u/No-Breadfruit6137

I don’t care what your stance is on KR MMOs, spending money in online games, or grinding in general. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. What stands out here is that the level of toxicity has reached a completely different scale.

Constructive criticism is almost nonexistent. I haven’t seen meaningful critique here in a long time. I genuinely respect anyone who can articulate criticism of NC in a way that actually makes sense. Instead, what dominates is recycled talking points or catchy phrases that get upvoted because they sound funny, like shouting “KR AI SLOP”.

This subreddit has a mix of people. Fans of the original game, people excited for a new MMO, tech enthusiasts curious about how developers will push UE5, casual observers, and yes, also people who are just here to shit.

It feels like there’s a group of users who are simply unhappy and, for whatever reason, feel the need to downplay or ridicule anyone who is genuinely excited about Aion 2. There’s witch hunting, insults, low effort negativity farming for YouTube engagement, and straight up bullying. The worst part is how normalized it becomes over time.

It’s exhausting. Regardless of whether Aion 2 turns out to be a success or a failure, I will remember this subreddit as one of the most toxic parts of the entire experience.

And the funniest part of all this is that you’re shitting on something that has been obvious for years, and not just in Korean games. Because where NCSoft is supposedly failing, you completely ignore the same issue or even praise it in other Western MMOs.

I’ve only been in this HR role for 4 months, and both people responsible for training us are now gone. One quit, the other is on stress leave and might not come back. Me and my coworker were suddenly left with processes we were never fully trained on, including payroll closing, reporting, and other critical tasks.

The workload exploded overnight. My calendar is packed every day, people expect me to know things nobody ever taught me, and some coworkers are rude or treat us like we’re incompetent when we literally have no documentation or support left.

Now my coworker is also talking about quitting because the stress is destroying her mental health, which would leave me alone handling everything. I can’t just quit because I have financial obligations and honestly remote work was life changing for me at first.

I feel stuck between trying to survive, trying not to burn out, and trying not to blame myself for a situation that feels completely mismanaged by the company.

Has anyone else been thrown into this kind of “keep the department alive with zero training” situation? How did you survive it mentally without completely shutting down?