Quote Originally Posted by Oscura View Post
Thanks for insinuating that just because I do not agree things have changed, or are "blind," to it, that I must be part of the problem. The fact you even felt the need to amuse such a ridiculous viewpoint shows an incredible lack of self-awareness. "People don't see what I see? They must be why it's happening in the first place," is even more negative than the "change" people keep talking about.

In 2.0 I got mocked for casting melee LB during Ifrit HM when it was brand new and not knowing that you had wait for caster to LB the nails. My guild leader, who I thought was a stand up guy, laughed at me and said he specifically didn't tell me to "see what would happen." A week or two later a group I had flamed me for wiping at demon wall in Amdapor Keep because I was a dragoon and it was impossible to do positionals there, so it was "all <my> fault," and I should, "just leave since melee is bad." This was before vote kicking, so they simply trash talked me until I left. I could give you dozens of examples of rudeness, abuse, and downright bullying I've seen through every single iteration this game has had since ARR. Though yes, people saying that nothing has changed are definitely part of the problem.
Your claim is that things have not changed. I, and many others, do not see this reality. Saying you had a bad experience many years ago does not invalidate that things have changed. No one said "things like this never happened in the old days". What we're saying is "things like this happened far less and were not tolerated like they are today".

People who assume we're saying "it never happened" tend to be the people who engaging in the bad behavior. Hence my statement of "I have to wonder".