Regarding Yoshida-san's Recent Message to Fans

[Ranaku]

The general player attitude and a lot of the responses in this thread are why more people don't tank. This isn't exclusive to FFXIV...it pervades the entire MMO-sphere, and will only continue to get worse until people remember how to be human beings.

You checked history or the news at least in the recent past? I think you forgot that being a human being was always being a evil sack of kuponuts. I mean we only have peace cause we hold each other loaded guns on the heads and dare each other to pull the trigger. xD So better try to say "until people are actually good" cuz being a human being is far faaaar away from that.

[Larirawiel]

It seems that someone in the dev team tried to play a tank for the first time. And the experience was not so good. But now there is hope that they will improve the tank gameplay.


Cheers

[Jybril]

Imagine getting anxiety over a game lmaaaaoooo

Which roles and stop wasting everyone’s time

I think you and many others are why people only tank for friends or use trusts then you cry tears when there isn't enough tanks to go around.
Some of you have some really poor attitudes and then lose your absolute minds when a tank messes up once or even a healer.
People fail to see that we are still humans behind the screen and have feelings. I mean, this whole topic just confirms the bad attitudes.
There's some very wrong with people if you're targeting and harassing the devs and other players over a video game.
Like Jesus Christ. Oh well, I'll just report the jerks and go on about my day. Have fun in game jail!

[Hysterior]

If I can "tank" (VEEEEEEERY causally), anyone can.

[Vrankyl]

It's ironic to see all the people dismissive and honestly rather cold to the existence of any form of anxiety that they think is ridiculous, despite it being an actual thing that some can experience in such staggering levels that it causes them to not be able to function. Ironically, one of the things I've seen counselors doing for those with social anxiety is encourage people to start with online interactions. Unfortunately what should work and the reality of it is... people online are 1000000x worse than they are in person and many of you are simply proving the OPs point. That said, there is some good advice for those with any form of anxiety relating to game play. Build yourself up to it. You don't have to just jump into the deep end, start with Squadrons and Trusts and build your confidence and don't give up. If anything else I have found one motivator to be particularly effective... outlive your enemies and prove them wrong, bury them beneath their false beliefs.

[Sarnai]

Tanks, how many times were you harassed for not keeping aggro or forgetting your tank stance?

Last time it happened in stormblood when I had to turn off my tankstance and try to keep up with DPS refusing to push their aggro reset buttons.

Since ShB losing aggro is a challenge, you have to just stand AFK to lose aggro to Heals/DPS with tankstance on.

How many of the PUGs have you been in which one or multiple people have been abusive, were actually successful? Or did you give up entirely and leave because people wouldn't stop being so hateful and negative?

I actually reported like the only 3 ppl who were negative and harrassed me, idk why people keep just sitting and eating insults when report amd blacklist buttons are right here.

Listen, out dev team is amazing and working themselves hard, but comparing their work to tanking/healing in this game and meeting some nasty shitheads isn't quite a right thing. Their job is much harder and most people throwing complaints at them 90% of time doesn't even know what limitations are there behind some shortages and problems.

[Lunalepsy]

Where's my pretty farm?