Should I have reported this?

[Ath192]

2 days ago I queued for The Dusk Vigil (with my alt character, as a DPS). After completing the duty, just after I posted a "thank you" in the party chat and did a player commendation, half a second before I clicked "Exit", one of them obviously felt the need of typing this in the party chat: "UR CHARACTER IS HIDEOUS" (yes, in caps). I don't know if he meant me (my alt is a female Roegadyn) or if he meant someone else in the party. It doesn't even matter if I was the target of this. No one should be the target of insults, be it about race or outfit of their character.

I'm not trying to be "snow-flaky", but is this what FFXIV has become? I didn't see this kind of rudeness before in this game. Where did this behaviour come from?

After I had clicked Exit and realized how rude that player's text in the party chat was, I wasn't sure if I should report him. Should I have? Should I report next time such a thing happens?

That depends. Is your time worth less than filing a banal report over a perceived offense that may get nowhere? If yes, then file the report and be extremely specific why you felt targeted. If you have better things to do then no and move on with your life.

This is extremely snow-flaky, because you are not even sure who this was said to, so if it wasn't targeted at you then you are just looking to be offended on behalf of other people. So you may not be trying to be a snowflake but this is snowflake behavior. I agree it was a comment in poor taste however, but no, I wouldn't waste 2 seconds of my time reporting this person, let alone write a forum post about whether you should.