Absolute state if the great ffxiv community

[NekoMataMata]

The people attacking the cash shop are a tiny minority of FFXIV players who are probably Asmongold viewers.

I assume they're referring to me.

I never attacked someone for wearing mog store glam. I pointed out that the player in question who was wearing mog store glam was calling out another player for stating that they thought Square put way more effort into the mog store items than they did the game and that they were more excited for mog store releases than in-game releases.

Side note. I have mog store items. Not all entirely bought by myself because I'm poor and getting ripped off on the currency exchange rate makes it even more expensive than it already is, but I have it and I wear some pieces frequently. I'm not going to shame someone over wearing it. I will point out that a third of someone's outfit is mog store items when they're mocking someone else and saying they have no sense of glamour is because of their opinion on mog store items though.

For those who don't believe me, go have a read:

Here's a back to back to back set of quotes from start to beginning.

The issue isn't quantity, it's quality. It's very apparent that the Mogststion items (outside of the NPC cosplays because one item problems) are more interesting and of a higher quality compared to in game items we can get. Some are also questionable as to why they weren't just rewards for new content (Shadow Wolf, Cruise Chaser, the upcoming Lopporitt moon mount). I don't really care either way that there's a cash shop but we should be receiving the same quality of items in game as we get on the Mogstation. It's depressing that I get more excited for Mogststation items than I do in game item releases when it should be the reverse.

How to tell players haven't messed with glam in game for 500 Alex.

You realize your character is currently wearing a couple of pieces of overpriced mogstore glam, right? Don't really think you can be calling someone out for saying a lot of mogstore glam looks better than in-game releases.

OP is just a troll looking to stir up drama it seems.

[Absurdity]

Stop giving me reasons to agree with Reap00.

Truly the OP's worst offense. You know it's time to step back when Reap00 sounds reasonable compared to your incessant rambling, lol.

[LianaThorne]

I assume they're referring to me.

I never attacked someone for wearing mog store glam. I pointed out that the player in question who was wearing mog store glam was calling out another player for stating that they thought Square put way more effort into the mog store items than they did the game and that they were more excited for mog store releases than in-game releases.

Side note. I have mog store items. Not all entirely bought by myself because I'm poor and getting ripped off on the currency exchange rate makes it even more expensive than it already is, but I have it and I wear some pieces frequently. I'm not going to shame someone over wearing it. I will point out that a third of someone's outfit is mog store items when they're mocking someone else and saying they have no sense of glamour is because of their opinion on mog store items though.

For those who don't believe me, go have a read:

Here's a back to back to back set of quotes from start to beginning.

OP is just a troll looking to stir up drama it seems.

Oh hey, it's me.

I didn't actually look that deep into it but now that I have, it's kind of hilarious that I'm being called out for my opinion while they're sporting two paid cosmetics and saying I'm the one who doesn't know how to mess with in-game glams. XD
Like hey man, rock what you wanna wear but at least have it make sense.

[Ardeth]

This game is toxic. All online games are. Just because you don't see it in game doesn't mean it doesn't happen on forums or discords. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves. But to say the game is a toxic game is disingenuous. As a whole, it's not. It's just saying that everything is sunshine and rainbows is just as disingenuous. Because people are toxic, not the games you play. Sure, a game can spure it with competitive game modes, but nothing in the game is guiding players to be assholes. And it only takes one to make you think everyone is.

[Zeastria]

What shapes a community is it players(members) - Not the game itself.
Toxic/Rude/Elite players are in every MMO and FFXIV is no exception.
The key is to learn to live with it , and not letting others words/action get to you.

Blacklist,ignore and move on - works wonders.

[Gemina]

(I cant fix the typo)
I'm sick of seeing ppl say ffxiv has an amazing community. It doesnt, everywhere I go every tiny crevice has toxicity and elietism. Lethargic 1 1 1 spammers in duty roulette, Party finder, megalomaniac fc leaders. Pvp "nice job" spam, toxic mentor and anti mentor rhetoric and even here on the forums. I knew this community had issues since some time. But when did we evolve into feral beasts attacking each other for our mogstation purchases shouldering the blame off yoshi p and onto other players.

It's true that buying cashshop items sends a message to them that its OK to make them. But it's not fair to shame players for spending there hard earned cash on things they enjoy. This community is supposed to be better than this...

I remember in my writing classes that the strongest points of a person's writing are in the opening and the closing statements. The body serves to link these two together by elaborating their meaning. When this fails, you essentially have a rant. When we learn now to read and write, we also learn how to make these discernments.

When you start your post off by pointing out the typo in the title, you kind of launch the whole thing off by assuming the reader isn't smart enough to know what you mean. Learn to let things like that go. Next, negativity just doesn't work. Even if your intention is to be critical on the subject, you're still going to want to start off with something positive so the reader knows that you're not just another doom n gloom fanatic. When you say, "The community." you're also lumping in good and wholesome players who just want to have a good experience online. You should aim to utilize a little more specificity in your critique.

Your last statement is the strongest in your post. As such, I can only deduce that you're entire problem right now is the shame for buying cash shop items. Who cares? If you want it, then buy it. That's your money, and you're not under any obligations to make other people happy with your money unless you make a s-ton of it.

[AlucaDragonheart]

You'll get good people and bad people in every online game, no one can change that.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Man most of you here need a good swift kick in the derriere and a time out, I swear.

[Boblawblah]

And I got called out for insinuating OP was a troll before..

[Kaurhz]

That is because there are people that have had better experiences than you have, or other people for that matter.

FFXIV is no different from any other community, it has just as toxic elements and similarly has just as pleasant elements.

I literally don't know what peoples' problem is with other people having an experience that differs from their own... Like, seriously... They have their experience, just as you have yours... There's no point in them saying it is the most toxic community in existence if that is not their experience with the game.

Edit: [The community has always been this way, people shame for buying things in the Mogstation, just as they have done so in the past with people that play the game differently to how they do, e.g., roleplaying and visiting venues, gposing etc., -- and how they continue to do so. It's nothing new, really...]

LOL