Warning for "Grief" Tactics?!

[dapperfaffer]

If this was the instance that got me a warning (just a warning by the way, I didn't receive anything aside from that, so whatever I am accused of doing the GM didn't think was worthy of a ban).

I am under no obligation to give any player a reason for leaving a dungeon. I received my penalty for leaving, that is the punishment I knowingly took.

I'm the one who has been saying for years to not chat with anybody, because I am paranoid about being banned. I am the one who doesn't use a single curse word, because I am paranoid. I can pull up probably dozens and dozens of posts about me having concerns over the horror stories of people being banned. My obsessive paranoia of being banned is all the proof I need that I would NEVER intentionally "grief" anybody. There is a reason I am having an anxiety attack over this, and it is because I DID NOT DO IT.
I presume I am allowed to show a GM in a chat log? If not please tell me before I get banned.

Good ol' SE. What you did should be in the email they sent you regarding the action they have taken against your account.

Either way it sounds and reads like you triggered someones snowflake syndrome, or you managed to aggrieve one of the many hyper toxic discord communities for FFXIV.

[Rowde]

Exactly, from the other players perspective you just bailed on them.

While recently leveling my DPS jobs I often had to wait 20+ minutes when I was direct queueing for the one dungeon relevant to their current level.
So if you were tanking, you potentially had two ppl (the healer probably didn't have to wait as long for queue) waiting just as long for the initial queue into their dungeon run, then having to wait again for a replacement after you left without any explanation. It's usually not instant when waiting for Tank or Healer replacements.

You clearly have a colorful enough vocabulary, writing any reason in chat, even if it's a lie, would have defused the situation.
"I'm not feeling well"
"My PC is acting up"
"My internet is acting up"
w/e

And if you're accidentally turning off tank stance, then probably need to reconsider your button placements...

[Kolaina]

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Weren’t you one of the “it’s not hard to be civil” people? The “I’ve played for so long and never had an issue” people?

If I’m wrong I apologize. If I’m correct, the irony

[Knot_D]

Will be interesting if that was the case. Pretty much confirm that anyone leaving Castrum as soon as they enter can get suspended if enough people decided to report. Fun times, fun times indeed.

I thought simple leave and have 30m penalty is already enough? Reporting those already too much IMO...

[Shibi]

Sorry to be tough on you, it's clearly hurt you and I mean no ill intent at all.

From reading you on the forums for many years you say a lot of good truths, and you have a lot of good points. However, you do seem to have a pattern of rudeness to anyone with sub-optimal performance. Patience doesn't seem to be a strong point with you.

UNBELIEVABLE. I literally cannot believe this. I cannot think of a single instance of me doing this. I have yet to speak to a GM, or contact support, but I cannot have this nasty mark on my account for something I never did. Ridiculous. I log in to cap tomes and this is what I am greeted with.

It would be worthwhile you reading back through some of your dungeon horror posts. You will see a number of posts you made that show a pattern that can lead to a greifing report.

Again, sorry to say it. You are a nice enough person, and you do seem to have an incredible number of bad parties, and the warning is sure to sting, I know mine did.

Please don't take any of that the wrong way.

[Lunalepsy]

I feel they should reset all strikes and revamp the report system. I feel they should add a silence ban (with timers, of course) instead of an account strike for things that happen in public chats.

[KageTokage]

I do think there needs to at least be a decay on strikes over time because being able to potentially be permabanned due to multiple minor offenses over the span of your account's life is kind of stupid when you can get punished for silly reasons like the mentioned "griefing".

[Seera1024]

I do think there needs to at least be a decay on strikes over time because being able to potentially be permabanned due to multiple minor offenses over the span of your account's life is kind of stupid when you can get punished for silly reasons like the mentioned "griefing".

There is a decay on strikes now. I think it's something like 6 years, if I recall what I read correctly.

Edit: Looked it up.

3-6 year minimum before strikes start decaying. I'd imagine the worse offenses are on the longer side.

[Driavna]

I do think there needs to at least be a decay on strikes over time because being able to potentially be permabanned due to multiple minor offenses over the span of your account's life is kind of stupid when you can get punished for silly reasons like the mentioned "griefing".

I personally think that a perman ban is only justifiable if a player go above and beyond. For other stuff, removing the ability to use certain features, like global chats or duty finder during X amounts of times should be enough.

At the same time, FFXIV is an extremely wierd game. If you block someone chances are said player can still end in your party via DF.

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It's good advice I will say.

[Nethereal]

I don't think there's a statue of limitation for reports and consequently neither for bans/suspensions.
The only time I got a forum suspension(3 days) was because I started conversing with someone and they reported me for something I said to them a month or few ago.
Not to mention they take ages to investigate this could be a report from months ago finally coming to get you.