Stop being so hostile in the game

[Scorcher24]

1) Was in a Dungeon with 3 French guys. They refused to speak English. I have only German and English activated in my language preferences. The healer was only dancing during encounters and I died. I asked if he could stop dancing and start healing. What followed was a tirade of insults in french. I understand most french, but it is too rusty to actually talk to people in that language and I couldn't get through to them in English until they kicked me after they where done insulting me.

2) I was making a mistake the first time I was in a trial and died. I got immediately insulted by multiple people from the group. The dungeon was still completed successfully.

It makes FF14 a very hostile place to be and I don't think that reporting is doing anything. I missed the old days where people like that would've been called out by others instead of me getting told that they are right in their doing.
This makes me reluctant to pay for another month or more.

[Skorp_X]

Actually the problem is there is no screenshot of the conversation so we don't actually know what happened.

EDIT: Being french doesn't make them jerks, and I've never seen someone being insulted for dying in a Trial, especially if it was cleared regardless. Some critical info is clearly missing here.

[Scorcher24]

I've never seen someone being insulted for dying in a Trial, especially if it was cleared regardless. Some critical info is clearly missing here.

Believe what you want. But there is no info missing.

[Edrickthorn]

Believe what you want. But there is no info missing.

I believe that it happened, because for example....last night I was running Midas The Arm of the Son and was trying to be helpful by using my pull macro. OMG....what came after that was stupid. The OT would not voke off of me when required and when I told him to provoke on time.....he just said that he was letting me die on purpose because I was being an ass all the fight. So I told him. Wow...didn't know that doing my job was being an ass.....to which he replied....Pull macros are only for Raids.

Un----friggin------believable. People are becoming Elitist douches!!!

[Ashkendor]

So I told him. Wow...didn't know that doing my job was being an ass.....to which he replied....Pull macros are only for Raids.

Un----friggin------believable. People are becoming Elitist douches!!!

What part of that is supposed to be "elitist"? Stupid yes, but specifically elitist? I don't see how. >_>

It seems like people are replacing any word that has negative connotations with "elitist" these days.

You don't even really need a swap there in Normal anyway as long as the healers aren't asleep. :x

[Kaurie]

You don't even really need a swap there in Normal anyway as long as the healers aren't asleep. :x

Similarly, you don't really need to swap out of cleric and heal as long as the tanks are not asleep.

[ElHeggunte]

Actually the problem is there is no screenshot of the conversation so we don't actually know what happened.

EDIT: Being french doesn't make them jerks, and I've never seen someone being insulted for dying in a Trial, especially if it was cleared regardless. Some critical info is clearly missing here.

- It has less to do with them being French and is more about their refusal to communicate or even (apparently) play properly. Pretty sure he only mentioned them being French because the language barrier is relevant to the topic.

- People get insulted for screwing things up all the time regardless of whether or not the content gets cleared in the end. It has never personally happened to me, but I witness it a lot. It's usually just a mild off-hand remark, but I've seen players absolutely fly off the handle over little mistakes too.

[Fiscr]

It makes FF14 a very hostile place to be

Unfortunately this is not a FF14-thing, but an internet-thing. Some people are either huge trolls, or they forget, that they're talking to other people and lose all manners, when they don't physically have a human being in front of them

And yes, nice french players do actually exist Please don't be so quick to judge all of them over the misbehavior of a few of them.

[Deifact]

nice french

What are these mystical creatures and where do they hide?

[Adire]

Unfortunately this is not a FF14-thing, but an internet-thing.

I dunno, I've played many MMOs, and FFXIV has been one of my worst experiences community wise.

I don't think such strict server restrictions to only allowing cross server communication in performance heavy content helps things. I have personal guesses about other reasons, but I won't mention those here.