Abuse of the TOS. Loophole regarding griefing/trolling. Needs a solution.

[GothicDolly]

If you're at public places there will always be players interrupting you, intentionally or unintentionally. Where do we draw the line. Sorry that it sucks for you, but I'll never advocate for the ability of people to report others for basicaly just being there, who tells me I wont end up being reported for sitting on that bench that RPers "claimed" for their RP? If you port in where I sit and my head ends up in your crotch, is it reportable? How can I prove it wasn't my fault?

When have people unlearned to cope with minor inconveniencies, and instead started calling for some authority to ban everything that incoveniences them? Now it's infesting gaming as well.

Come on, you're an adult , and a group of random players just following you around in an online game without even doing anything throws you off? Really?

You make good points. I think the best solution that would put both sides at peace would be to have it where blacklisting another player causes their character to vanish from your end locally. No reports filed, no foul words exchanged, out of sight of out of mind. There are online games that have a blacklist like this, but since I doubt Enix are going to take into consideration one person's idea for a feature, eh.

To me, a public place is a public place. Whether it be in a video game, or real life. If you're having a midnight dinner with your husband at a Restaurant--and ten strangers dressed as clowns surround your table then start to dance and wave around flashlights, would you not be annoyed? Even more so if they refused to move because it's "a public space"? It would be irritating, you wouldn't want them there. Even worse if they refuse to leave. It'd be harassment. Normal people do not get that close to other people like that. It's malicious because they know you don't want them there. You told them so.

I get it. FFXIV is a game. But like, no matter how you spin it, the same principal applies. It's harassment. These people are purposely bothering me, I tell them to stop, they don't. So while yes I can just "get over it", just know that they are breaking the TOS while simultaneously being immune to it. I am a player, I am being stalked and purposely annoyed, that's that.