Quote Originally Posted by Tlachtga View Post
it also shatters the illusion that XIV has a nice playerbase too; if FFXIV is truly all sugar and rainbows, why can't we have damage meters? it's almost like we're awful just like every other gaming community lol
You're confusing the player base/community with the people. Rules, regulations, and limitations (and enforcement of them) help to foster a "nice" player base/community even with "not nice" people being part of it (or rather because of them being part of it).