These forums are weird

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

To be fair, if I seem more calm lately - It's probably XI digging into me. I think it's been giving me the other side of the big world Final Fantasy MMO experience I've really been craving. lol

XI is a pretty rough start, but only played a week and I got WAR 50, WHM 50, THF 50, BLU 50. I think if some people are frustrated with Endwalker, they should give it a shot.

All Im seeing here is something Healthy.
You are doing what I keep advocating for......playing something else you enjoy, if you arnt enjoying FFXIV right now. To take a Break.
You playing FFXI right now and being in a better attitude, is proof of concept.

[Ransu]

Seems like a stark contrast of those inside the game. Everyone's so nice and positive, and the story generally seems to be well liked by the players.

Then I come here and it seems like every topic on the front page is just negative, angry, or bitter.

What's the deal?

Majority of the forums are trolls. The rest of us are the extreme minority that post on forums. I rarely know anyone in game in any mmo that actually uses the official forums. Most people go to reddit.

[Renalt]

How do you know you got that commendation because you left a good impression or because you sucked so much it was a passive aggressive “you sucked” trophy?

.

That's how i got me crown!

[ZephyrMenodora]

Have you read most of the 'positive' threads? Most of the time they are bait threads lol. Like this one is very very baity - and it hooked a good amount of the same people who post negative and a good amount of people who follow around those people like protectors of the game.

Like we talk about the 10th topics about how terrible Endwalker is yet like there is a healer discussion, a megathread about hair requests, viera/hrothgar complaint megathread, the marriage megathread all on front page. All of these are valid posts and points.

Is the negative trend getting a bit out of hand? Maybe, but then again you have to decide if it is actual complaints or supposed trolling - not every thread is the same.

I have. Seeing fans on a game's forums and thinking "oh that must be all about me even though I'm not mentioned" is more the person viewing such topics as bait.

Also not sure how much discussion you think people get out of a marriage megathread or requests for hair lol.

[Saraide]

To be fair, I'm not allowed to talk about what I really do in FFXIV on these forums.



So true. Except, one small problem. You see, when you tell people to leave your game, sometimes they actually do. You don't want people to leave your game, you're just throwing it around as rhetoric. But they will. It's happened to other MMOs before. I don't need to say the name, because most of you already know. You don't think it can get worse? It can. Or do you not remember the absolute meltdown in 2021 when "that other game" fell apart and died because--guess what--people actually did leave.

It's a self-solving problem. We'll leave soon enough, just like you want. You don't really want that to happen, but it will.

Why would anyone here even care if you leave.

[subatomic]

We are screaming into the endless void in hopes SE will hear our criticisms because we care about the game and wish it to be better, but when all you hear is silence, zero acknowledgement and bliss ignorance to real issues at hand that disheartens people's passion, you will see people be negative, angry and bitter.

Keep being negative, angry and bitter while the rest of us enjoy the game <3

[subatomic]

To be fair, I'm not allowed to talk about what I really do in FFXIV on these forums.



So true. Except, one small problem. You see, when you tell people to leave your game, sometimes they actually do. You don't want people to leave your game, you're just throwing it around as rhetoric. But they will. It's happened to other MMOs before. I don't need to say the name, because most of you already know. You don't think it can get worse? It can. Or do you not remember the absolute meltdown in 2021 when "that other game" fell apart and died because--guess what--people actually did leave.

It's a self-solving problem. We'll leave soon enough, just like you want. You don't really want that to happen, but it will.

Bye Felicia <3

[Rehayem]

Keep being negative, angry and bitter while the rest of us enjoy the game <3

So having issues with the game automatically means I'm angry and bitter and negative? My man, you don't even know what you're talking about lol. People really should stop white knighting this game, it's not perfect by any means, and criticism is a good thing for the better for everyone, whether you like it or not.

Also, having negative connotations towards some aspects of the game doesn't mean I'm not enjoying the game. If that were the case, I wouldn't be posting here, voicing my concerns and having a conversation with other people to hear their opinions or points of view.

[caffe_macchiato]

Coming soon to a FFXIV near you:

[EliaStormblade]

So having issues with the game automatically means I'm angry and bitter and negative? My man, you don't even know what you're talking about lol. People really should stop white knighting this game, it's not perfect by any means, and criticism is a good thing for the better for everyone, whether you like it or not.

Also, having negative connotations towards some aspects of the game doesn't mean I'm not enjoying the game. If that were the case, I wouldn't be posting here, voicing my concerns and having a conversation with other people to hear their opinions or points of view.

Don't bother. It's just an anti-Aveyond.