Too strict in-game communication rules

[DixieBellOCE]

Idk the fragile mentality of most players is the reason people will never get better at the game.

We had a sprout join in EX6, asked him if he knew what he was doing.. Silence.
30 minutes of wiping to the same guy messing up, we asked him again, Do you know what you are doing?.. Silence.

Eventually somebody turned around and told him to "f" off and stop trolling everyone, and then he just answers with "reported, you can't tell me how to play".

Next day the person who said "f" off was on a 3 day ban.

The entire punishment system on XIV is a disgusting joke, you can intentionally troll people and never get touched, yet you say one thing wrong in chat, instaban.

[Koros]

Idk the fragile mentality of most players is the reason people will never get better at the game.

We had a sprout join in EX6, asked him if he knew what he was doing.. Silence.
30 minutes of wiping to the same guy messing up, we asked him again, Do you know what you are doing?.. Silence.

Eventually somebody turned around and told him to "f" off and stop trolling everyone, and then he just answers with "reported, you can't tell me how to play".

Next day the person who said "f" off was on a 3 day ban.

The entire punishment system on XIV is a disgusting joke, you can intentionally troll people and never get touched, yet you say one thing wrong in chat, instaban.

idk kick them??

people need to realize that you only win if you start kicking shitters

It is only defined that strictly in examples for the sake of coverage - basically so Square Enix has the authority and due process to be as lenient or as strict as they want without having to be concerned with players being able to sue or get out of the contract because it was full of loopholes and therefore not binding. You'll see most companies do exactly the same thing.

You're likely to never get in trouble for passively mentioning to someone that they are doing a mechanic wrong, or that they are even a bad player, so long as you do it in a respectable manner. It's just that Square Enix CAN be that strict, and they want that to be understood in documentation.

sure, and there are always overzealous GMs. Moderation is not consistent in this game lmao

[Saraide]

Idk the fragile mentality of most players is the reason people will never get better at the game.

We had a sprout join in EX6, asked him if he knew what he was doing.. Silence.
30 minutes of wiping to the same guy messing up, we asked him again, Do you know what you are doing?.. Silence.

Eventually somebody turned around and told him to "f" off and stop trolling everyone, and then he just answers with "reported, you can't tell me how to play".

Next day the person who said "f" off was on a 3 day ban.

The entire punishment system on XIV is a disgusting joke, you can intentionally troll people and never get touched, yet you say one thing wrong in chat, instaban.

Y'all could not have handled that situation worse if you tried. Walk me through that logic. You see someone who isnt communicating and clearly not ready/unwilling to participate properly and you let them continue for 30 minutes? Why didnt you kick after the first wipe they caused? You say they intentionally trolled. Then why did y'all act like they didnt?

New rule: you only get to complain about chat rules if you dont take the worst course of action imagineable.

[Jeeqbit]

We had a sprout join in EX6, asked him if he knew what he was doing.. Silence.
30 minutes of wiping to the same guy messing up, we asked him again, Do you know what you are doing?.. Silence.

Well there is some context we're probably missing here though, such as whether it was a practice or a farm party. And if it was a farm party, did they forget to use [Duty Complete]?

Eventually somebody turned around and told him to "f" off and stop trolling everyone, and then he just answers with "reported, you can't tell me how to play".

It's not necessary to say that though. It's easy enough to just leave, disband or kick the individual. Saying that is a cheap shot when you can just be practical and remove either them or yourself from the party so that you are no longer in a trap.

Now, yes, joining a farm party aimed at confident players when you are not confident in mechanics is cheap as well, but two wrongs don't make a right, so the practical thing is just separating them from the party somehow so they can consider training more in a practice party.