Regarding the Revision of the Prohibited Activities and Account Penalty Policy

[Stereomix]

To whom it may concern,

I love this game and hope to keep playing and having fun with random people from everywhere.

I can only say that I feel blindsided by the resent announcement and only hope that any action that I may/may not have take did not contribute to the new rules. Playing off and on since beta of 2.0, I only really have overall good things to say about the social interactions of people in Final Fantasy XIV. There may be a bad apple here and there but the overall experience is the best by far when compared to other mmo's. That I can only really attribute to the previous code of conduct and a great community that it has already built.

The wording of the announcement to what the code of conduct actually states seams to be in conflict. While I don't doubt that a great deal of time has been spent on how to describe what constitutes as a violation of the . The vague nature of some terms used leaves too much room for personal interpretation, as such these rules are not clearly defined nor are they concise enough to distinguish between someone who is following the law and someone who is in violation of it.

As I write this I find myself questioning where these changes are coming from...are they from the publisher, the gms, a parent/partner company or Yoshida-san himself? I find this question counter productive, none the less, I find myself plagued with doubt the more I see consisted language follow across codes of conducts that have proven to be divisive to their respective communities.

The common concern of this thread seems to be that this new system could/will be used maliciously against them. The only thing I can say to this is "If something can go wrong, it will." While the common counter argument is that if you are an upstanding member of the community you shouldn't worry about something that won't affect you. Both of these points seem to be made across multiple games and/or platforms with no visible change to the course of action from the developer/company.

I love final fantasy xiv and only hope the best in its development and continued growth (beat wow's sub count in the new expansion/now!). I merely hope that Final Fantasy XIV does not follow a similar path. "If it isn't broken don't fix it."
-Thanks for your time