How it used to be...

[SourPunch]

I mean MMO's in general can be a 50/50. Some good some bad. But with this game there's definitely been more good than bad, but when you do meet those choice players it stands out more.

[IttyBitty]

Rose-tinted glasses are working overtime.

[Metalwrath]

OP the community has never been perfect and always friendly.You may have perceived it that way at first but ff14 has its toxic players just as much as any other MMO.
Having said that it was probably at its most toxic point at 2.0.PF didnt exist back then and to do dungeon runs for wanderers palace people only allowed bard and blm as dps into their parties as it was the optimal set up for speed runs.
You also had most coil parties refused to let warrior in.It was basically come as pld or gtfo.
Then there was also parties shouting for tank for titan hard mode and once again most of them only allowed you to join if you were pld.Would even laugh at you when you argued that warrior was also a tank.
Not to mention Titan hardmode fight itself.Never in the games history was the community more toxic than in instances for that fight.People raging and flaming and arguing nearly every single run.Kicking people over gear or a single mistake etc.

[ElazulHP]

[Evergrey]

FFXIV people can be quite toxic, even more if triggered the wrong(right?) way.

[Hawklaser]

Having said that it was probably at its most toxic point at 2.0.PF didnt exist back then and to do dungeon runs for wanderers palace people only allowed bard and blm as dps into their parties as it was the optimal set up for speed runs.
Then there was also parties shouting for tank for titan hard mode and once again most of them only allowed you to join if you were pld.Would even laugh at you when you argued that warrior was also a tank.
Not to mention Titan hardmode fight itself.

Oddly I never ran into this on my server. Did plenty of wanders and ampadoor as drg and smn, in addition to healing them on sch. I also never encountered the warrior hate you speak of. I do remember the frustration of the hard mode primals however. Between the lag from the server locations, animations obscuring the aoe markers, the short reaction windows, and Titan landslides connecting being a death sentence, people would get a little vocal after a bit.

It wasn't until after the duty finder where I really noticed much toxic behavior. Again, I think it's an effect of not having to worry about ones reputation.

[Vivi_Bushido]

I don't think it has anything to do with WoW or FFXIV specifically. The bottom line is, people just don't care. It's a cold rotten reality and it's the sad truth. They don't care about you or anyone else. This isn't everyone but it's a lot of people. They barely even care about their own friends. They get online to meme around for a few laughs and play the game for themselves. As long as they get what they want/need, you're only a pawn to their achievements. They have little to no interest to ever talking to with again; and for some, if they do, sometimes it's agenda driven unbeknownst to you. And since they can't hear or physically see you, it's even easier for them to treat you like a nobody. The only times I find people caring is when there is a reputation agenda attached. Such as a community representative wither it be LS, FC, discord, ect. Something that promotes their public social status. A lot of people are very narcissistic and have god complexes. They can never be wrong or proven wrong and how dare you for questioning them; even when facts are provided. Especially if they have friends to defend their honor just cause they like them over you. While others have zero tolerance for drama because how dare you have feelings. I've seen people kicked out of communities for wanting to talk about their mental states or feelings and were told it's toxic. People seem like emotionless robots sometimes.

My least favorite are the people who treat you like a demon and don't know how to forgive and hold never ending grudges as if people can't change when you do something wrong. Yeah a lot depends on circumstances and the context of a situation but more often than not, there isn't really a whole lot you can do over the internet that can't be forgiven. There are a lot of ways to make amends, a lot of people are stubborn and just don't want to forgive. So you end up in situations that once someone dislikes you, there is nothing you can do. It's forever out of your control. And you may not even know what you did wrong.

People are just mean because they want to be. This is why discrimination and racism among other things still exist in our world. Unfortunately more often than not. people do gain pleasure through schadenford. Your misfortune is their entertainment.

[Tlachtga]

Meh, the game has been out forever at this point. Can't fault people for finally losing patience at players who still haven't grasped the basics (or refuse to)