The slow decline of FFXIV, a summary.

[Bonoki]

Opposite experiences and bubbles i suppose haha, I remember the toxicity against casuals clear as day. Of course hardcore players have always been somewhat elitist, but the game-design during Heavensward favored this kind of behavior, which is not so much the case today. I was mostly midcore/casual during HW (Only cleared up to A2, then carried on A6, then A11), and playing on EU, so maybe different expositions to people.

It was just one static, but during Gordias, I was in a group where the raid lead tracked every wipe you caused. If you hit 10 in one night, you were out. I haven’t seen a static do that since. I don’t think them doing that was a HW-specific problem, but it certainly didn’t help either.