WHMs spamming Holy at MBs / Cities / crafters

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Originally Posted by Eye_Gore

Maybe when I was 4. If someone saw me doing that, they would probably call the cops and be like " yeah we got some lunatic running around over here waving a bright light yelling "yaaaaaaaaaay", he must be on something". Cops "officer will be there soon sir".

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And that's the exact reason why we play games. If I wanted to be constricted by social pressure to "behave my age", I'd be outside in the garden.

Or SE can just make it so that DOW/DOM's combat abilites are grayed out when inside city-states or housing?

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Originally Posted by myahele

Or SE can just make it so that DOW/DOM's combat abilites are grayed out when inside city-states or housing?

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This exactly. Anyways combat abilities are not needed here outside of obvious trolling.

Craft/Gathering abilities are disabled in dungeons so having combat abilities disabled in cities is not a non sense imho.

I do it just because I think Holy looks pretty... With that said, I only use Holy like 2 or 3 times before I stop.

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Originally Posted by AlexionSkylark

And that's the exact reason why we play games. If I wanted to be constricted by social pressure to "behave my age", I'd be outside in the garden.

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You can play games for a LOT of fun stuff, contentss, goals, interactions outside of spamming others. I mean if you re not 12 y/o you prolly noticed this already.

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Originally Posted by Lilyarel

I do it just because I think Holy looks pretty...

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Hopefully you re also able to do it in fights when this could add a bit of dps.

Keep in mind that what looks pretty for you could be lame noise for others

If you refuse to even tone down your effects ( I turn mine off if they're not in my party ): You either:

1) Need thicker skin.
2) Move to a different area.
3) Learn to have patience.


Don't be dense. You can't really expect everything in the game to be catered to you.

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Originally Posted by AlexionSkylark

And that's the exact reason why we play games. If I wanted to be constricted by social pressure to "behave my age", I'd be outside in the garden.

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We? May include yourself but we may play games for all different reasons. I don't do it to act like a 4 year old, those times have passed. If that is why you play, then that is perfectly fine, but don't be surprised if someone speaks up. We includes alot of people, and judging by the responses in this thread to your replies, your we does not include those people either and why they are playing. There are many things in this game that people do that will annoy other people, while the other either thinks its not annoying or is actually doing it to annoy. Can't please them all. Playing the game though being a game does not subvert basic respect for another person. Even the game has rules like society, as this game is still a society. Weather those rules be set, moral, unwrittten, ethical, there are still rules. Without them where would we be as a game society? Logging into the game does not give anyone carte blanche. If someone just wants to act how they please, especially doing things that they know will annoy other people, someone may find offense in that and you may end up with a note in your mailbox.

Not gonna lie, I spam Holy because I like the sound and think the effects are pretty. Surprisingly, OP, not everyone spamming it is a troll, we're oftentimes just easily amused.

Also, you can make macros to turn off battle sounds and effects. I suggest looking up how to do so that way it only takes a single button press to turn them on and off, and your experience won't be lessened.

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Originally Posted by Corfish

Not gonna lie, I spam Holy because I like the sound and think the effects are pretty. Surprisingly, OP, not everyone spamming it is a troll, we're oftentimes just easily amused.

Also, you can make macros to turn off battle sounds and effects. I suggest looking up how to do so that way it only takes a single button press to turn them on and off, and your experience won't be lessened.

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Or you could just sop doing it, its a two way street. If you don't want to adjust your style, why should someone have to adjust theirs? This argument is useless.

Emotes can be just as annoying, I guess we should disable those in cities too? Where does this line of thinking end?

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Originally Posted by Eye_Gore

Or you could just sop doing it, its a two way street. If you don't want to adjust your style, why should someone have to adjust theirs? This argument is useless.

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I was trying to give advice, and express how some of us aren't doing it just to be annoying (and thus asking us to quit or move is a viable solution.)

Just spamming an ability isn't a reportable offense unless you're actively following someone in particular. The easiest solution is to quite frankly turn off effects. The OP obviously doesn't want to go through the hassle of the system menus every time they want to change their settings, so a macro is the best solution. It helps a lot during hunts as well.

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Originally Posted by Corfish

Just spamming an ability isn't a reportable offense unless you're actively following someone in particular.

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It can be left up to interpretation:

Prohibited Activities
Disruptive behavior that negatively affects the experience of others or the service itself is strictly forbidden within FINAL FANTASY XIV. Such activities violate the FINAL FANTASY XIV User Agreement as well as the SQUARE ENIX Account Terms of Use.

It seems to have negatively affected the OP enough to create a thread about it.

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Originally Posted by UltimateAoe2

If you refuse to even tone down your effects ( I turn mine off if they're not in my party ): You either:

1) Need thicker skin.
2) Move to a different area.
3) Learn to have patience.

You can't really expect everything in the game to be catered to you.

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This is pretty much my thoughts.

And. Lol. Even though I rarely see spamming(because 99% of the time I'm either at my personal house, gathering or raiding, I know that not everyone who spams are "trolls" or "omg teens". Some people are bored, some just got the skill and are overly excited, etc.

If it bothers you it's up to you to do something about it. You're responsible for your own happiness. It's funny because, sometimes it feels like people don't want to take responsibility for a lot of things, in game or real life. Our generation is a little...spoiled, I think. No one is a mind reader, they can't always know what your personal dislikes are. And not everyone is aware that spamming is a thing(new gamers), that can be consider rude, or that it lags low end computers.

Turn off the effects. Ask them to please move, or you can move. There are many market boards to choose from. Do you have a FC house? Go to the market board near it. Normally housing market boards are a little bit more quiet. And if you have a low end computer that lags from someone using holy, housing market boards are probably going to be your best option.

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Originally Posted by Dererk

They do it all over just to lag people out.

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That would only work with PS3 users.

This is why I don't craft in cities. Too much noise.

Even if you don't have a house, you should still go to a random housing ward for your crafting if people bother you. Very unlikely to get disturbed there.

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Originally Posted by Amenian

I call these people Lookie McLookatmes. I imagine they're 12-year-old boys desperate for attention. I just head off to my house to do my crafting and market board stuffs rather than let it bug me.

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I will never understand the "12/13 year old immature boy" approach to things...