FFXIV Rules: Far too rigid?

[IdowhatIwant]

A ban is, essentially, muting an individual player. The programming effort necessary to mute an individual, while allowing them to play the game, might possibly be a bit more of a challenge than the poster thinks.

Harassment is harassment, whether in the heat of the moment or otherwise. Just because someone gets away with it in other games does not mean the devs of this one need to allow such behavior.

A player can always go play a First Person Shooter or other PVP-oriented game where the behavior is tolerated in order to get their daily 'fix' for that sort of thing.

It's in the game already. It's called black list.

[MiaShino]

It's in the game already. It's called black list.

There exist certain tools.. forbidden tools some might consider unnatural. They can not only mute specific players (no emote sound not just chat mute) but hide their entire character model kinda like Black Mirror. Square could easily implement such features provided their code base is workable.

This would enable them to create punishment tiers in same way a website admin might.
First offense is no chatting for you. Second offense is banned from duty finder. Etc.

[DPZ2]

It's in the game already. It's called black list.

Black listing is not used by the game to prevent players from interacting with anything, it's a means to mute a player on a personal basis. It cannot be used for as a warning for a particular player. Black lists exist for other players, not the one being 'punished'.