Roleplay/Partyfinder Discrepancies & Policy Enforcement by GM's

[Nothv13]

What, an overly vague, broad, and subjective part of the ToS is being used to justify warnings and strike against accounts doing innocent things? I woudl ahve never imagined such a thing /sarcasm.

[Nightroad]

Maybe there should be a influx of more people "selling"contend now.... you know *cough cough* ... since that is obviously quite alright with SE.

[JanVanding]

Maybe there should be a influx of more people "selling"contend now.... you know *cough cough* ... since that is obviously quite alright with SE.

"SELLING Ultimate Endgame grind, Come to best plot XYZ in ABC for Best Experience, 18+ Only"

XDXD

[Julisia]

Please, let's not stoop to a level of devolving flaw shout-outs. Stay civil, factual, and kind and you'll always maintain the upper ground. <(^_^)b

Gonna be real, compared to what she said, I was going to post something like that but it wasn't going to be near as nice. Her post is very civil, considering the subject matter. It's like standing up to a bully. People ignore the victim until the victim slams the bully, then all of a sudden they're the monster. Nope, I won't allow that logical fallacy here. JanVanding - well said. Personally I'd of left comments from lines 5-7 out, but hey, who am I to stifle your speech.

[BunniEclair]

In my experience they spammed shout chat regardless. And at some point the dutyfinder adverts were getting ridiculous. You shouldn't need 2 advertisements for the same place/event up at the same time, let alone the 4 or 5 I'd see some days. Then you get 4 or 5 places doing the same thing competing with each other and you've got a big mess.

But the GM wasn't arguing against the spammy nature of it so that's kind've an aside.

You do have a point about them doing it anyway. I was thinking if they shut these down, and do as the GM said, we’d be even more bombarded.

I only ever see it in the “other” tab anyway. It’s not like I’m trying to find a prog party and I have to sift through a bunch of nightclub and tavern ads to find one. As long as they are sticking to there, I don’t really see the issue, given that RP is an encouraged part of the game.

Life is miserable enough. Let the catgirls dance.

[Xion136]

I've been roleplaying here since Stormblood. I've enjoyed time just hanging at many different clubs and venues, and worked at a venue for a bit. Honestly? It's bull what's going on. Most don't even have any ERP services.


PF is the best tool to advertise. I've met friends and just hopped around, enjoying the decorating and seeing hilarious things like a costume contest. Honestly it's disappointing this is happening - Fellowships are not at all useful and I forge they exist.

Plus, all rp ads are ALWAYS at the bottom of the content stuff. I open my PF? RMT runsellers using their stupid tricks to avoid trouble. Club has 18+ themes of alcohol, suddenly they're worse then people who are definitely demanding money.

Come on SE. This is ridiculous.

[MPK]

THANK YOU SQUARE!!!

[Yamr3]

I used the Party Finder to find amazing folks to play with in FCs and Statics. This GM and strange enforcement on players using the PF for recruitment, RP and other non-issues is appalling knowing that the MMO gaming community considers FFXIV a leader in this market because of how well they handle things generally. The GM's enforcement on the rules for FC recruitment and RP instead of content sales for IRL cash, is doing vastly more harm than good.

Yoshi and the rest of the FFXIV admin team, I hope you take an official stance on the subject that stands with the standard that has been fine with players and SE for so long. Do not ruin something that was never a problem in the first place.

[go_erp_some_where_else]

Finally!
Even here on aether its crazy to see like 20 PF's advertising rp houses and other dumb stuff like feet pics for cash etc, honestly rp has no place in this game, it just makes everyone want to actually play the game less and less. It's annoying to see it in pf and the Other tab should definitely be removed entirely and replaced with something like the Barter or Gear/Item selling tab that way the good people who use the other tab like crafted gear/food/pot/ glamour sellers dont get lost in the shuffle with all the crappy erp posts
and honestly im fine with the content sellers, how do we know they are asking for real world money? dont get mad because what they are doing is legit and what you are doing isnt lol
hopefully yoshi p addresses this and is ruthless against erp/rp in the game and kills it for good, fingers crossed for the next live letter

[Julisia]

My personal feelings on this? Just create and RP tab in PF - that'll shut up the critics and we can all play how we like. It's a simple addition and would be perfect in a hotfix update.

If, after reading the aforementioned suggestion, you still want to keep RP Venues stifled in how they can advertise, then I think we found the true villains of FFXIV.