I will keep it brief, as brighter minds in better words can be found explaining the problem on Youtube, like HeelvsBabyface.

The main reason I am writing this is to have my voice be ''heard'', even if I end up to be but a single tally on the list of people concerned about the new method of handling ''Harassment'', to me it will be worth it.

In short, I feel the new policy is dangerous and destructive to the (mostly) amazing ff14 community. I have met many different people over the course of my years playing this game. In fact, in the droughts of content that inevitably occurred between the releases of patches, it was the community that kept me here, and on a practical level, that kept me paying my sub and retainers - and that is not to speak of the mogstation items.

But the truth is that not all of the people I have met have been fantastic, and when one such thing occurred, and truly after many attempts to come to an understanding with one another, if it could not be reached, the blacklist served to almost extinguish this person from my gameplay experience. And that was all I needed, and all that ever should be needed. The new system behind the policy - if executed perfectly, which no system is - would reach the same goal as the current one. The only difference is that one person is bereft of all they worked on, all they cared for. In addition to the dangerous and -in my own opinion vile- joy that the person that requested the ban might get from seeing someone's work be ripped from them.

This is why i feel the new system is innately set up to be abused. That no matter how much the GM's -of which I have yet to meet any that treated me with anything but respect- do their best to judge accordingly, I have met manipulative people in this game that would no doubt be able to get many a player banned.

The right to censor of what enters one's ears (or chat box) has always been in place, the community should not fear to speak, or risk engaging in ''risky'' dialogue to grow as people, to connect to others, and to learn of others because one might find themselves banned over nothing but a misunderstanding. ''Intentional or not.''

The new ToS contains the ground works of a system that rules by fear, and not common sense. There is no respect when it comes to fear, no ability for growth or betterment of oneself. It could be the death of learning, and would only serve the ones that mean to abuse it.

Finally, the fact that I have to add the following is telling that I already feel like I have to cover my bases: I have many friends from all walks of life. Be they open about their real lives or closed. They count among the entire list of groups protected, and not one of them is happy about this ''protection'' from ''harassment'' being forced on them.

In short, I sincerely would like to request you [square enix] to reconsider the new ToS related to ''harassment''.
Yours Truly,
Tybalt