Why is the playerbase so mentally fragile now

[Tehmon]

Funny how when healer, tanks and dps aren't picking up the slack and you call them out it's harrassing but if you slack off on your irl job and get called out I am sure you pick up your slack. If you are doing terrible you should be called out because a dose of reality is as good as any medicine and makes you focus again. So next time if you are doing terrible instead of crying that your feelings were hurt find out why you are doing terrible with your skills and how you can improve upon it

... this is a game, not a job..

[Fourbestintoner]

Gen Zoomer

[bonickhausen]

People who complain about the playerbase being so mentally fragile are so mentally fragile.

[Zolvolt]

If you can't handle playing with other people who don't conform to what you want them to do with their game time then maybe you should stick to single player games.

[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."

[GaiusDrakon]

... this is a game, not a job..

lmao okay i know some people's hobbies are just watching netflix, eating hot chips and lie

but some people actually put effort into their hobbies

[Voltyblast]

Well it's easy really: ToS are so vague that if you say something that goes against the ToS you can get into trouble, since it defends laziness.

Had a similar scenario when I was playing my WHM in Haukke Manor NM: this tank wouldn't keep aggro on all enemies because they didn't use aoe. No aoe, no Aggro. No aggro, dead healer. Dead healer, dead group.

So I kindly asked to do more aoe damage so that I wouldn't die instantly and the tank's friend was all like "they're new, chill". I replied "It's literally just one button".

And the sad part is, I was in the wrong so I couldn't say anything else, since I was starting to "compel playstyle" and that's a reportable offense. In the end I think we got through the dungeon but this is just non-sense: why is asking a tank to press one button such a big deal?

Well I don't care: if someone does the same to me now, I'll make sure to report them for compelling playstyle. Not because I'm offended, but because it's in the rules. Gotta follow the rules you know, and I'm a good rule-abiding player!

[StarRosie]

but some people actually put effort into their hobbies

If you put so much "effort" into your hobby, that it equates to a JOB in your head...that's unhealthy. And most folks put varying levels of effort into their hobby. It's always this stupid binary black and white "There are only two options. Utter dogshit lazy. And super hardcore uber pro. NOTHING INBETWEEN!" with some folks...

[Nyxs]

XIV does not attract so many mentally fragile people. The forums attract a lot of very bad trolls though.

Thats false, it definitely has alot of fragile people.