I played FFXIV for years, and unlike WoW (which I had previously played for years), the chuddery was generally concentrated in Ul'dah zone chat, or maybe whatever hub had vendors for end-game gear at the time instead of being basically everywhere.
The chuddery did flare up more recently and get more widespread, unfortunately.
Sucks because XI at least today has a pretty inclusive and good base.
I tried that one for a while but the whole "the purpose of grinding is to grind and the grind is the point" put me off. In FFXIV, I tended to spend most of my time at the game's given maximum level and just enjoying horizontal (or kind of diagonal) progress instead of "let's punch these critters for days on end."
FFXIV tried to bring that back with the whole Eureka zone, but I hated it and lots of Eureka enjoyers were super toxic about anyone expressing dislike of it.
I played FFXIV for years, and unlike WoW (which I had previously played for years), the chuddery was generally concentrated in Ul'dah zone chat, or maybe whatever hub had vendors for end-game gear at the time instead of being basically everywhere.
The chuddery did flare up more recently and get more widespread, unfortunately.
Sucks because XI at least today has a pretty inclusive and good base.
I tried that one for a while but the whole "the purpose of grinding is to grind and the grind is the point" put me off. In FFXIV, I tended to spend most of my time at the game's given maximum level and just enjoying horizontal (or kind of diagonal) progress instead of "let's punch these critters for days on end."
FFXIV tried to bring that back with the whole Eureka zone, but I hated it and lots of Eureka enjoyers were super toxic about anyone expressing dislike of it.