This game is great

[OM3GA-Z3RO]

I'm always happy to find new people enjoying a game that I love, so I wanted to welcome OP and wish them a nice stay in Eorzea. But reading some comments has made me confused. Is this thread real or not? ;_;

Just keep supporting and protecting the new peoples innocence for as long as you can until they eventually become jaded by the poor decisions made by Papa Yoshi and co. to make the game more bland and braindead.

The Honeymoon phase is a beautiful thing.

[Xaruko_Nexume]

Just keep supporting and protecting the new peoples innocence for as long as you can until they eventually become jaded by the poor decisions made by Papa Yoshi and co. to make the game more bland and braindead.

The Honeymoon phase is a beautiful thing.

Curious, how long does the honeymoon phase with XIV last? My honeymoon phase just hit 2 years and I still can't wait to log in every day.

[LaylaTsarra]

Curious, how long does the honeymoon phase with XIV last? My honeymoon phase just hit 2 years and I still can't wait to log in every day.

I've been playing since 2.0 Beta and I have fun each and everyday. It's not over yet for me. Glad you're enjoying the game OP.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Welcome OP and glad you are enjoying the game! I agree and have been playing for 9 years off and on. Looking forward to more!

[Batbrat]

Hi OP, glad to hear you're having fun. I've been playing about 4 years now and I still have a lot of fun too. It's a comfy mmo and although sometimes some things annoy me, nothing will ever be as bad here as it was at other mmo's I played so. Enjoy your experiences, and try to avoid spoilers ok!

[Reinha]

This game is lit and you won't convince me otherwise. I can see why people praise it so much and why it's so easily recommended all the time.

Glad to hear you're enjoying yourself! I hope you have many fun years ahead of you in FFXIV. I know I do.

[kinslayer-]

>Voidsent
>Dynamis

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[Iscah]

>Voidsent
>Dynamis

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A new player putting the game-specific term "Voidsent" in their name raises eyebrows indeed. As does their complete absence from not only this discussion but making any further posts elsewhere in the forum. People don't make gushing praises like this spontaneously and then not even stick around to chat.

Red flags abound. Still gotta be civil for those who really are genuine and wanting to stick around and try to participate in the forum.

[Reinha]

A new player putting the game-specific term "Voidsent" in their name raises eyebrows indeed.

My first character name was a custom lore appropriate Sea Wolf name made using the official dictionary. New players know what Google is.

[Iscah]

My first character name was a custom lore appropriate Sea Wolf name made using the official dictionary. New players know what Google is.

Right, but do they know that they need to google a local name for demons? That's a rather more specific search than naming conventions where you already have the terms you're searching for.

Not saying it's a definitive proof that they're not genuine, but it raised a question mark, compounded by (as I said) coming into the forum just to gush and then not try to actually join any forum discussion. And mentioning the ever-weaponised "Yoshida cried" thing like they're trying to play forum hot-button bingo.

As I said previously, scepticism has to be the default setting because the more blatant trolls have made it that we can't have nice things.