Quote Originally Posted by Supersnow845 View Post
if anything the forums are a more accurate representation of the actual community opinion on things without the ever present threat of the ban hammer in the main game
Accurate representation of the community, perhaps, but hardly representative of everyone who has tried FF14 before. You have to stay subbed to be on the forums. Tons of players have quit the game and will never discuss its shortcomings on the forums.

The FF14 "community", if it can be called that, is now an extremely insular echo chamber because of survivorship bias.