Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[MaloraYuki]

Well, those aren't post here in this forums, or in the game so i don't think GMs gonna punish that for harassment. I mean its like someone call me names in reddit and want the GMs to ban them.

Now they can do something for the Mods, but, well you need proof or some way for them to know.

Ya when it comes to harassment if it is outside the game they won’t do anything. Had a friend get IRL stalked by someone in the game had discord messages, line messages, even in game messages and they told her get over it. If they actually did something about “they posted a screenshot of me I don’t like” I’d be a bit upset.

[Fhaerron]

Ya when it comes to harassment if it is outside the game they won’t do anything. Had a friend get IRL stalked by someone in the game had discord messages, line messages, even in game messages and they told her get over it. If they actually did something about “they posted a screenshot of me I don’t like” I’d be a bit upset.

Put on blacklist in game
Put on blacklist in Discord
Put on blacklist in Line

Done?

I have been stalked, and I've even been blackmailed (and that was in real life and had nothing to do with internet or games).
The real life incident was the most annoying one, but what did I do? I swallowed my pride for that day and went to the police. Result > they dealed with it for me.
Online stalking? boy that was easy just put them on blacklist, they make a secret character? I put them on blacklist again. Contact GM. It stopped soon enough.

[MaloraYuki]

Put on blacklist in game
Put on blacklist in Discord
Put on blacklist in Line

Done?

I have been stalked, and I've even been blackmailed (and that was in real life and had nothing to do with internet or games).
The real life incident was the most annoying one, but what did I do? I swallowed my pride for that day and went to the police. Result > they dealed with it for me.
Online stalking? boy that was easy just put them on blacklist, they make a secret character? I put them on blacklist again. Contact GM. It stopped soon enough.

Hers wasn’t just online it went into her IRL. But yes she did all those things and even when it got bad bad the GMs told her to get over it. You’re right it eventually stopped but my point is if they won’t do anything about real harassment and stalking the “they posted a screenshot I don’t like” would be bull.

[Fhaerron]

Hers wasn’t just online it went into her IRL. But yes she did all those things and even when it got bad bad the GMs told her to get over it. You’re right it eventually stopped but my point is if they won’t do anything about real harassment and stalking the “they posted a screenshot I don’t like” would be bull.

Police?
I would block them on all messaging app and stuff like Facebook for example. I would contact my phone service provider and ask them to block certain number for harassment (of course they can still call privately but anyway) and also to the police.

I had to do that for the blackmailing thing, it's not 100% the same as stalking but you can stop both and should go to the police especially if it's going extreme.

[kikix12]

You’re right it eventually stopped but my point is if they won’t do anything about real harassment and stalking the “they posted a screenshot I don’t like” would be bull.

It's not that they won't do anything about real harassment. It's that they cannot do anything about it.

Harassment that actually affects ones life is illegal in many countries. Under the guise of stalking, illegal threats or a select other laws. Someone harassed in real life over extended periods and with considerable severity (as in, not a random "You suck, idiot" here or there) should go to the police. They are the only ones that CAN do something about it.

[MaloraYuki]

It's not that they won't do anything about real harassment. It's that they cannot do anything about it.

Harassment that actually affects ones life is illegal in many countries. Under the guise of stalking, illegal threats or a select other laws. Someone harassed in real life over extended periods and with considerable severity (as in, not a random "You suck, idiot" here or there) should go to the police. They are the only ones that CAN do something about it.

Yes and she did, but regardless it took a long time for anything to happen and in the meantime she did contact GMs too because it was just as bad in game. GMs don’t do anything even about in game harassment with proof and not talking about “you suck” talking about real sexual harassment and not “I see you’re toon naked”.

No one has given bad advice about how to handle harassment, just saying in this specific case of the OP I don’t see the GMs doing anything about it.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

In my opinion, modding is fine. Actually, I like the idea of people tweaking some game textures to take more "control" over the personnalisation of their character.

Where I'm not fine, it's when it come to harassment. We all have different sensibility towards it, some will just shrug it off while other will take offense. I think it really depend on how deeply you immerse yourself in the game. And on that point, I can understand why OP is worried about it.

To me, modding is a chance as a PC player, and it's great that SE tolerate it. But if people start to complain, they will take action one way or an other and it will come as a real disappointment for a lot of people.

Be responsible and only take NSFW pictures of your own character and other who are fine with it, if you want to post it on a social media. We have nothing to gain, as a community, by defending this kind of behavior.

You know...

There are some items I'd just love if they were just a little tweaked...

A different color here....
Remove some excessive ornamentation there...
Better textures all over there...


Modding could really freshen up the game.

[Asiragan]

You know...

There are some items I'd just love if they were just a little tweaked...

A different color here....
Remove some excessive ornamentation there...
Better textures all over there...


Modding could really freshen up the game.

I agree. Modders can do in a matters of hours/days what it would take months for the devs to release in a patch (well, mostly because modders work on the client side, but you get the point). Modding will probably nether become official in any way, but it's great the way it is. I just hope SE won't take action against it if there too many complaint.

[LastFireAce]

Hers wasn’t just online it went into her IRL. But yes she did all those things and even when it got bad bad the GMs told her to get over it. You’re right it eventually stopped but my point is if they won’t do anything about real harassment and stalking the “they posted a screenshot I don’t like” would be bull.

If it when to RL stalking then the Police should have been call no SE lol

[MaloraYuki]

If it when to RL stalking then the Police should have been call no SE lol

As I said both were involved because it was IRL and in game. Point being there was proof of the harassment going on in game too and SE did nothing.