Required to read Guides?

[TaleraRistain]

No, this person just has a stick up their butt. If they were actually stupid enough to insult you in party chat, report them.

Everyone gets the "new player" message when we start the dungeon. That means we know there's someone inexperienced there and there may be mistakes. People who don't have a stick up their butt are fine with it. And speaking as a healer, if the healer didn't care, the dps needs to STFU. Unless they're RDM or SMN they're not the one with the spatula.

[Jeeqbit]

Actually, let me prove it's a textbook case. You can find a similar example provided by SE at https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...la=1&kid=68216
This is a list of the sort of comments SE would not approve of.

• "If you can't do the mechanic well, maybe you shouldn't bother joining the party."
• "If you're going to talk like that, why don't you just quit?"
• "If you don't understand that, you'd be wise to leave the party."
• "Let's ignore them."
• "Let’s leave [person] out."
• "It's not worth wasting our time, you should quit."
• "Don't join if your equipment is that bad/such a low item level."

[Caseal]

this post is incredibly suspicious because this sounds like what GM janitors would daydream about, and if what you say is true the person in question just committed account suicide

[ZephyrMenodora]

this post is incredibly suspicious because this sounds like what GM janitors would daydream about, and if what you say is true the person in question just committed account suicide

You've never seen pointless raging from unhinged people in XIV? lol

[Ivtrix]

You've never seen pointless raging from unhinged people in XIV? lol

I’m surprised a new player only at level 31 somehow found his way to the forums to rant more than anything

[ZephyrMenodora]

I’m surprised a new player only at level 31 somehow found his way to the forums to rant more than anything

Didn't really read as a rant, and most games have forums - lots of MMOs even have new player forums specifically.

OP's post was actually pretty calm.

If anything the only SUS part is someone writing down word for word rather than screenshotting, or just paraphrasing what happened from memory. Seems a bit much to claim to have ran to get a notebook and write all that out lol.

That said there is so much strange behavior here, that initially just flew by me.

I think Ivtrix meant, a new player coming to the forum and giving a play by play drama story about something that definitely happened is a bit surprising. I had the same thought to be honest, it's all a bit too perfect of a GCBTW kind of story. But I admit, people can be cruel to others, and ffxiv is no different.

That's fine, but I'm willing to give a new player the benefit of the doubt. It's hard not to be jaded by the number of alt / drama accounts here tho.

[Boblawblah]

Didn't really read as a rant, and most games have forums - lots of MMOs even have new player forums specifically.

OP's post was actually pretty calm.

I think Ivtrix meant, a new player coming to the forum and giving a play by play drama story about something that definitely happened is a bit surprising. I had the same thought to be honest, it's all a bit too perfect of a GCBTW kind of story. But I admit, people can be cruel to others, and ffxiv is no different.

[Darkobra]

I’m surprised a new player only at level 31 somehow found his way to the forums to rant more than anything

You do know OTHER games have forums too, right? I'm going to push the rage button in you MMO players and say "World of Warcraft also has forums."

[Ivtrix]

You do know OTHER games have forums too, right? I'm going to push the rage button in you MMO players and say "World of Warcraft also has forums."

Forum participation across any game is usually low, it’s usually just grouchy nerds like us coming to fling poo until we are done being bored

[TaleraRistain]

this post is incredibly suspicious because this sounds like what GM janitors would daydream about, and if what you say is true the person in question just committed account suicide

You'd be surprised what people are stupid enough to put into party or alliance chat.