Do GM's actually do anything?

[SomeRandomHuman]

Its not that the GMs DON'T do anything. Its just that they CAN'T do anything. The duties of the GM team are very cut-and-dry. Whenever any issue arises they have to look at it from both sides with no bias. In this case it more than likely does fall under greifing, but you can simply blacklist the player and the problem is solved, so unless the player is question is actively using offensive language and calling people out specifically, the hands of the GMs are tied to all the server transfers from the Data Center Split.

The position the GMs are in is not an easy one. I'm sure there have been plenty of reports they've wanted to take action on but couldn't. They also can't disclose any action they take due to confidentiality clauses.

So I'm sorry that this player is causing such a fuss, but because the issue is so easily fixed via the blacklist and the content of the flooding isn't much more than unwanted chit-chat I doubt the GMs will take much of any action unless the issue escalates. If you have any further questions about how the GM team has to handle things I would advise you to reach out and talk to one if you get the chance.

[van_arn]

They're too busy playing timeout mom to do much else visibly. They're certainly out there, though.

I'm more interested in what these people are spamming that's so legendary that 20 people have reported them, rather than just blacklisting them and moving on.

[TheGrimace]

Yeah, I want screens. I'm really curious what this person's saying.

[supergiz]

In the old days of MMOs, reputation mattered. I guess nowadays with world visits and the like, it's easier to do things like this.

I would blacklist the person, and encourage others (who are upset by this person) to do the same. If no one can see their chat, they become invisible.

Not sure if it is the best idea to publicly encourage blacklisting someone. Something tells me that in itself could be reported as harassment.

[Veis_Alveare]

The reason why the GM didn't do anything is obvious. The targeted player has to report himself and not some third party.

Way to explain an obvious thing!

The example was (clearly) there to give an example of the lack of effectiveness from the GMs. When they're presented with logs of actual harrassment and do nothing I don't know how the OP can expect them to do something about behavior that isn't even actually harrassment.

[Vahlnir]

Not sure if it is the best idea to publicly encourage blacklisting someone. Something tells me that in itself could be reported as harassment.

If there are no names given (there hasn't been) then it is not harassment. It is simply one person giving advice to another in order to "solve" an issue. Even if multiple people know who it is, as long as they aren't named and shamed there has been no breach of the ToS.

[Vnolan]

If others in the instance are engaging in conversation with the spammer, nothing will probably happen. If they aren't responding or are only expressing their irritation with the spam, keep up the reports. If that doesn't work you can try baiting the spammer into admitting they're doing it with the intent to grief/harass/disrupt.

[Wynn_Storm]

A long time ago i reported a person for saying homophobic stuff.

Half an hour later i got a message from a GM asking me to clarify the situation.

So yes, i do think they take care of matters. But it depends on the matter at hand.

[Sanctify]

Pretty sure we're talking about the same person.

The entire goal of that troll is to piss off the entire instance and get as many people arguing as possible so it's practically impossible to do ANYTHING.

This NEEDS GM intervention. That player needs to be permanently suspended from accessing all FF14 services.

Man I'm glad you're not at the helm of SEs ship. Wanting to permaban ppl just for flooding a chat that you can disable. Oh waaaaaaa but I need the chat for the trainnnnnn. Maybe find a discord or something of like minded ppl farming in there?

[JohnSpawnVFX]

Man I'm glad you're not at the helm of SEs ship. Wanting to permaban ppl just for flooding a chat that you can disable. Oh waaaaaaa but I need the chat for the trainnnnnn. Maybe find a discord or something of like minded ppl farming in there?

Yes, let's have people have to change and adapt instead of just punishing the sole culprit...

I'm sure all 100+ players on the same instance as this troll getting Discord or blacklisting them is a simpler solution than just punishing one person.