Quote Originally Posted by MiaBlaze-Cari View Post
"How doesn't blacklisting address the issue?": Because they can literally stalk you on other free trial accounts, know your alts and everything. Even if you blacklist them they can still mess around with the people around you and make them uncomfortable so they stop hanging out with you for example. You should be happy that you've never been severely affected by stalking because if you were then you wouldn't post this. Also why do some people feel the need to downplay this issue and borderline defend it? Using that stalker crap for yourself or what?
Also yes, people get stalked in this game. Happens a lot with dudes who mistake this for a dating sim when they find out that the person who is just being nice to them is an actual woman irl. I've been through some creepy shit already and others on this forum have been through worse. So yes, it is a big deal.
I downplay because I play on Balmung and I've seen how many drama-queens there are in this game. Like always complaining about being harassed or bullied. One girl was bragging in Shout chat about how she tricked an alleged transphobic player into ERPing with her and how it was surprisingly amazing. I asked if she's a girl irl and if the alleged bigot cared if she was or wasnt a certain gender irl. Somehow she took this as me harassing her because I asked a single question. All this to say, I've encountered a lot of drama queens in FFXIV.