Quote Originally Posted by Ranaku View Post
That is just wrong, you can go online and ask people about the ToS. Most people will tell you that they have never heard about the community guidelines.

The reason why the XIV players are generally nicer is because they like the game they play, sure not all of them and you see the toxic trash that comes out of that here on the forums, which gives a much more positive environment.
People loved playing WoW years ago as well but there was still a lot of toxic behavior even then.

To me the difference is that most of FFXIV's content isn't competitive in nature. One person playing poorly generally won't cause others in the party to lose more than a few extra minutes they'll have to spend in the dungeon. The rewards at the end won't change.

Competition has a tendency to bring out the worst in people, especially in those who take it too seriously. One person playing poorly can mean a loss to everyone in the party and some people have a hard time losing. Most MMOs have included some form of open world PvP so even if you don't opt into it, your game experience can still impacted by those who do.

Still, most players regardless of what game they're playing or content they're doing are absolutely fine. It's that small minority that's very vocal in unpleasant ways that set the tone the game community ends up associated with.