Calling players bad because they're slow at improving...

[Breakbeat]

I agree. Good thing this type of behavior is quite uncommon in FFXIV. Chances are, you won't see it again for a long, long time.

It's like that jerk who cuts you off on the freeway. Does it suck? Yeah it does. But, does it warrant more than a moment of frustration? Nope. It happens rarely; virtually never if you count all the cars that pass you without cutting you off.

So, I appreciate the sentiment, and I know you're probably just venting, but don't worry about this too much.

Get off your high horse and let players enjoy the game the way they want to.

This, quite unfortunately, includes allowing rude or mean people to be rude or mean. Your idea of enjoying the game, however pure and positive it may be, isn't the end-all-be-all for every player. If we are going to preach the idea of everyone enjoying the game the way they want to, we must include those whose ideas of "fun gameplay" differ vastly from ours. It is what it is. There's never going to be any group of anything on Earth where all of the participants enjoy some recreational activity exactly the same as the next person does.

The best we can do as individuals is either ignore the behavior, or report it if it crosses the line of acceptable behavior in the game. Beyond that, we may preach positivity, but the folks who are acting out on their internal pain aren't going to change because some random person on video game forums told them not to. Our efforts are better spent elsewhere; those people need real-world help from family, friends or professionals.