Whenever I raise this question and/or concern, the response I most frequently get is 'Well, playing characters who always do the right thing is too hard'.

While those are interesting and fun concepts to explore for sure! It is not why I join those groups on those characters. So the story becomes less about 'saving the world' and more about exploring the darkness within people, and their need to kill/pillage/fall from grace. I've joined several guilds across a couple of games (I've not been rping super long - only 6 months) in which inevitably the same thing seems to play out: the guild is advertised as heroes, yet the majority of people who join are mercs, or anti-heroes at best. Problem is, I can never find groups for them. Neutral good 'knightly' types that fight for justice, and have an inherent sense of what is right. Now, I love to play these types of characters.

Even if it fails, they know the effort was made. They always seem to find a way to try and do the right thing. Or if your a Trekkie, think of an Enterprise crew.

They vanquish evil, while still being merciful, and have a strong moral compass. 'Good Guys' in this case is a generic term for those who fight for good.

I've asked this question before (not here) but due to recent events with one of my characters, thought I would bring it up again.

Ffxiv company of heroes boring