Lore Incentive Is Ruining Duty Roulette

[DamianFatale]

Some of my best memories come from no-tanking when the DF tank leaves or 4-DPSing Stone Vigil (with a FATE group who got tired of the zerg grind)... The only loss we really felt was any Warrior AoE dps, seeing as CCing instead of mass-tanking ended up more raid-dps efficient when not having to heal at all. Since int and mind weren't split yet, the 4-dps composition was significantly faster, as long as we had both a SMN and BLM.

I hope you actually went ahead and attempted the instance after his departure instead of giving up and/or just waiting. Dealing with abnormal conditions can be eye-opening to the real underlying rules of gameplay.

Oh no, we didn't just leave either. There was a new player in the dungeon, so we went to our linkshells, and fcs to ask for a tank. We got one, and we completed our duty. It's a shame that the mentor icon takes so long to get, because honestly I do more for new players than I've seen almost any mentor in the pf. I've gone on at least 500 dungeons/raids/trials so far, and let me tell you that only just a FEW of those since the release of the mentorship program have ever helped. It's really sad. I would say that the last 150-200 are within the release of the mentorship program, so let that think in. I find it really sad that people just want a crown next to their name, when the purpose is supposed to be nurturing to our community.Its a welcoming sign that says "HEY IM EXPERIENCED, I CAN HELP YOU." However people twist it into greed, and It ends up representing how entitled people feel in my generation, but know one thing;

If people are so low to feel that they need a crown to feel important, or special, they aren't really that important. They are a troubled person who doesn't have their life together. Not trying to insult those people, but they really need to wake up. It doesn't matter what your ilevel is, what your glamour is, what event items you have, what minions you have, titles you have, or how much you spent on the mog station. You're just another player, and people are going to look at you as just that. I'm not going to point names, but the Jenova server really struggles because of the opposite kind of thinking. I ended up leaving for Balmung. FFXIV's NA community has got to get its act together. I'm fine with a few bad apples, but now its just getting out of hand. There have been a few days where I questioned if I wanted to keep playing the game. With new come popularity for FFXIV comes a lot of baggage. If everyone wants to play, you get ALL kinds of people.

I'm even questioning if FFXIV for Xbox One is even a good thing. Part of me wants everyone to get the chance to play, even though I don't like XBOX, the other part makes me scared that whiny xbox kids are going to get into the game. I hate to say it, but the people on that system can really get on my nerves. Our game needs some serious help with the community aspect. I honestly just don't know what we should do.