The permanent lodestone bans

[Azazua_azura]

i was temp ban on wow forum and game for 72 hours for askinng the forum how to report being called a ho in game. I logged in made a character 5 min later i was called a ho by 5 ppl, i couldn't find report button log on forums asked the report feature while saying what happen. got called overly sensitive and temp ban for 72 hrs.

not temp ban as well for asking people a question and it was cited as harrassment even though i endited my post.

not stating where.

with lodestone honestly there is a group of ppl who just log on and troll other peoples blogs... i wouldn't be shocked if ppl just started reporting them. I stop blogging because of said ppl.

[Ninja91]

this is why I believe that SE or any MMORPG company who has a blog or forum should have better process before banning like how GM can contact you in-game to explain your situation to before being banned in general.. I also believe that if there was a option to block people who you don't want to comment or send tells to just like in-game where you can blacklist them unfortunately they don't have that option on on the lodestone so when that person starts something with the you or anyone who doesn't want them to talk you or anyone that you don't like stuff gets said in a hated moment.

[Twilite]

Wait, is this a forum? or ingame ban, because forums bans can simply happen if you say boo to the wrong person, ingame it takes a bit more.

This is a lodestone issue. And.. since they don't know where to address issues about the lodestone here, it ended up in the worst part of the forums.. General Discussion. -.-

But yeah I tried lodestone to have some fun, seems only a few want that. Lots and lots of drama goes on here.

[Archaell]

This is a lodestone issue. And.. since they don't know where to address issues about the lodestone here, it ended up in the worst part of the forums.. General Discussion. -.-

But yeah I tried lodestone to have some fun, seems only a few want that. Lots and lots of drama goes on here.

This is the best part of the forums... or at least the most active one. ^.^

I was considering the website feedback sub forum, but after some thought this seems more like a community issue.

If the bans are supposed to protect the community from the wild elements, I wanted to point out that permanent bans for less serious actions may be also harming the community.

I believe that if the users were told to stop certain actions, they would at least consider it, and few months or a year long ban serve similar purpose as the permanent one, with the adventage of giving the users chance to participate in the community again after their punishment is over.

[Whiteroom]

If the bans were less erratic, it would be fine to permaban, but consistency is one thing the mods seem to lack.

[VerityCalantha]

I still have a difficult time believing that Elana was suspended for a few days from the Lodestone.

[Gilraen]

This is the best part of the forums...

Considering our forums is why there's a 1,000 character limit I have to disagree there. Most active is pretty spot on, though... but that's not really a good thing given most of that activity is people making a dozen posts about much of nothing... repeatedly, in as many threads as they can... like this post now!

[Jim_Berry]

Hello there, I would like to ask if Squere Enix and it's administrators could revise their banning policy related to the permanent bans on the lodestone.

Permanently banning paying customers seems a little bit harsh, especially when in some cases the bans can be justified only based on the individual judgement of the employe who is responsible for the management of the community.

As such I would like to suggest a humble request to consider banning users for shorter period of time such as monthly or in more extreme cases year long bans.

It's shame to see your friends disappear for good only because they got into a heated conflict with another user or because they expressed their opinions in less than polite manner.

That's all. Thanks for reading.

I've learned that it's just very easy to ignore someone. If I was to get in a heated argument each time someone didn't like what I was doing or saying, I'd been banned back in 2013.