Quote Originally Posted by Driavna View Post
I think current TOS do not help with this situation at all, the rest is due how convenient MMO's are this day. You really "don't need" other players, sure, you are better of having "friends" to play with for an optimal experience but that required effort. I mean, is not even for MMO's. I play another game that you only need 1 more player, and that forums is full of "Unplayable game, I always get paired with a bad player".
Not saying you're wrong at all as I don't have any info/experience to say otherwise, but my personal take is it's likely the whole ToS situation has probably been overblown. To me it seems far more likely that a few people who were toxic jerks but swear they weren't got justifiable bans for "just trying to help" and then started complaining about the ToS which led to a chilling effect. Maybe the moderation team is completely inept but I find it hard to believe that someone would get sanctioned for legitimately being helpful even if the recipient of the advice took it the wrong way.

Once again, though, no personal experience with this. I just know that when I have tried to actually communicate in game and be helpful (or to ask for help myself) I've never had any issues.