Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
I've had similar experiences and I wouldn't consider myself a 'hardcore' player so much as someone who just likes to dabble in as much of the game as possible and collect minions, mounts and neat glamour.

I've never played a game with such a flaky community before. It's a real shame - I like a lot of stuff about FFXIV. It's not a perfect game and I have my beef with it, but out of all the options where MMO's are concerned it's at the top of the pile for me on almost every front.

It's just...so hard to find people to do stuff with, though. From treasure maps to deep dungeons to BLU challenges...
FFXIV is the only MMORPG that I know of that is both based on a single-player RPG experience and is a theme park. It's bread & butter is an audience that came directly from casual & ultra-casual content.

Dark Souls will risk your success in order to preserve enjoyment. FFXIV will risk your enjoyment in order to preserve success.