I’ve played many MMORPG’s in my life, I’d venture to say most of them honestly, and I can truly say FFXIV has the best community bar none. But what makes it the best? advertisement When you look at FFXIV, you see a game that is loved not only by the playerbase it caters to, but also the developers. When you have a team lead by a man like Yoshida-san, who gets things done and brings to life what most players want, you have a happy playerbase. The love he has for the game is shown each time he speaks about the game, it all trickles back down to the players themselves, and it shows in their actions in game. I’d argue that when players aren’t happy with the development of the game, they tend to get nasty with each other simply because they’re upset at the game. Though that’s my opinion and by no means a fact that can be proven really.Many would argue that it’s because there’s no faction based PVP, like WoW. I would … [Read more...] about The Eorzea Prospect: A Look At The Community
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Mordhau Devs Under Fire for the Game’s Toxic Community
The developers behind Mordhau are under fire for its toxic community as well as its unclear stance regarding a so-called "ethnicity toggle". Triternion has been under the microscope after a recent PC Gamer interview where the issue of adding customization options including non-white skin tones and female playable characters came up. While Triternion has plans to do so, developers have also responded to loud outcry from its playerbase and indicated that it would add a toggle to turn those off. "The realism complaint is valid," developers wrote on Steam in April as backlash mounted against the inclusion of ethnicity and gender options, "so when we add them, we might add a simple client-side toggle (for both female and male characters) which would let you disable them." This point was reiterated in the PC Gamer article, "Whatever stance we take officially, some group of people are going to be upset with us. And so, ideally, we'd put the power in the players' hands, and give them the … [Read more...] about Mordhau Devs Under Fire for the Game’s Toxic Community
Mordhau Devs Under Fire for Its Toxic Community
The developers behind Mordhau are under fire for its toxic community as well as its unclear stance regarding a so-called "ethnicity toggle". Triternion has been under the microscope after a recent PC Gamer interview where the issue of adding customization options including non-white skin tones and female playable characters came up. While Triternion has plans to do so, developers have also responded to loud outcry from its playerbase and indicated that it would add a toggle to turn those off. "The realism complaint is valid," developers wrote on Steam in April as backlash mounted against the inclusion of ethnicity and gender options, "so when we add them, we might add a simple client-side toggle (for both female and male characters) which would let you disable them." This point was reiterated in the PC Gamer article, "Whatever stance we take officially, some group of people are going to be upset with us. And so, ideally, we'd put the power in the players' hands, and give them the … [Read more...] about Mordhau Devs Under Fire for Its Toxic Community
Blizzard Working on Tools to Lower Toxicity
Apparently the Overwatch population can get pretty toxic at times. That's why Blizzard is working to improve the experience for players. It reminds me of my MOBA days. Actually, it reminds me of most times I play online games. In fact, I hate to say it, but toxic communities tend to creep up and form around any game where players are competitively playing against each other and rely on others to determine how well they perform. If you're playing a game as a team, you pretty much win or lose as a team. Your weakest link, if pretty darn weak, is often the limit of your team's capabilities. Sadly, any game relying on those mechanics will struggle with players creating a negative gaming experience. This isn't just an Overwatch or DOTA thing, though. It's not just limited to shooters. Even last night in a raid finder people were screaming at each other and telling each other to die in a fire and all sorts of wonderful things they would never say without internet anonymity. Social … [Read more...] about Blizzard Working on Tools to Lower Toxicity
Does Competitive Content ruin an MMORPG’s Community?
MMORPG stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, but the key words in there are “massively multiplayer”. Because these are games where MANY people come to play, which come by the thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions, drop into severs, and start to roam the worlds that they are offered to see what they can do. And, while it’s true that there are plenty of single-player options for them to do, players often like to play with other people. While that’s fun and understandable, there’s almost always a catch with this. Mainly, that the competitive side of MMORPGs are often the most controversial in some aspects. For example, if you look at games like World of Warcraft and Star Wars: the Old Republic, you’ll notice that the community often hates the PVP (Player-vs-Player) content, which is bad, because this is one of the backbones of the MMORPG genre. Yet, many MMORPG games have terrible balance issues with PVP. That leads … [Read more...] about Does Competitive Content ruin an MMORPG’s Community?