The problem with The Feast chat, let's solve the problem from the roots.

[Enlial]

The root of the issue are three simple things:
1) People don't care about their teammates and their feelings, since they're just randoms
2) People care too much about their precious ego and rating/themselves and get stressed
3) Many aggravated people do not have the ability to deal with their anger responsibly

It's that simple. You can't change point 1, you can't change point 3.

Those are all valid points, but I dont see how #2 can really be changed either. Being a pvp'er, in a competitive sense, means taking on the mindset that you haven't really "won" as long as there's someone out there that's better than you. Being obsessed with our own egos is just sort of the nature of the beast xP I mean, seriously, show me a single competitive game that doesn't ooze with toxicity, by our communities standards.

Going on a personal rant, I've had so much crap thrown at me, but I take it in stride, try to sort out whats valid and what isn't and improve. And, even though I have improved quite a bit, so far I've had exactly one person give me a direct compliment. And I still get s*** talk thrown at me. And that's fine. It's still feedback. Even being told that I "suck" can be a performance indicator based on how frequently I hear it. I'm aware that I'm hardly amazing and still got a ways to go.

That mindset isn't really compatible with the greater community, though. PvP isn't the feelgood land of butterflies and rainbows where everyone's a winner and content has virtually zero chance of failure (really, even with the most difficult raids, success is still guaranteed. Even the worst players will eventualy clear through out-gearing and echo nerfs). On that note, I think its interesting that PvP is in and of itself a contradiction of the terms of service. You win a match by making other people lose, thus "disrupting their enjoyment of the game" or whatever the phrasing is. This is especially true if it gets diluted to the point of being a loot grab.

Honestly, the chat mute might be, to a degree, SE admitting ranked pvp was a mistake. My hope is that its intended to be a temporary thing timed with the garo event aimed at enticing enough players to give us a sustainable community once the bulk of players have gotten their swag and move onto the next mindless grind. My fear is that its being salvaged into another said mindless grind, to be brought back from time to time, for the pve drones to consume.

Lol, I say (well... type out) "pve drones" so disdainfully but that sort of content is the bulk of what the game is about, and I certainly moonlight as one from time to time (had 6 relics by the end of ARR, kirin when pony drops were still like 1:20 etc xP). Nothing wrong with enjoying that sort of thing. Personally Ive been burnt out on the pve side of things for awhile, though. Haven't even had expert roulette unlocked for the last few sets of dungeons lol. PvP is the only part of the game I still truly enjoy and the chat mute in feast is really killing it. I've been told Im crazy and should go play a game thats actually designed to cater to pvp but /shrug I like XIV's pvp. Maybe because Im crazy? I know Im not the only one but we're admittedly a small minority.