State of the game

[LordDrakore]

I played this game about a year and a half, two years ago and everything was great. I just re-subbed for a month and it's gone extremely down hill since I last played. The toxicity of this game is now unmatched and today was my last draw.

So I was mining and I posted a statement/question about mining percentages on the Novice Network only to be met with insults and made fun of by not only 1 but 2 mentors. After which I politely explained my reasoning behind my statement, I said I didn't appreciate the insults from the said mentor, as a mentor he shouldn't talk to players like that and explained that this game has gone down hill then to be met with a 30min ban from the channel.

Sad at what this game has become since I last played. I won't be re-subbing anymore and will pretty much move on from this.

Thanks,
o/ TC all

[Arillyn]

I'm sorry you had that experience. The NN is pretty toxic on many servers from what I've heard and honestly I wouldn't use that as a place to get info and don't use that as an example of the community as a whole. If you haven't found a decent FC or linkshells, try to find one or two. Many are very helpful and have great people in them.

[yukiiyuki]

Welcome to the internet, buddy. Not everyone is sunshines and rainbows.

[LordDrakore]

Welcome to the internet, buddy. Not everyone is sunshines and rainbows.

And I expect that from most people, but not from a mentor and especially not from 2 mentors.

[Hysterior]

I still think FFXIV is one of the friendliest MMO and overall online game out there.

[Granyala]

I find it rather hilarious that you need 1000s of commendations to even get to be mentor and people still have experiences like that.

Clearly shows that commendations mean absolutely nothing in that regard.

@OP: I wouldn't unsub over some loudmouth moron. Either you enjoy the game or you don't. Get a nice guild and you can ask all the questions you want, w/o having to worry about some wannabe internet hero.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

And I expect that from most people, but not from a mentor and especially not from 2 mentors.

Well, that's where you are wrong. Most mentors just want a shiny crown and access to the novice network cuz it's global chat. That's it. They don't actually care about helping. That's why mentors are a literal meme in the xiv universe.


Sure not all mentors are bad, but the good ones are few and far between. You don't ever expect anything from a mentor, and your experience is much better.

[yukiiyuki]

And I expect that from most people, but not from a mentor and especially not from 2 mentors.

It's Burger King crown sect, people who really want to help novices don't need it.

[dinnertime]

The Novice Network and "Mentors" is the last place you'd want to find answers from.

[Kalise]

And I expect that from most people, but not from a mentor and especially not from 2 mentors.

Unfortunately, this does go back to the underlying issues with the Mentor system...

Wherein there are actual rewards to be gained by becoming a mentor, that not only don't care how effective a mentor you are, but also decent enough to draw people into the Mentor system just for them.

This creates a system where people become a Mentor, purely for these rewards and not because they actually give a damn about helping other players.

Thus, ironically, it's often NON-mentors that are friendly and helpful. This isn't always the case, as there are still some nice Mentors, but in my experience there's a larger percentage of nice non-mentors than nice mentors.

That said, it sucks that you're moving on. FFXIV has one of the better online communities. It's not perfect, as you have experienced, but I tend to find much less toxicity here than in most other online games.