Why is the playerbase so mentally fragile now

[GaiusDrakon]

This is definitely a thing that actually happened.


This is definitely a thing that actually happened.


This is definitely supported by evidence.

exhibit A

[Picker]

Ah yes, world of Warcraft, the game that died after wrath of the litch king removed anything interesting or difficult combat-wise, killed guilds by reducing raids from 40 to 25, got rid of downranking spells, simplified talent trees, said “hey remember naxx lol, you have to do the nerfed version as this expacs flagship raid”, over 10 years ago, that’s the game your trying to compare us to? Game that’s been a joke since cataclysm. Wow is just as casual focused as ff14 now, don’t kid yourself. I cleared vanilla naxx on patch and was the mind control priest, can’t yank my chain about WoW. Don’t be so dramatic.

I will agree a lot of modern gamers are far too precious, but I blame that on growing up with social media and participation trophies, and it’s not unique to 14.

[Stormpeaks]

Ah yes, world of Warcraft, the game that died after wrath of the litch king removed anything interesting or difficult combat-wise, killed guilds by reducing raids from 40 to 25, got rid of downranking spells, simplified talent trees, said “hey remember naxx lol, you have to do the nerfed version as this expacs flagship raid”, over 10 years ago, that’s the game your trying to compare us to? Game that’s been a joke since cataclysm. Wow is just as casual focused as ff14 now, don’t kid yourself. I cleared vanilla naxx on patch and was the mind control priest, can’t yank my chain about WoW. Don’t be so dramatic.

I will agree a lot of modern gamers are far too precious, but I blame that on growing up with social media and participation trophies, and it’s not unique to 14.

Ah yes, world of Warcraft, the game that died after wrath of the litch king removed anything interesting or difficult combat-wise

If WoW is dead, then so is FFXIV because they both have the same sub numbers

[SieyaM]

Ah yes, world of Warcraft, the game that died after wrath of the litch king removed anything interesting or difficult combat-wise, killed guilds by reducing raids from 40 to 25, got rid of downranking spells, simplified talent trees, said “hey remember naxx lol, you have to do the nerfed version as this expacs flagship raid”, over 10 years ago, that’s the game your trying to compare us to? Game that’s been a joke since cataclysm. Wow is just as casual focused as ff14 now, don’t kid yourself. I cleared vanilla naxx on patch and was the mind control priest, can’t yank my chain about WoW. Don’t be so dramatic.

I will agree a lot of modern gamers are far too precious, but I blame that on growing up with social media and participation trophies, and it’s not unique to 14.

I love how these takes try to blame the literal children that were growing up and in no way responsible for the situation and not the people giving out the trophies or anything.

[Archeron]

As I say in many other threads, They over moderate chat, and swearing in a game with literal chat filters is enough for them to hand out account warnings and temp bans all willy nilly. But anything that requires investigation? You can bet they don't care whatsoever about that.

As for the fragile community, its attracted all sorts of people who can't handle constructive criticism, or feedback of any kind whatsoever. Predators roam freely throughout the RP and venue world, protected by the community and labeling anyone calling these predators out as "harassers" and "haters". They know well enough to keep their harassment to discord and off of ingame chat, so nothing can ever be done to them, no matter how bad the Discord logs are.

But at the same time, it has to be said that the over moderation has wiped out the majority of people who would otherwise be obnoxious trolls. But is it worth it if in return we get a neutered chat system that heavily restricts our speech?

[Hurlstone]

Oh sod of with this 'Oh why are people so mentally fragile' bullcrap. You want to troll, you can do it without being a bully or a jerk. Have some pride in your trolling! Sheesh! Perople are really trying to hard to be the new edgy bad boy of the forum.

[VelKallor]

They over moderate chat, and swearing in a game with literal chat filters is enough for them to hand out account warnings

A chat filter is not a license to swear like a sailor.

[Kes13a]

A chat filter is not a license to swear like a sailor.

as a dev said in a different game "just because someone wears a bulletproof vest.. doesnt mean you can shoot them."

[Corrupted]

It never fails to amuse me how people always humor trolls and their threads, but then again I highly doubt it's involuntary and more on purpose due to boredom maybe?

But at the same time, it has to be said that the over moderation has wiped out the majority of people who would otherwise be obnoxious trolls. But is it worth it if in return we get a neutered chat system that heavily restricts our speech?

Take the forums for example, it's the opposite of the game with minimal moderation and troll threads as far as the eye can see. I forget which generation are we in, is it titanman? skiros? or the guy who quits every update? (keep forgetting how to write his name).

Hard to tell, since they're all one and the same really. (More ironic coming from someone playing female au ra, I know)

[Boblawblah]

It never fails to amuse me how people always humor trolls and their threads, but then again I highly doubt it's involuntary and more on purpose due to boredom maybe?



Take the forums for example, it's the opposite of the game with minimal moderation and troll threads as far as the eye can see. I forget which generation are we in, is it titanman? skiros? or the guy who quits every update? (keep forgetting how to write his name).

Hard to tell, since they're all one and the same really. (More ironic coming from someone playing female au ra, I know)

I think a big part of why threads like these get going is people are looking for any excuse to vent their issues. They KNOW the thread is a troll, but who cares if it lets them say what they want to say? I've said it before though, a single moderator that spent 10 hours a week on these forums could wreck titanmen's alt career very quickly, and would shut down 90% of the troll threads in this forum instantly.