Kick Abuse and Reporting

[Paladinleeds]

Finally found it. Now I don't know much about your precise circumstances, but the sentiment still holds.

Ah, I remember that. There's a reason it became my signature. Silent kicks (without saying a word) are treated as "Playstyle Difference" kicks. Unless they're openly hostile to you in chat, it'll be treated as "Playstyle Differences" - so find out what it is you're doing wrong to warrant so many kicks and fix it is all I can say. Because of the "Playstyle Differences" shield GMs use, you can bet your bottom dollar they won't do anything.

[MOZZYSTAR]

There's a policy I read in the game that says they don't tell the victim if any actions were taken. Why not?!

For the other player's privacy, that's why.

[Vnolan]

what actually happens to the people after they're reported?

If you provided sufficient info in your report that kick abuse possibly occurred, the GMs will investigate.

There's a policy I read in the game that says they don't tell the victim if any actions were taken. Why not?!

For player privacy, though in my opinion, it's also because people would see how easy it is to get away with various ToS violations.

I would like to know what's done

If the GMs determine that kick abuse did occur, they will issue an appropriate penalty. You can view more info on it here:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post4651143

am I wasting my time reporting?

First you need to consider whether you were unjustly kicked. While the kick options are afk, offline, harassment and cheating, there is also 'differences in playstyle' (any of the four would be selected in that case). That last one has a broad definition and would cover stuff like kicking players not performing the basics of their job (healers not keeping the party alive, tanks not holding threat, dps not using any semblance of a rotation or just pressing random buttons), but it could also include kicks for pulling too much or too little. It wouldn't cover kicks for stuff like glamour, race, job or right before rolling on loot.

If you felt the kick was unjustified and believe it's something those players regularly do, you should report it. It's probably not worth the effort otherwise.

[Lucke]

I did see a few times waaaaay back in like 2.0 where people would kick others right before boss to let their buddy in for a 2 min clear. I was the tank so they didn't dare touch me lol. I voted no, it went through anyway since according to SE, 50% is majority, and then I bailed out. Was I an asshole, probably but I won't stand for that behavior. The person that got kicked as I remember, played pretty intelligently. I haven't seen that happen in all 3.0 or 4.0 though. Maybe I was just lucky. I did report the others though. Let SE deal with it.