Updates to the Prohibited Activities in FINAL FANTASY XIV and Account Penalty Policy

[MilkieTea]

Again, gonna play devil's advocate. If you can't tell a DPS to do their AoE rotation on mobs, then you can't tell the tanks to use their CD's to survive either. As a tank that does wall to wall pulls and does pick up all the mobs, I could definitely see that same "You pull you tank" person just not using defensives.

You can indeed tell a DPS to do their AoE rotation.

"Hey *DPS*, the mobs will die quicker if you use AoEs on them!"
"*DPS* do you have an aoe rotation unlocked? You should use it"
"You should AoE these mobs to avoid more damage *DPS*"

Notice how these are all suggestions, not demands. And this same language applies everywhere.

[ReynTime]

Selling clear is bad. Whether for gil or RMT. If you want the reward you must earn it. You're not entitled to every reward in the game by just liking FFXIV. No respect for anyone who thinks otherwise.

[Scryar]

As for the "duty not going well", as long as you don't say it I believe there is no problem about leaving a duty because of such reason.
Plus you can use any other excuse such as not having the time, it's said nowhere "You sign for 1h, you stay for 1h".

So SE basically encourages players to lie. Because stating a fact like "duty not going well" is controversial now? It's not even rude or aggressive in any way.

[odioillatino]

Wasting your parties time bei single group pulling isn't polite either.

No, that's intended gameplay.

[Knot_D]

Why people suddenly freakout on something that's better for PF? Or even, the stalking stuff?

Just chill...

[Kaurhz]

I'd be curious to learn how, exactly, Square Enix intend to prove intent in situations where a player silently leaves a group at any point. Even if it happens repeatedly, I can think of a number of reasons as to why it may be justified to suddenly drop a group that is in progress:

- The player in question has children who begin crying all of a sudden. Naturally, a good parent would immediately drop everything and go investigate the cause.
- The player in question is a volunteer firefighter or similar role that can be called to respond to a sudden emergency.
- The player in question has a spotty, unreliable internet connection.

That's just three examples, but I'm sure there are many more.

"Sorry guys, I've got to go feed the baby"; "Hi guys sorry if I leave abruptly, I'm on call" / "Sorry I've got to go work is calling", "Sorry guys my connection is being lagging/jumpy and I feel like I'd be more of a burden to progress".

I'm pretty sure it's not difficult to communicate this much just before you press the leave button so your intent is known beforehand.

[Izar_Chillen]

I'd be curious to learn how, exactly, Square Enix intend to prove intent in situations where a player silently leaves a group at any point. Even if it happens repeatedly, I can think of a number of reasons as to why it may be justified to suddenly drop a group that is in progress:

- The player in question has children who begin crying all of a sudden. Naturally, a good parent would immediately drop everything and go investigate the cause.
- The player in question is a volunteer firefighter or similar role that can be called to respond to a sudden emergency.
- The player in question has a spotty, unreliable internet connection.

That's just three examples, but I'm sure there are many more.

If only you had paid attention to the final part of the section under

・Intentional leaving or disconnection

Even if there was no intention to interfere with others, repeated occurrences can be a nuisance to others. If you are experiencing network instability, or if you are frequently unable to play due to real-world circumstances, be considerate of others by refraining from participating in the duty/content, taking into account that you may unintentionally cause issues for others.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

That 'nuisance behavior' section is gonna make a lot of people just flat out stop queueing for DF content whatsoever. We can get punished just for leaving now?

[Menriq]

You can indeed tell a DPS to do their AoE rotation.

"Hey *DPS*, the mobs will die quicker if you use AoEs on them!"
"*DPS* do you have an aoe rotation unlocked? You should use it"
"You should AoE these mobs to avoid more damage *DPS*"

Notice how these are all suggestions, not demands. And this same language applies everywhere.

You are correct. However, and this is specifically mentioned:

"Additionally, making suggestions or requests does not necessarily mean that they must be accepted. When your suggestion/request is rejected, you cannot then criticize or blame others, pressure others or otherwise refuse to respect their opinion, or persistently repeat the same suggestion/request or otherwise attempt to impose your playstyle on others". Thus, the point still stands. As a tank, you could still not use your defensives, and if someone brings it up again, the "suggesting" player could be reported.

[Scryar]

No, that's intended gameplay.

How so? The way trashmob groups are placed you can either pull one or two(or more in some older dungeons). It's nowhere stated which options is the intended one.
If SE wanted groups to just pull single trash groups they would have placed barriers between every group