RP shout ads are obstructive to chat and gameplay

[strawberrycake]

In the case of the OP's daughter, we're unfortunately in a grey area: that of the street and any other public space. In fact, in MMORPGs it's even blurrier, because most people don't notice your age. You're just one character among many, averaging between 15 and 30 years of age, with a majority of adults (it seems to me, given the age-related stats of MMORPG players). In this case, there's no magic solution. Either you stand behind your child and check everything that happens... or you accept that an incident (accident?) may occur. If I may make a suggestion, avoiding towns like Limsa may already be a good way forward.

You can reduce this type of behavior, but in general it can't happen with outright bans that never work. Which can't work for purely technical reasons either, because it's literally impossible to put in a moderator who would check the true age of each player (most minors lie), or ban any approach that's a little too direct from an ERP enthusiast. In FF's case, you'd have to do the following in order:

- Change the appearance of the characters. As I said above, I'm convinced that there's a link between the sexy miqote and the number of... strange ERPs to be found in the game.
- Reduce the possibilities for glamour, because clearly bikinis and the like greatly alter the openness at this level.
- Change the housing, because a system that allows massive meetings can only lead to this type of initiative.
- Potentially place a limit on IG communications systems.

And then, yes, maybe: you'll end up limiting this type of behavior because you're blocking all the possibilities that make this type of ERP attractive. You're making the soil infertile. The problem is that all these solutions block a lot of things for those who are adults, and I'm not talking about people who enjoy ERP, but those who keep the game alive in a more interesting way (drama clubs, for example).

It's sad that adults can't just behave in any enviornment other then IRL with the idea that the law is gonna come down on them hard for being weird around kids. Frankly XIV needs to be better about instilling that fear. Because all of that is literally NOT the point. THe point is that these adults are obviously being creepy, it's not the whole of people who like EPR, or sexual people, is that people aren't staying in the boundaries set.

So because these boundaries that were set aren't being respected, there needs to be some form of consequence.