Unbelievable Rudeness!

[Avenger]

The weird thing about MMOs is that you get the good with the bad, much like real life. 99% of the time people are nice, but occasionally they aren’t and you have to figure out what to do.

It is definitely upsetting when people criticize you unfairly and boot you from an instance. Fortunately that seems to be pretty rare, and I figure if it happens then it is usually a get out of fail free card. If people are really harassing other players, that isn’t OK, and reporting and blacklisting can be used.

I like duty finder but I also like party finder and doing stuff with people from your friend list/free company/linkshell is a blast. Also playing with family and friends is great.

[Avenger]

After playing FFXIV a while, it doesn’t bother me quite as much when a 24p raid devolves into wipes and people blaming each other and rage quitting. It is kind of like getting to experience the “bad” ending of a game with multiple endings or the “game over” screen. You don’t need to win every time, and it is almost boring when you do.

That being said, I appreciate helpful and friendly players who don’t freak out when things don’t go perfectly.

[Avenger]

Rereading the original post, I think it makes a really good point about being forgiving in a game played over the internet.

You never know whether a player might be a kid, or a great-grandparent (which is awesome btw), or might be new to gaming, or might have a disability, or might be experiencing crappy internet and lag, or might be sick, or might have unavoidable distractions like small children or parents or people knocking on the door at inopportune times.

[AxlStream]

You never know whether a player might be a kid, or a great-grandparent (which is awesome btw), or might be new to gaming, or might have a disability, or might be experiencing crappy internet and lag, or might be sick

Then boy do I have the solution for those! It's called "git gud". Honestly all you mentioned is nobody's concern. You shouldn't see players in your duty as anything else but NPCs that sometimes suprises you by not being completely inept.

It's not a meme that your squadron is better rhan other players.