This is number 4? Getting kind of ridiculous.
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Wonder who has a hateboner against FFXIV this time. This looks a little too persistent and large scale to be just a couple of script kiddies.
The conspiracionist in me wants to say that this is happening because cdawgva and ironmouse are playing and someone doesn't want them to.
Entirely possible. Streamer fandoms and hatedoms get entirely out of hand far too often.
I wouldn't put it past being this, for sure. I know people in my FC who are actually steamed over them playing cause they're convinced it'll bring in lots of new players and make the game worse.
Which just sounds like a load of bullshit and gatekeeping to me.
Can't believe people like that exist lol
Right? I'm about to leave this FC once I finish gardening garbage, but they are legitimately the worst people I have ever met in this game and I've been playing since beta.
They claim to be accepting of new players but they will straight up boot you if you ask "too dumb" of a question, which never has a set definition of what is "too" dumb. So, no surprise I've seen this FC splinter into smaller ones I think a total of 3 times.
Really glad that they are most definitely in the minority from my experience.
That's weird asf. I'm in a big FC that's been really helpful and chill. It's called Knights of the Round aka KOTR if you're interested. It's in Aether - Cactuar tho
If my FC wasn't actually on Cactuar I'd so be down to join. I'm jumping ship to another datacenter, though. Provided I don't make an alt to just avoid them until the blacklist updates go through lol.
Damn bro. When the FC's so shit you're actively fleeing the entire data center just so you never have to see them again, that's hella fuckin' bad.
They are legitimately horrible people. They're the main reason I have severe tanking anxiety and haven't been able to kick that in the... last two expansions that I've been trying.
I wish I hadn't been such a doormat and had left sooner but, personal growth takes time.
Well, if you wind up on Crystal, lemme know. I'm not on often, but I'm always happy to run dungeons when I am.
I know it sounds mean but here me out. You could also simply not give a shit, and tell them to fuck off and move on with your life.
You getting anxiety over them being the way they are...is a you problem you should resolve. Stop letting other people have so much control over your life and you'll have a far better experience.
Why not change your name?
If you've accept other person friend request.. You'll still be in the list even after you remove them or change your name or even went to different world
Ahhhhhhh makes sense then
Doing both and I just want far, far away from that datacenter. Also don't think it'll help until the new blacklist changes are a thing, yeah? They've had me on their friends lists previously.
part of me wants to know what the FC name is SO BAD lmao. glad you're leaving them and i'm sure you'll find greener pastures elsewhere!
Well, it may be an anime-related FC, that's all I'm dishing haha. And here's hoping! I've been making alts on other datacenters and so far where I've tried on Primal and Crystal have been really nice.
If you ever wind up in Hyperion, lmk. My FC is literally just me LMAO but I know a couple that are active and chill.
Ironically those kinds of people make the game worse
They legitimately do. They also willingly kept racists in the FC, but I guess they thought it was okay cause I was the only one in the FC the racist was targeting :v
We've already been through Asmon starting XIV. If that didn't "make the game worse," no streamer's horde of followers will. I hope you can finish your gardening up soon, cuz those people in your FC sound ridiculous
They have said this literally about everything thats brought in new players. The WoW player exodus, Asmon playing ffxiv, the xbox influx both the events for FFXV and FFXVI.
I'm completely free next week so, yup. Can't wait!
It's unfortunate that you got stuck in such a group for an FC. Once your out of there the whole of Aetherius will be available for you and you won't need to deal with those kind of people again soon. I wish you the best of luck on your future endeavors and congratulations of getting out of such a terrible group.
Yea I was going to say this is literally exactly what people said when asmongold played. Turns out it was actually only beneficial for the game because it helped trigger a significant rise in population of the game. Queues for duties are so much better than they used to be now. Dps queues used to be like 15-20 minutes almost every single time. Now they are near instant to 10 minutes in almost all situations. More often than not I get 5 minutes or less.
Did they say the same thing about the Xbox version?
They sure did! Any time something has brought an influx of new players/returning players its like its the end of the world to them. FFXVI event was another one that got them pretty upset.
what a bunch of herbs. i hope you can find a better FC when you get around to looking!
People: new players = it will bring life to the game, it's a bad thing.
People: new players = will give life to the game, it's a good thing.
I'm sorry, making the game WORSE by bringing people in? Your FC mates sound pretty special.
They're a very small FC that's basically full of clique-y highschool mentality ridden adults. Also massive scam artists who STILL haven't paid me for full levekits and sets of stuff to level desynth :v.
We had one of these adults who quit (also he's mid-40s) try to stage a "coup" to take the FC back over by way of another officer and it was just, fucking bizarre.
They're... something thats for sure lol.
Christ, sometimes I forget how full of manchildren this game is. It sucks that they took advantage of you and stole some of your shit but it's probably best to cut your losses at this point.
Oh, I have. Thats why I'm taking advantage of their garden to finish out making all the stuff I need for my apartment!
I'm also going to drain all the crystals/clusters they have as repayment for the levekits.
I love new players, they keep the game alive
Same! When I have time I like running around handing out crafter gear sets, dyes, and food to them, cause someone did that for me once when I first came back during HW.
I've never understood the need some people have to go out of their way to be uninviting when that takes so much more effort vs just saying nothing or being polite lol.
Succ 'em dry, brother
It really makes you thankful for all the policies Square has that keeps them from running their mouths in public.
I'm incredibly thankful for the culture SE has cultivated based on accountability and zero tolerance for bullshit. That said, people like that still find ways to fuck with you if they're spiteful enough. Coincidentally, I wrote a research paper on the game's community back in college, let me give you a small quote:
"Given players are not allowed to be overt with their frustrations, this leads to feelings of resentment and passive aggression. Moreover, when not able to directly punish perceived slights or negatively influence the experience of others as a form of comeuppance, players attempt to circumvent the rules in any way they can in order to satisfy their personal vendettas."
MMOs are weird like that. It's the only genre I know where some fans actively want their games to lose players and die.
I was vaguely aware of this and it was the first thing that came to mind for me. Some Advanced Neckbeard decides to rent a botnet for DDoSing because it'll be "funny". It's also the kind of dumb thing that lines up pretty squarely with the lack of anyone trying to claim an agenda after so many days in a row.
That doesn’t really make sense to me. Ironmouse has been playing the game for years (She mentioned it iirc when she was interviewed by Asmon like two years ago before her popularity spiked). And I am not sure if there is enough hatred for Cdawgva to warrant trying to take down the entire game.
Although, people have ddos’ed things for less.
Which is weird, since Connor stopped streaming yesterday and won't be able to stream for another two weeks, yet the ddos persist.
Guess the instigator didn't do their research
It happened prior to the announcement
Pretty sure it is this. This is the only thing happening at the same time