zombie mode, may have even forgotten why they are here to begin with. Atleast if they are rude, you're getting a response, and there is a human behind that character.

[MeridaQ]

Yeah I love the ff community it is one of the main reasons I play the game. I can't count the amount of drive by cheers or hellos I have seen or the amount of random silly conversations. My fc and link shells will shout out things like fat chocobo party in mor dhona or manderville flash mob in limsa. My fc did a secret Santa and play games like musical chairs at the house. The community is great you just have to find the people that make you smile!

[Noshpan]

I've played a lot of MMOs over the years. XIV 2.0's community isn't as nice as it was during, say 1.0's beta (probably because we were too busy pointing out the exact same issues to ad nauseum to be mean to each other). But there are far worse communities out there that make this look tame.

WoW, FlyFF (post Version 9), but Aion's is the absolute worst when it comes to community. Even their CMs are awful.

[Leigaon]

The dregs of the community will always overshadow the the good of the community because that's all anyone really remembers.

True, and because they all post a lot of the same thing over again demanding answers!!! Guess that can stick with you..

Yet there's only one Show your Roe thread..and that will always be memorable for me.

The community though in general seems to be split, there's some real cruel people out there and then there's some very fun loving people. I'm on primal server and you get good with the bad. Most of the bad ones are ones that have played way too long for the day and need a nap...and a hug.

[ZephyrK]

Don't get me wrong, this game is great and far better then a majority of MMOs out there, but is it just me, or is this game community just down right awful?

I think this game has a reputation of having a great community and I pretty much agree with it.

We had an altercation between staff members at work the other day, and afterwards one of them was shouting, in full view of the public, "Why is everyone picking fights with ME? No one talks to anyone else like they talk to ME!" I don't know you, so please don't take offense to this, but I believe opinions formed on particular gaming communities tend to be based more off of the individual than the community itself. Maybe you need thicker skin? Maybe you need to avoid your own trigger points? Myself, when I tank, I turn into a complete assface. I just can't help it... so I mostly avoid tanking or avoid the people that can trigger that in me.

[Evangela]

I think FFXIV has a very good community.

just bought some metallic dyes today. I have to trade my equipment and pay the gil for him before he dye it for me, I will never do that in other MMOs because they'll just take my stuffs and run away. in FFXIV I can trust almost everybody in the endgame community.

[Kuolema]

Remember though if you are using the DF for dungeons, you are being grouped with all servers within the same data center.

This kinda mimics a thread I started about DF zombies. Though if you read that thread, it seems that the majority of people care not for you, or even wanting to talk to you. Though I have had some better runs through the DF, but most people just say nothing, go full zombie mode, may have even forgotten why they are here to begin with. Atleast if they are rude, you're getting a response, and there is a human behind that character.

Or they could be playing on the PS3/4 and trying to chat on a controller is a huge pain in the butt.

[Amarande]

Rude players are rare at least on Shiva/Chaos datacentre. Ones not skilled/attentive enough to complete the content? Sure, happens (Titan EX is like that, hell, Titan EX can be like that even with 8 people who know the fight but haven't played together before ...).

I keep hearing about some sort of dislike for Lalafellin but I've never actually seen it in game; same for the BLM discrimination I'm starting to hear about (though this is largely limited at the moment to Final Coil, which I'm nowhere near ready for yet ... and my experience with BLM on Titan EX gives me an unfortunate feeling that it might be justified endgame ... *sigh*).

Not surprised some people don't chat; besides PS3/PS4 folks there's the fact that if you're not in an FC or LS yet, since there's no "free form zone chat" the way there is in most other MMOs, you probably haven't really had a general type chat that's not in party (where things are often too fast paced to talk) ...

[Rhais]

Or they could be playing on the PS3/4 and trying to chat on a controller is a huge pain in the butt.

You can use a keyboard with the playstations, and if you aren't prepared to do that you probably shouldn't even be trying to play this game. Some degree of communication is necessary and playing on a console is not a good enough justification for people being unable or unwilling to communicate with other players.

[Mahri]

The community, such as it is, is fantastic.

Don't go by these forums. Forums are weird.

FFXIV is a game where I can reasonably expect to actually find friendly people in random groups. That ALONE is one of the strongest points in it's favor. It's not limited to the DF. People are generally cool when doing open-world stuff like Hunts, too, and I've found myself in an FC and linkshells with very pleasant socializing constantly happening.

This does not happen in WoW, which I'd played in November in December after they released a new expansion. Random groups are often outright hostile to one another and the game uses an outdated mob-tagging system that means the presence of players in an open world are a nuisance, and don't even get me started on the faction divide.

This is an MMO. I should want to see other people and feel as if I'm sharing an experience with them rather than perpetually competing.

In FFXIV, that's precisely how I feel, and I love this game for it.