How PL'ing killed FFXIV.

[AmyRae]

Which means there needs to be a way for the jerks to be jerks. The more stops you put in, the worse the game gets.

The worse the game gets... for jerks. It's not a demographic I think we should accommodate. Even sports have rules against "unsportsmanlike" conduct. Any healthy competition does.

[Mishakai]

The worse the game gets... for jerks. It's not a demographic I think we should accommodate. Even sports have rules against "unsportsmanlike" conduct. Any healthy competition does.

And I'm sure that during your entire MMO experiences you've never been a jerk? Not once did you spam an ability to snag a mob before someone else who may have been there waiting for the mob longer than you?

And ironically, that is what people here are saying SE needs to go out of their way to stop.

[AmyRae]

And I'm sure that during your entire MMO experiences you've never been a jerk? Not once did you spam an ability to snag a mob before someone else who may have been there waiting for the mob longer than you?

And ironically, that is what people here are saying SE needs to go out of their way to stop.

Claiming systems like this was what caused 99% of the drama among HNM linkshells who had to resort to measures like hacks and MPK to thwart their competition. To me, that's everything that's wrong with how FFXI handled a competitive environment which only brought out the worst in people.

[Alhanelem]

The worse the game gets... for jerks. It's not a demographic I think we should accommodate. Even sports have rules against "unsportsmanlike" conduct. Any healthy competition does.

It's something where trying to stop or defeat it is futile. You might be able to reduce the impact, but jerks will be jerks and there's nothing you can do about it. In fact, accommodating jerks may even take some of the fun out of being a jerk.