Quote Originally Posted by Alaray View Post
They don't think they're slick, literally every other MMO has had this going on in it and XIV is no exception since ARR (And, to iterate: It's literally never been a problem like people here blow it out to be). There'd be less of an overall discussion about this if the GM's were actually clear about the specifics regarding the infractions, and regardless, these venues will continue whether you think removing some keywords from a PF spells the end of them. So it's a fight you're fighting for the GM's to remain obtuse and vague in every single instance (and there've been so many other instances outside of just this PF thing, it's just the most recent one) rather than requesting for them to be more clear going forward, and if no one really knows what specifically they might be infracted for or what might count as such, then people tend to not talk to people or interact much outside of their circles (which is a big criticism of XIV as a MMO, since it harbors an incredibly hostile + anti-social atmosphere since anyone who just doesn't like you can report you for basically whatever and probably get your account struck).
if they don't think they're slick, why do they keep trying to pre-emptively evade bans by pretending it's not an ERP venue and try to make it seem it's something else?
by now it's obvious that SE does not want these people to advertise them, yet they continue to try to do it out of a false sense of entitlement, "every other MMO had it" and other flimsy excuses (imo)
I personally don't have an issue with these places or people who partake in it but SE has seemingly deemed them a problem now, so what can you do aside from not advertise them anymore? continue to do so and get banned and complain?