Can we dial back the forum vitriol...?

[Vhailor]

It's one thing to say, "I just don't feel that feature would be necessary or worth the dev team's time."

It's another matter entirely to react like the above bolded quotes (and we've ALL seen reactions like that, no matter how reasonable or helpful a suggestion may be...).

I agree, though I can also understand why many players have relatively little patience at this point. Traditional "hard-core" gamers (i.e. those for whom it's not just an idle hobby) have been pushed out of MMOs over the years as companies seek to appeal to a broader audience. FFXIV has been particularly visible about this, in my estimation. Glamours and cutesy furniture or mounts abound; difficult fights are, more often than not, nerfed into oblivion; battle mechanics get simplified in oft-problematic ways, damaging how jobs play.

Now, none of this is intended to justify the vitriol that often appears on the forums. Nobody needs to be rude. But I can empathize with people who, at this point in FFXIV's lifespan, are past the point of being constructive and are mostly just pissed off.

[MyaValentine]

just pissed off.

well, I think OP means stuff like quality of life not Fights I personally hate when "please nerf this..." threats appears but I think op means QoL like the function of auto gear up which is indeed a godsend or one of the highly requested by the ps4 community and #1 cause of exactly what OP is talking about PARSER. make 1 parser threat and you will see countless comments as the examples he named.