Why so toxic?

[Vhailor]

As you can see I don't post here often, I just kind of lurk and read interesting threads. Why does it seems people are being more toxic towards each other than before? I thought the community was suppose to be a "friendly" one. I chuckled when my friend made a comparison to the Wow forums, and honestly if I need help I go to Reddit. I do enjoy reading things here, it's just a bit nicer to read thing on Reddit. The toxic people just get down voted.

I think FFXIV occupies a unique niche, in a way, resulting in particularly toxic forums. On the one hand, it's a spiritual successor to FFXI; on the other hand, it's an ultra-accessible title geared toward gamers and non-gamers alike. Much of the animosity I see arises from these two groups having conflicted ideas of what FFXIV should be.

[LionFranco]

I think FFXIV occupies a unique niche, in a way, resulting in particularly toxic forums. On the one hand, it's a spiritual successor to FFXI; on the other hand, it's an ultra-accessible title geared toward gamers and non-gamers alike. Much of the animosity I see arises from these two groups having conflicted ideas of what FFXIV should be.

This is exactly my thinking too, the. Conflict between people that want this game to be more like XI and the people that want this game to be accessible to everyone. I prefer the middle ground.