FF14 is not made for hardcore players.

[Kaurhz]

So because the filter can be bypassed by creative individuals, which I imagine is a very small portion of swearing that occurs in-game, that somehow makes them not efficient? I'm sorry, but that sounds an awful lot like grasping for straws.

That was merely a single example, besides the fact that a vast majority of algorithms used in profanity filters are actually quite inefficient. I'm not so sure what part of "Shouldn't be used as a singular deterrent" you didn't grasp.

You don't simply allow or deny the use of them within the terms simply on the basis that someone may or may not be using a profanity filter. It's just 1 method of 'content' moderation. As someone highlighted they don't take into account the context which is the issue. Like I said, the inclusion of a filter does not preclude you from acting moderately civil. If they removed the potential to report and thus get someone banned because of a profanity filter then a majority of people would just take liberties with it.

Hardly anything about reaching for the straws with that comment. But go ahead make another attempt at trying to justify the use of foul language.