Quote Originally Posted by Semirhage View Post
Now it's not a don't ask don't tell scenario. FFXIV has a bunch of Puritanical witch burning killjoys, and they can bite me.
This is what occurs when you have one stiflingly strict TOS.

People have not suddenly lost the urge to tell others to sod off they are only incapable of doing so.

Nope nope instead of two words we get fifteen paragraphs of passive aggressive. Cannot respond with sod off either ohhhhh no no. The ones that wield the TOS for purpose of bludgeoning others are so exceedingly good at identifying loopholes themselves. If they applied that same gumption to mastering their preferred jobs we would not even be having discussion about number aggregators.

Getting vibes most strong of "I was yeeted from my static and flamed in groups for my small peepee damage in WoW" from this thread.

Mmhmm! So they came to FF14 land hoping things would be different. Got the bad news! Nobody with a functioning brain will enjoy carrying dead weight, especially not when that dead weight decides to kick and scream like a toddler. Doth not matter how much moral grandstanding anyone does about how "accepting" they are. I get the feisty. They get the feisty. We all get the feisty.

There is not one single static in existence that requires damage meters to deduce the weakest link four days into prog. They know. Everyone present knows because everyone present is expending time for that clear.

No amount of banning third party tools is going to make others accept someone into high level content who is clearly not ready. Eat your food, take your tinctures, and have more then basic understanding of your rotation or stay away from the optional content if you cannot comprehend this.

Anyone who believed FF14 was somehow different from other mmos was only deluding themselves. Instead of typing "Am sorry, your damage is too low" they instead disband into silently blacklisting you. Tis unchanging fact of reality. No matter how rude the first statement may appear at the least it offers you something to parse. The second option merely leaves you wondering why.