Just when I thought DF couldn't get any worse...

[Ashbeard]

Ofcourse this mmo has the worst community of all the mmos... Weird that people say how many mmos they've played and don't notice the pattern.

I've played most of the main mmorpgs that have come out in the last decade and particularly the last 2 years every single forum has a bunch of "worst community ever" complaints.

This is just FFXIV ARR's Worst Community Phase. The thousands of mmo jumpers move from game to game like locusts. They rush through the content, they get burned out, want to make the current company and fanboys pay for letting such a failed mmorpg exist, then they move to the next one. And whichever Wildstar or Elder Scrolls Online will be the next "worst community ever" and this one will be a collection of players that actually like the game. But if a previous "worst community ever" game goes free-to-play....because they'll all come back for 2 weeks to troll some more.

[Silvyaniss]

Tanks are attracting the worst kind of players..

young punk kids
and older people with serious problems
there is also a sense of narcissism and ego boost with these tanks....
doesn't bode well for the community a good FC should fix some of these
especially the ones that kick their members for this kind of behavior
right now that's our only safe haven..it's like

THE ENEMY WITHIN

[Kluya15]

The moment something bad happens because of a rotten player, "worst community ever". Then you get a good group that pulls together for say, hard garuda or titan. "Best community ever". You just got a bad run, it's the internet, crap happens. Sorry.

[Leiloni]

Tanks are attracting the worst kind of players..

young punk kids
and older people with serious problems
there is also a sense of narcissism and ego boost with these tanks....
doesn't bode well for the community a good FC should fix some of these
especially the ones that kick their members for this kind of behavior
right now that's our only safe haven..it's like

THE ENEMY WITHIN

It's not just tanks though. I've seen dps that just sit there and AFK leeching tomes. Or in an Ifrit group if it doesn't have the perfect group makeup they leave, screwing everyone else over since we can't find new players. I've seen all sorts of jerk moves from various classes/roles, so let's not just blame all the tanks. I've had some really great and considerate tanks.

[Jennestia]

The problem here is two-fold. First, this guy was a jerk and shouldn't have done this..

HOWEVER..

This also wouldn't have happened if SE allowed us to enter dungeons WITHOUT THE DUTY FINDER. It still boggles my mind why we can't simply form a group and walk into a dungeon, they need to re-look at this.

Because people from 1.0 wanted instance everything! Cutscenes? INSTANCE! Dungeons? INSTANCE! Job/Class Quests? INSTAAAAAAAAANCE! So everything is on the Duty Finder (instance) server - Only have the people who hate open world MMOs to blame really.

[Nekodar]

If that happens I'll never help by joining as a tank midway through dungeons ever again.

Seems you missed my parenthesis just after the part you bolded.

To make it more obvious to you: If you join mid-way, you obviously can't participate in ALL boss rooms, so it would be for the remaining boss rooms instead.

[Pooky]

I run across douchebags once in every 15-20 DF groups I get in. Maybe I'm just overly lucky and all, but to me, this kinda people and incidents are the exception, not the trend. That being said, I don't know what you can expect SE to do. There's rude and disrespectful people online all the time. And as much as it sucks, being rude and inconsiderate is not a crime. How do you police it?

Although with this type of behaviour, maybe they can do a "you can't loot a chest while in combat" mechanic?

[Leiloni]

I run across douchebags once in every 15-20 DF groups I get in. Maybe I'm just overly lucky and all, but to me, this kinda people and incidents are the exception, not the trend. That being said, I don't know what you can expect SE to do. There's rude and disrespectful people online all the time. And as much as it sucks, being rude and inconsiderate is not a crime. How do you police it?

Although with this type of behaviour, maybe they can do a "you can't loot a chest while in combat" mechanic?

They can add in features that limit their ability to participate in such behavior and add in measures for the rest of us to self regulate these people. There were some good suggestions a page ago on what can be done.

[Rommelx]

I hate to be the rude dude here, but that may have been your fault...... but I can tell you why you may be addressed in such a light.

Wow you go on about how great people are in the community by pretty much being a complete jerk, way to go. The name they picked had nothing to do with the issue presented, you seem to have a personal beef with people using FF character names and try to twist the issue at hand to justify bad behavior towards this person. There is nothing in the TOS that say they can't use the name, so I am sorry that bothers you but they are well within their rights to use it.

[jcw005]

These people are definitely to blame, it's true. But the one who deserves the greater portion of the blame is S-E for condoning this type of behavior. As anyone who's tried to report people like this can attest, S-E's response is that people can play however they want and you don't get to judge. As long as that attitude continues, their behavior will as well.