There Sure Are A Lot of Doom and Gloom Posts In Here

[Leifei]

What's going on with people? Why are so many of you acting like this game is 72 hours away from total collapse? Yeah I know it's a content lull, but think back to the huge content lulls in Shadowbringers. Remember when The Coof was making it so Yoshi P's team had to work from home? Huge long months between update patches? I don't think things right now are as bad as people say they are. Nothing in this game's development is ever going to be perfect.

So calm down, lighten up and stop worrying so much.

Don't we play games like these to get away from the world and it's problems?

I'm enjoying the game myself leveling Samurai and getting it savage raid ready(Ghost of Tsushima put me in the mood. Love that game). That said, I personally don't play the game to escape the world. Facing problems head on is best for me. Back to the main topic, you're not going to convince people to not complain with this post. They're going to retort with "you're not my mom" energy.

[KatiaRelanah]

Were they wrong?

Technically, if they were indeed saying the sky was falling before ARR, they're canonically not wrong, no.

Well, more like a giant primal prison was falling, but still

[TaleraRistain]

This is basically what happens with any MMO in existence. Seen it many times across many different games. There are legitimate complaints and there are some threads where we have some good conversation about topics. I'd try to stick mainly to those and ignore the non-constructive ones.

[Connor]

I mean, it’s pretty obvious to me lol.

People realised it’s literally impossible to get banned, blocked or otherwise moderated on the english forums, so they just say whatever the fuck they want now because there are absolutely no consequences.

[Stormpeaks]

I mean, it’s pretty obvious to me lol.

People realised it’s literally impossible to get banned, blocked or otherwise moderated on the english forums, so they just say whatever the fuck they want now because there are absolutely no consequences.

They DARE criticize the game ? Quick, ban them ! Is basically what people like you and op are asking for

[Hurlstone]

MMO forums have always learnt in the direction of negativity from my 20 year experience. If we would take that at face value then WoW would have been dead during BC haha. We are after all the minority of players who bother to not just speak up on the game, but find the official forums outside of places like Reddit or Twitter. Our opinions are going to naturally be more emotionally driven and bias then what the majority think.

I do feel that of late, there is a more… vindictive stride to such criticism. If you do not agree that the game/current content is bad 100%, then you are just a white hat/knight who worships the game and will accept no criticism etc. Attacks feel more personally sharp and stoked in venom then active constructive debate. To be fair I also think this is something that has popped up in all type of media discussion, not just here or on MMO forums. Sure, it also appears the other way around as all things do which also sucks, but the scales of Nald'thal seem to tip in one direction more then the other.

[KatiaRelanah]

MMO forums have always learnt in the direction of negativity from my 20 year experience. If we would take that at face value then WoW would have been dead during BC haha. We are after all the minority of players who bother to not just speak up on the game, but find the official forums outside of places like Reddit or Twitter. Our opinions are going to naturally be more emotionally driven and bias then what the majority think.

I do feel that of late, there is a more… vindictive stride to such criticism. If you do not agree that the game/current content is bad 100%, then you are just a white hat/knight who worships the game and will accept no criticism etc. Attacks feel more personally sharp and stoked in venom then active constructive debate. To be fair I also think this is something that has popped up in all type of media discussion, not just here or on MMO forums. Sure, it also appears the other way around as all things do which also sucks, but the scales of Nald'thal seem to tip in one direction more then the other.

What a reasonable take.

...I hate it and you. Personally. A lot.

(/s it's sarcasm it's heckin ironic I swear)

[Kolaina]

They DARE criticize the game ? Quick, ban them ! Is basically what people like you and op are asking for

That’s true. People get bent out of shape when you criticize something they find infallible. Then everyone becomes a troll and needs to be shown the door

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

That’s true. People get bent out of shape when you criticize something they find infallible. Then everyone becomes a troll and needs to be shown the door

On the Flip Side, the exact thing happens if you have an Opposite or Neutral Opinion. (Occasionally with facts and proof)
Unless you are 100% on board with SE / FFXIV is bad / This thing is bad, then you are labeled a Shill, White Knight, or are accused of worshiping the game and YoshiP.

TL;DR, it happens on both sides.