Good evening everyone!
I'll keep my backstory brief - it's not terribly exciting. I'm an older man (relatively) who plays on the Diablos server. I had never played an MMORPG before. I main a tank and have been playing since about March.
Having played on battle dot net back in the day for Starcraft and LAN for Warcraft (not WOW, Warcraft and Warcraft II Tides of Darkness), I had expected to get my ass both ridiculed and subsequently whooped when I ask for help.
I have had maybe two bad experiences with random people in groups - the rest have been absolute pleasure to be in. I try to explain that I'm fairly new and ask for some guidance on different dungeons and I typically get very helpful advice. When I am unfamiliar with a mechanic or dungeon gimmick, people tend to explain, even after a frustrating wipe.
In addition to a very fun bunch of people, I think you all have a great sense of humor. I recall a moment when I stood in the blast of a bomb and got one-hit, as I deserved. ("I think I can kill it before it goes off!! ...Oh. Maybe not.") The healer emoted at me "shakes her head in disgust" but then gave me a smile and a rez and we all laughed about it later.
Anyway, there is no real point to this, other than to let you all know I really appreciate you all treating an old man well in his first experiences in an MMO. I know some of these posts are complaints or criticisms of a certain role or class - I feel like on a global scale, though, the FFXIV community does a great job, you are friggen awesome.
Thank you!
-YourOldManJoe
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I'll keep my backstory brief - it's not terribly exciting. I'm an older man (relatively) who plays on the Diablos server. I had never played an MMORPG before. I main a tank and have been playing since about March.
Having played on battle dot net back in the day for Starcraft and LAN for Warcraft (not WOW, Warcraft and Warcraft II Tides of Darkness), I had expected to get my ass both ridiculed and subsequently whooped when I ask for help.
I have had maybe two bad experiences with random people in groups - the rest have been absolute pleasure to be in. I try to explain that I'm fairly new and ask for some guidance on different dungeons and I typically get very helpful advice. When I am unfamiliar with a mechanic or dungeon gimmick, people tend to explain, even after a frustrating wipe.
In addition to a very fun bunch of people, I think you all have a great sense of humor. I recall a moment when I stood in the blast of a bomb and got one-hit, as I deserved. ("I think I can kill it before it goes off!! ...Oh. Maybe not.") The healer emoted at me "shakes her head in disgust" but then gave me a smile and a rez and we all laughed about it later.
Anyway, there is no real point to this, other than to let you all know I really appreciate you all treating an old man well in his first experiences in an MMO. I know some of these posts are complaints or criticisms of a certain role or class - I feel like on a global scale, though, the FFXIV community does a great job, you are friggen awesome.
Thank you!
-YourOldManJoe
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