Lets talk about the FFXIV player base..

[linayar]

I will say this about the FFXIV community. It's a mixed bag. It has the reputation of being one of the best in MMOs, and on the surface that's true. Everyone is very nice and welcoming. But beneath the surface there's a lot of judgmental attitudes. If you make a mistake people will silently judge you or make passive aggressive comments.

I feel like people are mistaking "best" with "flawless."

I won't claim that FFXIV has the best MMO community because I don't like to play most MMOs so I would be ignorant of their communities, but if FFXIV indeed has garnered a reputation for being the "best," pointing out any flaw or negative aspect wouldn't really detract from the claim. So to say it's a mixed bag or that it's only "best" on the surface seems disingenuous regarding the actual claim being made or apparent reputation. People are still people, and the more of them that congregate for a long period of time, the more conflict will arise out of ideological differences.

Granted, there may be people who are overselling it and claim that it's perfect, which could easily be disproven, but that still wouldn't make it necessarily not the best either.

[Lium]

I feel like people are mistaking "best" with "flawless."

I won't claim that FFXIV has the best MMO community because I don't like to play most MMOs so I would be ignorant of their communities, but if FFXIV indeed has garnered a reputation for being the "best," pointing out any flaw or negative aspect wouldn't really detract from the claim. So to say it's a mixed bag or that it's only "best" on the surface seems disingenuous regarding the actual claim being made or apparent reputation. People are still people, and the more of them that congregate for a long period of time, the more conflict will arise out of ideological differences.

Granted, there may be people who are overselling it and claim that it's perfect, which could easily be disproven, but that still wouldn't make it necessarily not the best either.

Not THE best. One of the best. And I went back and read some of the posts in this thread, and there's one right above me that talks about that passive aggressive attitude. So, it's something that's very prevalent here. That's not a slam, it's just stating the obvious.

[linayar]

Not THE best. One of the best. And I went back and read some of the posts in this thread, and there's one right above me that talks about that passive aggressive attitude. So, it's something that's very prevalent here. That's not a slam, it's just stating the obvious.

Right, it is what it is. And with a large enough of a community, people can have varying subjective experiences with it that can outright contradict each other.