Survey: Community Opinions Regarding Parsing/Parsers in Final Fantasy XIV

[Sebazy]

Wow it is common then again any kind of harassment is common in wow, as well as going to further drastic measures then this game. My only point is for this game specifically, if parser harassment exists when it is a ToS violation, it will only increase if a public one is made

But what is this assumption based on?

Remember that WoW is built on very different foundations to FFXIV. WoW is designed to be competitive and generate angst within it's player base. The faction v faction element runs through it's very core and certainly extended into PvE content back when I used to play (Launch to BC).

One example of this would be to think about what is considered acceptable within the community within both games. A good starting point would simply be WoW's /spit emote, this sort of behaviour is typically seen as 'acceptable' (Personally I think it's an absolutely disgusting thing to have in a game), something that is reinforced by virtue of that emote being there. On the flipside of the coin, imagine if I went over to Ensemble or some other rival progression FC's house and started throwing out '/em spits on %t' at various people. I'd likely burn every bridge with that FC, earn a firm warning from a GM and get kicked and disowned from my own FC to boot. And rightfully so too, that would be utterly disgraceful behaviour, that's a view I suspect everyone would share, regardless of if they are a raider or casual.

WoW and FFXIV's communities are very very different, this is why I don't think that your assumptions are particularly fair or accurate.

As I said though, it is only bound to get worse with a public one, and I think they are scared of GM call volume on that and if they can handle it.

Legitimate question here, have you actually reported a case of harassment that required a GM's response? Credit where credit is due, SE's GM team are exceptionally hot on this sort of stuff. From what experiences I have (Such as a healer that was trolling in Rabanastre a few months back) they've always been on the ball.