Here we go again

[Mawlzy]

Oh wow, that's a long of anger Jessa! Could the real reason you can't handle a bit of a challenge in game be surfacing? Something tells me you're fuming at even the slightest inconvenience. You could also exercise a smidgen of self control and just stop interacting with the forum of your own volition. Knowing SE, they're probably totally unmoderated on the weekend. Looks like you'll get to indulge in what seems like an addiction a little longer. But something tells me you'll be back on mogstation reupping your sub like yoship is your dealer so you can keep arguing with strangers all day.

One doesn't preface a profane outbreak with "ahem" if the anger is real. And I played poker for a living for 15 years, I have spooky emotional control. Did I ever tell you about that one time at a home game in Baldwin City, KS, when another player pointed a gun at my face? No? Oh well.

What I do indeed suffer from is a susceptibility to addiction, whether it be chemical or arguing with strangers. So you got one right.

I hope your account remains active forever.

Dang nabbit! You have bamboozled me sir and/or madam.

Mebbe that rude husband and wife team could report me? Hanns and Vanns or something?

Gah!

Oh wait. I can report myself!?

Bwahahahaha. What a shit system. Ahahaha.

Problem solved.

Bye bye.

[Carin-Eri]

One doesn't preface a profane outbreak with "ahem" if the anger is real. And I played poker for a living for 15 years, I have spooky emotional control. Did I ever tell you about that one time at a home game in Baldwin City, KS, when another player pointed a gun at my face? No? Oh well.

What I do indeed suffer from is a susceptibility to addiction, whether it be chemical or arguing with strangers. So you got one right.



Dang nabbit! You have bamboozled me sir and/or madam.

Mebbe that rude husband and wife team could report me? Hanns and Vanns or something?

Gah!

Oh wait. I can report myself!?

Bwahahahaha. What a shit system. Ahahaha.

Problem solved.

Bye bye.

I, for one, am sorry this happened. You're a fantastic advocate for those of us who don't find the game easy and one of the few voices willing to speak out against the single-minded "get gud" mindset

[BlisteringFrost]

I, for one, am sorry this happened. You're a fantastic advocate for those of us who don't find the game easy and one of the few voices willing to speak out against the single-minded "get gud" mindset

Cussing at people and being deliberately inflammatory is fantastic? Interesting thing to praise.

[Boblawblah]

Some people go out with a simple goodbye and well wishes (ala Mao *cries*) and some well...some want to make a bit more noise to voice their concerns.

I wish you well in whatever game you play next Mawlzy.

[Bitmoar]

What I do indeed suffer from is a susceptibility to addiction, whether it be chemical or arguing with strangers. So you got one right.

And now it all makes sense--log off, get some help. Or log in and get some help! The game is full of tools to help you out, no matter how many substances you've abused.

[Aravell]

There seems to be a lot of absolute vitriol being thrown at everyone but it looks like only one side is being defended. I guess in this community, it's morally righteous to hurl abuse at people who engage in hardcore content because of assumed transgressions upon the casual community pinned on the entire hardcore base because a few people who raid decided to be unpleasant. And people wonder why the term "toxic casual" exists.

Back on topic, I don't really see any issue with just putting the auto-raise buff we get in duty support trials onto players during duty support dungeon boss fights, they would then get 3 tries every boss before they reset to the start, which would speed up learning because players would know exactly why they died instead of just fading to black instantly on death.

[BlisteringFrost]

There seems to be a lot of absolute vitriol being thrown at everyone but it looks like only one side is being defended. I guess in this community, it's morally righteous to hurl abuse at people who engage in hardcore content because of assumed transgressions upon the casual community pinned on the entire hardcore base because a few people who raid decided to be unpleasant. And people wonder why the term "toxic casual" exists.

Back on topic, I don't really see any issue with just putting the auto-raise buff we get in duty support trials onto players during dungeon boss fights, they would then get 3 tries every boss before they reset to the start, which would speed up learning because players would know exactly why they died instead of just fading to black instantly on death.

It can be funny watching a fish complain that water is wet.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

[…]Back on topic, I don't really see any issue with just putting the auto-raise buff we get in duty support trials onto players during duty support dungeon boss fights, they would then get 3 tries every boss before they reset to the start, which would speed up learning because players would know exactly why they died instead of just fading to black instantly on death.

I find it odd if they actually disable auto raise in regular trust runs simply because they fear for people afk-farming gear somehow, but oddly enough leaves some other form of ‘resource farming’-afk bots alone for years. I think they just do not think through this well enough to implement that lol.

[BlisteringFrost]

I find it odd if they actually disable auto raise in regular trust runs simply because they fear for people afk-farming gear somehow, but oddly enough leaves some other form of ‘resource farming’-afk bots alone for years. I think they just do not think through this well enough to implement that lol.

Asmongold did a take on bots a few years ago explaining this, actually. Broke it down pretty well. It's quite simple. The solution to getting rid of bots is to just ban them. And while Asmongolds example used WoW, it will still work just fine for XIV, because both games do bot-bans in waves rather than immediately upon confirmation.

This creates a situation where the bot is able to create a profit margin for the owner / manager of it to continue using the bot on newer accounts, whether they pay to produce the account themselves or not. If the former, it's a net gain for a small cost. In WoW bots can run upwards of 100 accounts and vomit out several hundred grand worth of IRL money for what they're using the bots for. That's an absurd increase in the cost they would've had to spend in theory to get them all to work. The same theory applies to XIV. Because the bots are able to get away with it for as long as they do, the managers of them don't need to care to stop. And SE still see's more money in their pocket for the accounts requiring money from SOMEWHERE at the end of the day. So they won't ban a bot right away. Ever. Because it'd be less money for SE. And the botter wont quit using it unless it starts becoming a net loss to continue with the endeavor of unleashing their bot. Sustaining this broken cycle.

The solution is insanely simple. Literally just ban the bots FASTER. But it's not going to happen.

[Carin-Eri]

Cussing at people and being deliberately inflammatory is fantastic? Interesting thing to praise.

Choosing to focus on that one post over the many, many I was referring to doesn't devalue the point I was making.