Insufficient game moderation and competitive PvP in The Feast

[Tsumdere]

Which is a shame, because let me tell you folks, if you HAVEN'T tried pvp in this game, don't believe the naysayers. It's actually really good!

I agree. It's really fun when it is working as intended, but there are so many people who use PvP for leveling only (Frontlines) and afk, or people wintrading through Feast. There is also a lot of systems that are super damaging to Feast like no decay and limited rewards. It's incredibly disheartening and prevents me from playing because I know between the hours I can actually play and the people who boost to hell... I'll never get anything from the Feast. I've tried twice before, but the queues died before I could break silver. So why try anymore? I assume that there is many others who feel the same way.

I want to like PvP! It could be great if Squeenix put effort into it.

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There is a Discord for Crystal server that has a couple dozen people who actively plan win trades in Feast. There is also evidence they buy clears and achievements. Also evidence that they bot to get achievements like Palace hordes/weapons and crafting/gathering. It's scummy and shitty that GMs can't/won't step up to investigate to cull this kind of behaviour.

I know they can't take third-party screenshots/videos as evidence, but it would push them in the right direction. Once they know who is possibly breaking ToS, it shouldn't be that hard to confirm in game via logins and abnormal activity.

[Stormfur]

I know they can't take third-party screenshots/videos as evidence, but it would push them in the right direction. Once they know who is possibly breaking ToS, it shouldn't be that hard to confirm in game via logins and abnormal activity.

What I don't understand is that they can ban people in-game for something they broadcast on Twitch (like when people were harassing that Asmogold guy being on their mounts and blocking him), but when it comes to this kind of stuff on Discord and elsewhere, they can't touch it. Is it just because Twitch is a direct stream and Discord screenshots can be edited more easily? If someone were to take a video of the discord with their phone, would that make a difference?

[Bearded]

What I don't understand is that they can ban people in-game for something they broadcast on Twitch (like when people were harassing that Asmogold guy being on their mounts and blocking him), but when it comes to this kind of stuff on Discord and elsewhere, they can't touch it. Is it just because Twitch is a direct stream and Discord screenshots can be edited more easily? If someone were to take a video of the discord with their phone, would that make a difference?

No it is because one action is done actually within the FFXIV game itself which SE have control over and the others are not and therefore SE rightly does nothing about them. They are not there to police what people say or do on Discord, Snapchat or anywhere else.