Quote Originally Posted by Vahlnir View Post
This has been a thing since...idk, forever. It is meant to antagonize the competition, often making them red with rage as they pursue you. And it works more often than not, at least as far as fps games are concerned. I don't recall seeing it much in FF XIV. But yeah, it's basically a universal "come at me, bro!" People also don't need an emote to do it.
True. They could dance when they kill you, laugh, wave, clap...wait.