Quote Originally Posted by Awha View Post
Didn't an event host get mocked over poor performance, granted ACT played very little when it came to this indecent but I can only assume for Yoshi-P it was a factor. That factor alone is enough for him to never consider the idea. I do not think it is matter of convincing the community more so convincing a lead developer that thought it was a good idea to remove PvP chat from feast due to actions of few players, or patch out methods players found to work around mailing items to their own characters in fear of RMT.

Either way I do not think it is fair to think the abuse does not happen because people do not show screen shots. I have friends in discord that have trolled others players over their numbers. From my personal experience most players that are victims to the such harassment are often out of touch of all the resources and information regarding the game. Though if you ask around certain circles it is not uncommon for players to abuse the tool to make light of others. Once again ACT playsed very little in the act, but for many the view it as a factor. I am in the camp jerks will be jerks, but for some they and I feel for Yoshi-P they feel the need to limit the tools such players can use in harm others.

Sort of like those that wish to ban all firearms, sure it does not make sense in the grand scheme of things, but to a degree I understand the notion. I guess for those that it happens to for whatever reason for them it is a real issue / fear.

I do feel the current status quo is fine, sure I wish the current system was opt-in instead of out. That will never happen though since FFlogs gains no benefit in doing so.
The Koike incident was a one-off. That's like banning McDonalds because one person ate too much of it and had a heart attack.

The vast majority of people can control themselves in relation to commenting on other players dps even in high-end content, I know this because frankly I do rather poor dps as a WHM in Savage and I have rarely had a clear of any fight without at least some pugs. No one has ever pressured me to do better. I even have a grey parse on RDM, again never any pressure to even look at what I was doing wrong.

At the end of the day if the devs are going to let one incident kneecap the entire ps4 playerbase as well as put their PC users in an awkward position of "can I or can't I?" I'm left wondering why one person's feelings are worth more than the rest of ours.

If there was any truth to the rumor that parsing players are just roasting poor dps we would see it everywhere. People are much more likely to talk about negative experiences but... where are the stories? The screenshots? The video? I see none of it.