The Official Forums is an EXTREMELY poor example of a "Good Community"

[Seraphor]

It's online forums, what do you expect?
People either come here for lore/mechanics discussion, or they come here to complain about whatever grievances they have with the game, and the latter is far more common.

If you want 'community' then you want to play the actual game, or join some of the discords built around it.

[Renalt]

It's online forums, what do you expect?
People either come here for lore/mechanics discussion, or they come here to complain about whatever grievances they have with the game, and the latter is far more common.

If you want 'community' then you want to play the actual game, or join some of the discords built around it.

I agree somewhat. Like I said I've made some good friends on here and now I have ways to keep in touch with them outside of the forums. My post is just an opinion and people can take it however they like. Not really a wrong answer to be had here. If even one person is like "Yeah ok that makes sense." I'll consider it time well spent.

[NekoMataMata]

It's online forums, what do you expect?
People either come here for lore/mechanics discussion, or they come here to complain about whatever grievances they have with the game, and the latter is far more common.

If you want 'community' then you want to play the actual game, or join some of the discords built around it.

Issue with that is that you'll get flayed alive if you criticize the game even remotely in most FFXIV discords. Usually in the fashion of a couple handfuls worth of people coming out to disagree and reprimand you for your opinion before agreeing with each other over and over again or ranting about how you or anyone else could ever feel that way before a server moderator DMs you about the mess you've apparently created.

I realize the forums is the exact opposite sometimes but... Some people just want to be around people that have actual balanced opinions and can tolerate others to a degree. It's a small sacrifice to make for being able to chat about the game freely.