The emote spam issue

[Zumi]

You can filter out emote text in your chat log if you do not want to see emotes.

[Lokean]

.....I can't believe this is an actual thing. Alright, first off, seriously, just turn the chat off or make a tab. I did it myself and I enjoy not having to see that shit. For those that then say I can't seem my friend's emotes, you can see their motions. You can see them performing the emote, so....what is the problem? Also, just turn back to the tab that shows emote when you are around your friends. I honestly think Emotes are dumb. I don't see a point to them and have only ever use the persistent dances every now and again. Every problem that has been brought up in this thread, can be fixed with not even a second of your life. And hearing people say that, "Oh, but I shouldn't have to!", well, I shouldn't have to hear you complain! And I know exactly what people are going to say, "Don't come to the forums!". Well, don't go to crowded areas! That'll fix your problems too!

Since it's against the ToS(...why?) just go ahead, quietly report them. Maybe let them know it's against ToS and they could face punishment. They will laugh, you will report, then when it comes, they'll find it the hard way. Though....once again. Why? It's like, nothing makes anyone happy anymore!

[Zojha]

Though....once again. Why?

Because spam is spam >_>

Whether you do it with stock emotes, abilities, by copy/pasting cooking recipes into the chat, shouting your market board listings into the world or making up fake gil seller websites and advertising those - It doesn't matter. Spam is spam. And you're not allowed to spam, because spamming is disruptive.
I don't get why this behavior is a thing in the first place, but considering that there are people IRL who seem to think smoking in a tightly packed bus is good manners, I'm really not surprised it is.

[SinYoshi]

i can handle the chat spam even though its still spam...
i still have a problem with somebody spamming emotes on me, especially the paint emote. its really bad when you're just talking to somebody and they're there spamming it. some people really think its funny and will jsut follow you around a plaza doing it.

[SenorPatty]

They should have a toggle for emote animation just like they have right now for the text.

[Nightingaile]

I really do understand where you're coming from, and there will probably be a day when I think it should be more controlled (some people really go ham on emotes sometimes)

But speaking from an un-annoyed mind, I almost think the game needs them. Moved to the game from Guild Wars 2 in 2019 with SHB pre-release and the first thing I noticed was how *dead* the chat in cities felt.

The "over the head" chat bubbles that I was so used to in Gw2 were gone, and /say was so limited. People rarely said anything in /yell or /shout. For a while I wondered if my chat bar was configured wrong or something.

Like I'd see 50+ people in Limsa and maybe a single conversation or none.

Lion's Arch back in GW2 felt so alive (for me at least). Felt like the chat bubbles really helped people engage with each other.

In FF14, emotes are all you GET sometimes. Might be annoying when theyre spammed, but I think it might be worse if theyre restricted.

[Shialan]

What is going on in the last couple of days? So many troll threads.

[Sotaris]

04-15-2017 01:35 PM

Holy necro-molly.

What is going on in the last couple of days? So many troll threads.

Thread might not be troll/bait but necro a 4 year old thread... Yeah i dunno about that one chief.

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[LianaThorne]

Aside from the fact that this is a dead thread, please don't be a douchebag and report people for emoting. Like...there are literally way better things you could be doing with your life. Some people just get excited and pump out multiple emotes in a row. They don't deserve a strike or a trip to gaol for that.

[Munike]

Yeah, it's violating the ToS to spam emotes. You can get reported and have a notice at your account forever. I wish you could make them disappear from your chat after more than 3-5 repetitions. could be a better design. I do have a report for spamming embrace on a friend, from 5 years ago. It will forever be there and it will never be cleansed lol. I saw a lot of people spamming emotes but I do not report, I just tell them to be careful or someone can report them. I don't want the same for others :P