Quote Originally Posted by Esja View Post
I have witnessed this person
Response -> Like I said, I can guarantee you didn't see 70 characters at a time moving 1 by 1. You're going off of witnessing a few events in the last month, I'm going off years of experience with the group on a personal level during their prime years back when they used to go to NSFW Lalafell venues and were notorious in the scene. At their most "malicious" point, they never had those numbers individually. I had someone reach out on the 11th to ask why they were on Leviathan and noticed more than I remember and went back and confirmed who was there that night and for what reason because normally people were split up on various worlds. Nothing has changed over the years. Ethics wise, I don't care.

One person I have chatted with last night mentioned that they felt like crying as the newest batch logged in
Response -> Physically crying irl over AFK characters in a game => Repeating what I said previously, how would that line up if you had to tell that to a therapist or doctor with a straight face. What does that conversation look like.


I'd argue that their behavior would quality under 3.2 - Disruption at the very least since people who don't want to see them are denied use of their blacklist, but as mentioned in the Prohibited activities FAQ directly linked in the ToS, the list of prohibited activities is a guideline, not an exhaustive list.

"Use of their blacklist" => Correction, /their/ use of the blacklist. Square Enix defines the purpose of the blacklist here: https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...la=1&kid=56857 "The blacklist prevents messages from characters registered to the list from displaying in the chat log window." They mention nothing of using the blacklist just to not see characters as a general use. That was a community created functionality, not intended design. Not even a functionality consistent in other MMO's. Your personal created use of the blacklist is being disrupted, but not Square Enix's intended use.

We're arguing that something should be done
Response -> People have been saying this for over half a decade now and have gotten crickets, so, if you want to keep trying despite the idea that from every metric of what Square Enix cares about and has as a goal in general, it hurts them more than it helps, go ahead. I just don't realistically see a boss telling a GM to play whack a mole with an AFK character for hours every day, and they're being paid with our membership money during that time period. if you were to take a survey of the playerbase, vast majority aren't going to recommend their money being spent on whack a mole instead of significant problems in the community or game content.
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