Why the hate with endgame fights?

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

See, that's the thing with fun. It's a concept that varies among players.

Fun for some is playing at the highest level. Fun for some is taking it easy. Fun for some is team effort. Or solo for others.

I love PvP in this game, as imperfect as it was, and even as worse as it is now. A larger majority of players of this game HATE it. I've accepted that, and while I don't impose my love of it on others, for those who are curious enough to step in, I try to help them learn what they need to learn to have a better experience. Some embrace it, others meet it with defiance, and some even WANT to remain ignorant of what to do, often citing "fun" as the reason or justification why. It is not "fun" to see people make critical mistakes that can cost the team, nor would it be fun to not speak up and help them avoid said mistakes, all for the sake of not impacting their "fun". I don't think I've ever met anyone who has fun losing a game.

It needs to be noted, however, that "I play for fun" is a very old and tired excuse for refusal to adapt, especially in the gaming world. When the game calls for higher levels of skill, or perhaps greater rewards or achievement in game calls for greater effort, "playing for fun" isn't a reason to refuse to adapt, and often pushing yourself to go higher opens your eyes to another level of "fun". This doesn't mean you have to do so, and FFXIV's devs even prefer to keep a low bar so that it's not necessary, but for those who go up, coming back down often isn't so fun. What's noted however is a refusal to go up by many, and that, in effect, drags us all down. That might sound like I'm placing blame, but I'm not. It's simply me pointing out that "playing for fun" doesn't excuse anyone from trying to play better or perform at a higher level where and when the game calls for it.