Account Penalties Decrease after Each year (add as a rule)

[Newmanxeno]

I do think the penalty is harsh...then again, continuing the same behavior that got you strikes in the first place.

How do you know you have had a warning?

I think it starts with a day or two or three ban, then a little longer maybe a week? And finally they take your head.

[LalaRu]

Given how some people got away with some behaviour, I guess the GM gives you plenty of time to redeem yourself before acting against your account status. Whoever got a warning he clearly had deserved it, likely for a reason that is just the top of a pile of things he already did.

[KageTokage]

How do you know you have had a warning?

The GMs will yank you into their little time-out room and have a chat with you. They only issue temp bans on the first offense if it's something really serious, though.

I know from personal experience after I made the dumb mistake of deciding to test someone's claim that you can mess up a bot by trading with it on a bot that was being multiboxed by someone who wasn't AFK. Yes, it did mess the bot up for a time, but it also ticked off the guy who owned it and had to fix it.

[MeridaQ]

The GMs will yank you into their little time-out room and have a chat with you. They only issue temp bans on the first offense if it's something really serious, though.

I know from personal experience after I made the dumb mistake of deciding to test someone's claim that you can mess up a bot by trading with it on a bot that was being multiboxed by someone who wasn't AFK. Yes, it did mess the bot up for a time, but it also ticked off the guy who owned it and had to fix it.

Thanks for letting me know! Now I won't worry xD.

[Ametrine]

Wow.

I swear all the time in the game, even the f-bomb. I have never been called out or even told to turn it down, so I guess I'm simply fortunate in the fact that I've yet to meet someone who takes offense to it, or just offense to me, to use it against me. I've never spoken to a GM without contacting them first, either, so I must be doing good, otherwise.

So, it seems we should speak with the "work filter" on. Welp.

[Bongaboi]

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../blog/3684469/
(full colour version)

Ffxiv should add a rule were if the player doesn't break any rules at all
for a year their penalty status should start decreasing with each passing year
and start going back to a clean account.

I have respect for the red knights, the GMs, of this game. Being tactful and respectful to other adventurers who subscribe to this game and work hard to maintain it is not much to ask. it's pretty simple.
Not supportive of this idea.

[Ramza_Wyvernjack]

-Snip-

But why. They did something they shouldn't. Punishment is warranted.

[Taika]

This is only to be implemented for player i.e have used profanity/racism/harassment/
lot of players feel reluctant to continue or buying future expansions
or even level their character as some of them are in a red state when their account is terminated they would lose everything

If a player is unable to prevent themself from spewing profanities and acting in a racist and harassing manner often enough to get repeatedly reported by other players and causing repeated GM actions, I would guess most other players would wish that player would "walk on eggshells" and maybe even decide not to buy any future expansions...

[Aylis]

I would guess most other players would wish that player would "walk on eggshells" and maybe even decide not to buy any future expansions...

Some players do need a promise of a very real lose of something they enjoy hanging over their heads always to wake up and say "maybe I shouldn't do this anymore" and to keep being civil to others and respect the games rules.

[Cakekizyy]

SE's policy just comes across as extremely alien to me, because every other mainsteam MMO I played protected people who casually used language some might find offensive strictly because a filter existed.

I think a lot of people don't even realize that rule exists with how many people I've seen casually tossing around censored swears in groups or even NN at times. Or maybe they do, but just function under the assumption most people aren't petty enough to report them for it.

I have opposite experience. Companies ban profanity and filter is to protect those that don't want to see it. But, you will still get in trouble if caught.