Observations from a New Player

[Lucidbro]

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There is nothing wrong with how the OP present himself. There is only an issue regarding the community being overly touchy and juvenile.
Thread title is: "Observations from a New Player". Doesn't even matter what comes after that, the context of him being new is established. If there are things that don't make sense to him and don't seem to serve any other purpose there is nothing wrong with suggesting to remove said feature. It's up to the participants here to explain and demonstrate why it isn't so. Very normal conduct anywhere else, but here the discussion deteriorates into petty quips like quit the game and "OP is a troll".
1. Things I think would make FFXIV more fun
2. Things I think FFXIV can get rid of
This is all opinion and presented under the impressions of a new player. If someone manages to take offense to this or thinks this is presented arrogantly, then these people need to learn how to deal with normal discussion and forum conduct.

No. If someone's gonna go post a rather extreme suggestion to outright remove content from the game, they better be prepared to receive some "extreme" feedback from others. And being a new player doesn't excuse him from that.

I mean, just look at this crap: "- Linkshells: I do not know what these are for. I have my friends list and my FC. Why do I need a linkshell?"

That's pretty much saying "I don't know what ____ is for, and I don't use one anyway, so I suggest removing them from the game!"

That's a childish reaction. He is asking for someone to explain to him what the use of linksells is, as he hasn't had any use for it so far.
What am I supposed to see here that justifies "extreme feedback"? All I see in this thread is a bunch of insecure man children unable to handle discussion or criticism and it makes me upset.

The other day a new player in my guild asked what to do with his full inventory, it was explained to him that he needed to stash his stuff into the inventory of his retainers. He though it was stupid and it was much more logical to stash it into the chest in his room and was a feature that should be removed.
We were instantly able to agree that it was indeed bad and unintuitive design. The game isn't perfect. People have to realize this.