Let's talk about a ToS Grey Area

[Fynlar]

Well, as they say “birds of a feather...”

I'm pretty much thinking of a Spy vs. Spy scenario, where you have two clearly devious characters each in a neverending battle to outwit the other.

[Liam_Harper]

The biggest issue is the thief is actually correct. The ToS encourages this and will defend them if they do so. It also practically prohibits giving new members access to helpful items the FC chest, technically you can do it but absolutely shouldn't and can be punished for it. In fact you can be punished for giving any member access to the company chest (an officer can clear you out and leave after an argument) or even joining a FC (the leader can lock access to FC rooms and hint that a 2m donation will give permission rank). The ToS allows all of this.

Being rigid to this degree on ToS creates an exploitable game environment. The GM's should be free to act with rational common sense in situations like this.

Another thing that would help too is if you could set a max number of chest withdrawls per day for each rank. For example, you can set that new members can withdraw 5 stacks a day. This cuts losses drastically in the case of theft.

[LineageRazor]

Being rigid to this degree on ToS creates an exploitable game environment. The GM's should be free to act with rational common sense in situations like this.

I doubt it IS this rigid.

Report this person. One FC complaining of theft might be brushed under the rug, but if she's a serial thief and enough FCs complain, those black marks will pile up over time. Even if every individual action is technically legal, the composite of them all paints a picture of an individual who is disruptive and harms the enjoyment of people playing this game - and THAT is something GMs can act upon.

GMs are allowed to ban a player for any reason or no reason at all. They don't, generally, as that's obviously bad business practice, but if they find someone who's obviously a bad egg, and they can justify it to their superiors, there's nothing stopping them. From the ToS:

SQUARE ENIX MAY SUSPEND, TERMINATE, MODIFY, OR DELETE FFXIV SERVICE ACCOUNTS, CHARACTERS, VIRTUAL GOODS, OR THE SERVICE ALTOGETHER, AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY TO YOU.

[ElazulHP]

*EVE Online PTSD intensifies*

Report and add another rank so new players can't immediately access the chest. That will deter all but the most patient thieves.

[SturmChurro]

I haven't dealt much with the guild system in this game, but why would you make everything available, or at least that much, to a new member?

[Ranetsu-Akagane]

I'm pretty much thinking of a Spy vs. Spy scenario, where you have two clearly devious characters each in a neverending battle to outwit the other.

This made my day, thank you.

[Ranetsu-Akagane]

I keep forgetting you can’t edit a post on mobile lol. I would still report the person while its true you won’t get your items back, maybe a GM will still look into it.