The current duty experience in XIV

[Valence]

I feel like it's become more and more the norm rather than the exception even in dungeons today: people get in, nobody says hello even if you say it, nobody says thanks or bye. It's literally fast food MMO, macdonaldized enough to the extreme because there is no surprise, everything must go fast so everybody can get out as fast as possible. Everything streamlined to avoid bumps on the road.

I was expecting matched parties in deep dungeons to prove different, especially in the more challenging parts. But no, it's very similar, people are rude, consider each other like random numbers or AIs. The only time they'll wake up and start speaking is if there is something going awry, and that's not a guarantee either.

What has happened to this community?

[Miradelle]

Hello.

Thanks!

Bye!

[Fawkes]

Hello.

Thanks!

Bye!

o/

thx

gg

[AmiableApkallu]

What has happened to this community?

The streamlining of jobs and duties has naturally led to the streamlining of interactions. #ChangeMyMind

[Teno]

The streamlining of jobs and duties has naturally led to the streamlining of interactions. #ChangeMyMind

Pretty good summary, people are just mindlessly doing their roulette without even remembering they queued up with others, for good reason. Content and gameplay are just that mind numbing.

[Mecia]

The streamlining of jobs and duties has naturally led to the streamlining of interactions. #ChangeMyMind

Its this. Normal content was never that chatty but it was more than today. People used to ask WAR to tank Diabolos Hollow first because of the auto crits for example. BLM shenanigans, DRG floor tanking, aggro stuff, TP/MP, ive thanked ASTs for Arrow cards.

Whats there to chat about other than some gotcha mechanics anymore.

[0blivion]

what's happened is that the average FFXIV player got so coddled by EW that they can't do basic mechanics on floor 70+ and then cry when someone pulls an amount of mobs they're comfortable dodging (lol)

[DynamoAce]

what's happened is that the average FFXIV player got so coddled by EW that they can't do basic mechanics on floor 70+ and then cry when someone pulls an amount of mobs they're comfortable dodging (lol)

That mocking elitist attitude is exactly part of the problem of what OP is saying. If you think Deep Dungeon (With a matched party of variable skill level) on those floors is only about "basic mechanics" and pulling everything as if you're in a DF dungeon then you really do not know what you're talking about in context to people sharing their experiences in those moments. DD has RNG and variables that can cause approaches like that to fail when there is no coordination in a matched party.

[Vrankyl]

This is essentially how interactions are with random players in any MMO these days. Talking is minimal mostly because people do their talking with their friend groups in their FCs, Linkshells, Guilds, and Discords. It also doesn't help that most games have made it easy for people to be reported for things, even just offering help if you end up wording it wrong which is likely since you are typing while doing things.

[CCheshire]

This is essentially how interactions are with random players in any MMO these days. Talking is minimal mostly because people do their talking with their friend groups in their FCs, Linkshells, Guilds, and Discords. It also doesn't help that most games have made it easy for people to be reported for things, even just offering help if you end up wording it wrong which is likely since you are typing while doing things.

I started at ARR, and no one has ever reported me? Sounds like a skill issue :v

Also, it's not the report that causes ppl to get sent to jail but when the GM reviews the said report and decides yes, you did break TOS and then the punishment hits.