Quote Originally Posted by Dewslam View Post
My favorite posts in this thread are the ones where people complain that this game's community is to soft, coddled or toxic because it doesn't welcome their posts insulting, harassing, or abusing other members of the community; usually with the unsubtle implication that it's only wrong because the community isn't coddling them, personally.
The most strawman argument I've ever seen. "let me paint the other side as evil as possible. I win yay!"

Quote Originally Posted by Hyrist View Post
Overall there is a rather wide difference between conversations held here (And other community boards) verses those held in game - to the point where I feel more like the forums, and by proxy those that flock to them, are the misrepresentation.
If anything, I feel like in game conversations are slightly more misrepresentation than outside of game. With the exception of arguing and kicking during duty, people very rarely talk or having debate about things we're discussing right now. Instead people will vent their experiences, positive or negative, in ffxiv platforms (reddit, Twitter, forum, etc) because the rule is less strict.