Sick of the christforsaken Nightclubs

[RitsukoSonoda]

Want less nightclubs? Pester SE to add more content on a more frequent basis. Most of these Nightclubs were the result of people doing boredom projects.

[Niobee]

I mean, I'm not convinced that Jesus wouldn't go
On topic though, speaking of venues, I was seeing some being advertised in the shout tonight and was wondering, what exactly do people do there? Just chat with their buddies? Like a virtual bar or something?

I went to a club once because a friend didn't want to go alone, there were about 40 ppl in the cellar doing bees knees dance, chat was empty exept for the owners/staff advertising the dj's twitch stream (i checked it out, 8 ppl watching, i didn't like the music at all) and shouting gambling would be starting soon.

I left after 5 min, I dont do RP in ff14 maybe it's more fun if u do but to me it felt boring and was a waste of time.

[Reap00]

Every day in shout chat "COME CHECK OUT OUR CLUB WITH DJ AND GAMBLING AND TOTALLY NOT BROTHEL SERVICES." Constant ads in Party Finder, sometimes the same club being advertised three times.

I get people like these, I really do. It's not my thing, and normally I would ignore it; but every time I log in and even poke my head in one of the main city states, these ads constantly pollute shout chat and party finder. Blacklisting is only a band-aid fix because the criers who are hired rotate very quickly. Turning off Shout Chat is also a bandaid because one should not be forced to turn off an in game function that can be incredibly helpful in many situations (shout calling for a Rez is one such thing.)

Don't get me started on how some clubs are openly advertising gambling, or some openly offering ERP through 'escorts' and 'dancers'.

Again, not shaming the people who go to these, that's entirely on them: I just want them to tone back just a bit and not flagrantly skirt the TOS. And maybe not have more than one ad in Party Finder?

Blacklist and move on with your life.

[PercibelTheren]

Blacklist and move on with your life.

That's kinda the problem - blacklisting doesn't help. They're like a hydra. You blacklist one person and three more pop up shouting the same ad for the same venues. The only way to get rid of it is disabling /shout chat and there are cases when you really don't want to have it off.

[LianaThorne]

Just to point out, there's not much ToS skirting that can be done in this case since a lot is allowed or not on there at all.

ERP is fine in private spaces (i.e. a house)
There's nothing in the ToS stopping someone from listing a PF ad as 18+
Selling in game services might be a gray area at best because it's obvious they wrote that into the ToS to prevent RMT clear sells. There also is nothing specifically preventing selling ERP services though.

The only thing that could be considered a violation is the repetitive ad posts in shout chat. I say could because it doesn't seem like Square agrees with me on that with how long they've been allowed to carry on.

[Aldath]

Nightclubs, the new end game. Evolution of FF14.

I was gonna suggest just making RP dedicated worlds like other MMOs did in the past, but then I thought it would just make more evident how the playerbase interested in mechanical gameplay has diminished. I mean, we're still some distance from becoming the outright cyber brothel combined with a Californian neighborhood PSO2 has become, but I believe Dawntrail will just open the floodgates; SE knows who the whales are.

[Themarvin]

They are kind of silly and most of them really lack some purpose as well...

[Jojoya]

Want less nightclubs? Pester SE to add more content on a more frequent basis. Most of these Nightclubs were the result of people doing boredom projects.

Not really all that different from the way players would hang out in hubs in any MMORPG when they weren't actively raiding or PvPing (or hanging out in the base camps in Eureka/Bozja waiting on other players to spawn the NM and CEs).

The difference is they've got the ability to set up customized locations to use between content via player housing. Things really haven't changed all that much.

I went to a club once because a friend didn't want to go alone, there were about 40 ppl in the cellar doing bees knees dance, chat was empty exept for the owners/staff advertising the dj's twitch stream (i checked it out, 8 ppl watching, i didn't like the music at all) and shouting gambling would be starting soon.

I left after 5 min, I dont do RP in ff14 maybe it's more fun if u do but to me it felt boring and was a waste of time.

Considering the way many of the venues are run, I don't see them as RP at all. They truly are just virtual nightclubs where ordinary people hang out as their ordinary selves.

I'm sure there's some genuine RP out there but it's not visible at a casual glance and it's certainly not happening at the venues.

[CidHeiral]

I went to a club once because a friend didn't want to go alone, there were about 40 ppl in the cellar doing bees knees dance, chat was empty exept for the owners/staff advertising the dj's twitch stream (i checked it out, 8 ppl watching, i didn't like the music at all) and shouting gambling would be starting soon.

I left after 5 min, I dont do RP in ff14 maybe it's more fun if u do but to me it felt boring and was a waste of time.

The only RP happening at clubs is ERP. Most of the real roleplaying venues have moved off of PF since their listings get drowned out by the endless club ads. If you're interested in roleplaying check out the FFXIV RP Discord. There are plenty of RP venues still out there that you may enjoy.

[Larirawiel]

I am in a FF14 night club every night. xD I do not see why it is bad. If you do not like the advertisements then there is a block list.





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