Quote Originally Posted by CatStarwind View Post
It neither includes placing exterior housing items in a malicious way but that's still actionable as well. I am honestly at a loss here as to your infatuation with the TOS both being irrelevant and crucial to the discussion. It's not that complicated, the TOS just shows that abusing exploits such as loopholes is not allowed. If you really were genuine in the discussion you would be arguing on whether or not the loophole constitutes as an exploit, as others have in the past.
You have repeatedly noted "Malicious Glitching" within the housing system.

For this particular thread, you have reference placement of exterior furniture (related to this incident). What you are failing to understand is the nature of the violation in this incident. Glitching furniture can be achieved in-game without the assistance of third party tools to a certain degree. However, this particular incident falls under the Terms of Service Section 3 criteria of:



These objects have been placed in a manner meant to disrupt another player's experience. However, a GM must be able to prove that intent before taking harsher action.

There is a major difference between Section 2 and Section 3 of the Terms of Service.

Section 2 items are notably the felonies of FFXIV.
Very specific criteria that has no room for negotiation. It will be enforced without question when Square Enix can make a clear identification of the infraction and the consequence is usually termination.

Section 3 essentially cover most misdemeanors.
Lower level violations or grey areas within the rules that require further investigation or judgement with a very broad range of enforcement ranging from Account Termination to no action at all.

Let me illustrate it in an easier real world example to help someone challenged like you through it:

Example 1: You approach a stop sign. You stop, but not 100%. You roll through it at 1 mile an hour and continue on with no accident. This is a low level traffic violation which can receive a violation or a straight up fine depending on observation and results.

Example 2: You are driving under the influence and collide with a vehicle which results in the fatal death of the person you hit. This is vehicular manslaughter or a variation of it depending on state and has a very severe consequences.

You are attempting to upgrade Example 1 into the severity of Example 2 and you refuse to settle for anything less.

It is very clear who has a delusional infatuation with the rules around here.