There is no reward for playing well.

[Claustrum]

When you stop trying because it looks like a lost round, then you are one of the main reasons for the lose.
Never surrender and always try to win.

Report AFKs and griefer, when they do it regularly then they will get penalised.

But I would not be surprised to see you complaining about having a temp ban in a few weeks.

They don't get banned when I report them, and you should be surprised if I get banned, because I am one of the tryhards. I try so hard that I try to convince people that my hard tries deserve more reward than the afkers and true-heroes-who-can-solo-the-whole-enemy-team that I keep getting teamed with.

Edit: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...86#post6024086 My initial complaint about the fact. I still get into matches with the first person I ever saw afk in a match.