Exactly how harsh are the chat rules?

[Nav_Fae]

This is actually kinda upsetting. Not because people do that, as every multiplayer game I've played in has had folks like that (usually it's easily shrugged off), but because this kinda shuts out my desires of open world Roleplaying now. Although I prefer to roleplay as friendly and inquisitive, there's folks that like to roleplay as a dark and/or brooding character with little-to-no tolerance of others (Think of Squall from ff8 or Cloud when he started in ff7) who develop their characters personality later down the road.

What if the broody character is in character and shrugs off "Do what you want, just don't be a damn burden to the team." Or what if there's an argument in the group/fellowship for the sake of advancing a story? Or god forbid, what if someone with a sailor background with a goofy temper pops off a quote like "I'mma peg you between t'eyes like my whole crew did between the legs o'er mother, ye landlubber!"

my mind instantly jumps to Silvairre in the archers guild that blew off the cat girl and everyone else. What does someone do if they want to match his tone and personality type, including how he changed later?

Roleplay is meant to be done behind closed doors. Open world RP can be disruptive to others who are not interested in role playing or could be put off by the type of character your role playing as. Others may not be able to tell you're role playing at all. Roleplay is about consent. Invite everyone involved to a party chat or a linkshell and keep it out of the public channels. What you do in RP is not everyone's business.

[Katalyn]

Roleplay is meant to be done behind closed doors. Open world RP can be disruptive to others who are not interested in role playing or could be put off by the type of character your role playing as. Others may not be able to tell you're role playing at all. Roleplay is about consent. Invite everyone involved to a party chat or a linkshell and keep it out of the public channels. What you do in RP is not everyone's business.

I'll have to disagree. The open world is vastly underutilized, outside of a new MSQ drop which baring the start of an expansion dries up pretty quickly. Most just sit in a city or house/apartment and queue for whatever instance they are running. Theme park game yada yada...

I do agree people need to be considerate with their RP. You (generic you) don't want to break into it while running content to prevent the kind of situations mentioned above. As for more congested area like major cities, I'd say we are now talking about a server cultural issue.

What if the broody character is in character and shrugs off "Do what you want, just don't be a damn burden to the team." Or what if there's an argument in the group/fellowship for the sake of advancing a story? Or god forbid, what if someone with a sailor background with a goofy temper pops off a quote like "I'mma peg you between t'eyes like my whole crew did between the legs o'er mother, ye landlubber!"

Like I doubt this kinda thing would raise an eyebrow on Balmung even in a major city.

Finally, even if you do somehow manage to offend someone, get reported, and a GM decides its a violation unless you are being EXTRA then you are probably just getting a warning for a first offense. As some have already said, just be reasonable/sane in your interactions and you are likely to never encounter a problem.