Leveling through PotD and Frontlines has kind of made me hate the playerbase

[KingMeteo]

Just not fun at all... I know there are other ways but DPS ques are long and no one does Fates on my server...

Just pure hatred towards everyone now....

No good people around, just terrible terrible people.

Glad I am done with PotD for now. Got kicked 4 times at floor 59, it's a new funny thing to do????

Anyways, hope they come out with ff 16 mmo soon, the game is fun, people are just the worst kind of horrible.

[dragonseth07]

Just not fun at all... I know there are other ways but DPS ques are long and no one does Fates on my server...

Just pure hatred towards everyone now....

No good people around, just terrible terrible people.

Glad I am done with PotD for now. Got kicked 4 times at floor 59, it's a new funny thing to do????

Anyways, hope they come out with ff 16 mmo soon, the game is fun, people are just the worst kind of horrible.

If you are getting kicked at 59 repeatedly, it must be for some reason.

Are you slowing down runs? Extra pulls? Wasting poms? Tank stance? Zero-DPS Healer? There must be something.

[Avatre]

If you are getting kicked at 59 repeatedly, it must be for some reason.

Are you slowing down runs? Extra pulls? Wasting poms? Tank stance? Zero-DPS Healer? There must be something.

The people could be kicking so that their friend might be able to join in progress and get the completion EXP for the 10 floors. With how petty/lazy people can be, I can see it happening...

[Vidu]

My best advice here is and always will be: Make friends. Either to vent together or to queue together - I've paired up with one friend right now and we're taking turns in leveling classes. One will always pick a DPS, the other one a tank or a healer.

Relaxing about the game helps a lot aswell - I feel that a lot of people "destryoing" this game for themself by thinking "Oh, I want/need THIS now" - "THIS" being: a certain class on level 70, in this context.

Hearing that someone got kicked 4 times always makes me a bit... suspecious about the reason - yes, I know there are jersk out there. But if someone gets kicked repeatedly over a short time, I cant help but wonder if there might have been a "real" reason behind it.

I also dont follow your logic here - you like the game but not the people... but you hope they'll replace the game? Do you really believe that an MMO called FFXVI (assuming FFXVI is going to be an MMO at all, I doubt they're going to drop support on this one any time soon) would attract a more pleasent playerbase?

But in short: make friends, join a nice FC, relaxing about the pace you're doing/achieving things in - in my experience all of that has made the game a lot more pleasent.

The people could be kicking so that their friend might be able to join in progress and get the completion EXP for the 10 floors. With how petty/lazy people can be, I can see it happening...

Can you even queue in progress for PotD?
Also: Thats something that might happen once - but as soon as a person states they're being kicked on a regular basis, I start doubting reasons like that. I wont deny that things like that happen, but I doubt they happen as often...

[Avatre]

Just not fun at all... I know there are other ways but DPS ques are long and no one does Fates on my server...

Just pure hatred towards everyone now....

No good people around, just terrible terrible people.

Glad I am done with PotD for now. Got kicked 4 times at floor 59, it's a new funny thing to do????

Anyways, hope they come out with ff 16 mmo soon, the game is fun, people are just the worst kind of horrible.

You can always do the daily hunts(Foundation for 50-60, Rhalgr's for 60-70) for EXP while you wait for a queue to pop.

[KingMeteo]

My fault for getting kicked? See what I mean....
And it was 4 times out of all my runs to 60, so that is quite a few I didn't get kicked for.

I just wanted to get the two dps classes to 70 so I could try them out, and have fun.

I know I don't need it. I need air and food and shelter.

I meant people in this game are generally not nice to each other.
I heard this community was really good, but maybe that was before.

Make friends? Like how do you do that?? Seriously, people already have their clicks...
do you randomly go up to people and say "Hey let's be friends"??

[Avatre]

Can you even queue in progress for PotD?
Also: Thats something that might happen once - but as soon as a person states they're being kicked on a regular basis, I start doubting reasons like that. I wont deny that things like that happen, but I doubt they happen as often...

Yes, you can queue for it in progress. As long as you have the "Join in Progress" option selected, anything you queue for can be in progress(even the PVP stuff). I never go a day without it being active as it does help to cut down on queue times(even if you get the dungeon you hate the most because of it).

[Wintersandman]

Make friends? Like how do you do that?? Seriously, people already have their clicks...
do you randomly go up to people and say "Hey let's be friends"??

Make a Party Finder and you will make friends. I ended up switching servers doing cross world pf in Frontlines and made a ton of friends. Don't do it through Duty Finder as that is the breeding pit for toxic behavior. Fire up your own PF for fates. People will join over time. It may take a bit but be patient.

Also if your FC doesn't run with you find a new FC. Your FC should be friends you can play with.

[Vidu]

I meant people in this game are generally not nice to each other.
I heard this community was really good, but maybe that was before.

Make friends? Like how do you do that?? Seriously, people already have their clicks...
do you randomly go up to people and say "Hey let's be friends"??

My experience is that people are in general nice to each other, yes - there might be expections, but you've got jerks everywhere, just gotta stay away from those and keep the people close that you like.

You can grow into even existing clicks, believe me!

The whole "How to make friends"-thing though... well, ofc you wont walk over to someone and say "Hey, lets be friends". Please note that I'll be sharing my own experiences now and this is by no means a 100% guide "How to make a friend" - stuff that (has) worked for me doesnt has to work for someone else, but anyways here are my general advices:

- find an FC that you share intrests with - being a bit of the stalking persona that I am I checked both your profile and your FC and honestly I dont understand why someone who hasnt leveled up their crafters and gatheres is in an FC that focusses pretty clearly and heavly on crafting and gathering. Ask yourself what you want to do in the game and then look for an FC that you can do that with. In order to find an FC you can either shout in larger cities, open a PF (stating what you're looking for) or checking peoples FCs and see wether or not they're recruiting (in that case I would send a whisper to the FC-master before though, to ask a bit about the FC itself)
- join PF-groups - specially learn and "help a friend" groups can be chatty in my experience. Or, if you're intrested in certain EX-Primals you can make a PF yourself for that content and chat a bit with the people joining. Might make a friend or two in the process even if you dont get the kill in the end!
- be chatty - I dont know if thats your style but at least I like to joke around a bit in dungeons from time to time, specially when the people are nice - with a bit of luck they're not just nice but on the same server!
- be helpful - goes hand in hand with joining certain PFs. I made a good amount of friends by just helping out strangers with EX-primal clears or with some new crafted gear.
- ...or ask for help - thats a way to meet someone and get to talk to them aswell
- if thats your thing: just talk to people that seem intresting to you. Not everyone might respond or like it but I know a friend of mine found some people by complementing on their glamour/looks!
- find a community (within LS for example) that you share intrests with - crafting, gathering, hunting, roleplay, raiding... I know that certain servers have like Roe-only-LS (aswell as some for lalafells... with those being less-played races)

At the end of the day you have to get active in one way or another to find people to play and enjoy this game with - and my best advice actually is: Dont go in with the attitude that you hate everyone and that the community sucks. If thats your mindset, it most definitly will - on the other hand, if you're willing to keep an open mind and make an effort to be a nice and helpful person, you might have more luck.

[KingMeteo]

I have a level 70 Miner!
And like to do gathering... not crafting so much.

Most of you guys have been here for years, and I am assuming are nostalgic about the game.

I think how it is now is different...

PF is full of watch vids or gtfo hours after patch, people insulting others for names?? weird but true...

People want to rush through everything always, never giving newer people the chance to do anything properly.
People assaulting others for their choices of mains, like War or machinists or sometimes even sch and summoner.

Forums are just a place to get torn apart basically if you have any opinion.

But "the community is so nice" everyone keeps saying? It's like rose coloured glasses...
I gave up trying to get sephi ex sphi ex and zurvan ex clears...
I know make your own PF. It takes like 5 hours of waiting to fill a group, then you get one wipe and everyone leaves.

I guess I am happy that you guys are enjoying your game, and hope you continue to have fun.