"Play XIV if(cont)" and"you have a responsibility to" are not statements that coexist

[Puremallace]

What if I told you that you can do Savage raiding in FFXIV without getting yelled at?
Make no mistake: I dont want to convince anyone to raid who isnt intrested in it, but I dont think its a fair representation of raiding as whole what you're describing here... I wont doubt that there are statics out there like that - but its very possible to find a more casual raidgroup or from one consisting of friends or more like minded people (the kind that doesnt like to yell or get yelled at).

You do you, of course... but personally I'm enjoying yell-free raiding with friends for over 4 years now. We're far, far from making any world first lists, but we're having lots of fun - and no yelling.

Look this nice community everyone praises FF14 stops at the party finder for Savage fights and getting this harmonious static group concept that was developed when this MMO was 7/8 of the way to being dead over 7 years ago is not my idea of fun. There is a good reason FF14 is not known for its raid content and this static stuff, memorizing 12+ min fights and maintaining perfect rotations to keep from getting yelled at is why.

You can paint whatever rosy picture you want but when it comes to Savage raiding that is easily the biggest turn off for most new players who would just go back to WoW if they wanted that much of a toxic experience. I avoid it and I am definitely not alone in that opinion. It is a night and day experience with this MMO that makes a lot of people stop trying.

If the high end communities goal was to drive as many people away from savage then they have succeeded without a doubt. There is a reason Delubrum Savage was dead content within a week and they had to change the rules for how to queue for it and it is not because the content was boring.

The easiest way to fix all of this for Square Enix would be to give HEAVY incentives for FC's to form into more coordinated raiding groups with bigger Savage raids of 16+ people. That alone would kill this static clique stuff you see and force people to organize into groups that see each other more often then once every content patch cycle.