Am I the only one fed up with passive aggressive players?

[sindriiisgaming]

Why is your answer to everything "wait until dawntrail" ? Why can you not be a normal human being and understand that "oh just blacklist them lol" is not this magical cure-all? Blacklisting someone in dawntrail will make it so you don't have to see them, and hey, that's great... But if the person is stalking them, they're still going to be stalking them. Stop being blind in every single thread.

other than reporting. there simply isnt anything else they CAN do. so blame the devs not him

[Kazmarek]

other than reporting. there simply isnt anything else they CAN do. so blame the devs not him

There's also the option of saying nothing. Offering an ineffective "solution" is, imo, worse than just saying nothing at all.

[Phantomkrel]

How bizarre, my experience in the game has been completely the opposite - I usually run into nothing but polite, respect and social people, even in random groups. And yes, the occasional weirdo. The worst I've ran into was an FC leader trying to convince people to make FF14 character Only Fans...

That is to say, our experiences aren't indicative of the game as a whole. Maybe there's something profoundly wrong with the server you're on or even the whole data center? I'm on an European DC, for the record. That, or you have a horribly bad luck, or maybe your behaviour is to blame, even if you mean well.

The stalker thing, if true, sounds awful and I'm sorry. The only thing I can suggest is asking your former FC leaders for a name - who knows, maybe they've kept a SS of the chat? If not, ask if it happens again in the future. I guess you could change your character's name if/when you transfer as well.. good luck in any case!

None of them ever wanna provide the name and that is what bugs me the most knowing there is someone out there that wants to make my life hell and there nothing I can do about it.

[Phantomkrel]

You don't get reported on a daily bases, aswell as a 20 day ban for nothing. Be honest with yourself here. I do recommend leaving cactuar yes if you can't start again. But I think the issue here is entirely internal

I am quite serious about that.

If enough people report even something that isn’t offensive SE doesn’t care about the context or what is said or isn’t said

[sindriiisgaming]

I am quite serious about that.

If enough people report even something that isn’t offensive SE doesn’t care about the context or what is said or isn’t said

And what proof do you have that you can get mass report - insta banned. When you were taken to gm jail they would have told you what tos you violated. They dont just make stuff up from thin air. And again. You've been banned THRICE now.

[Larirawiel]

I haven't said one raciest or disrespectful thing in-game and I recently got hit with a suspesion of 20 days only to find out later on that I have 20+ people in NN reporting me on a daily basis even on things as simple as "hello"

You will not get a 20 days ban for nothing or because someone reports you, sorry. And you can not know whether you get 20 reports per day or not. Those informations are not public.

Seriously, everything you wrote in this posting seems to be not right.



Cheers

[Merrigan]

I'm really sorry about the stalking - even assuming you didn't behave properly in the first place, it's still shabby.

... But I second the posts above: I've been on the game for a few years. Not very long compared to some, but enough to give me a fairly representative idea of the community. During that time, I've made comments; given advice; pointed out that if the person didn't make certain efforts in certain savage, then it wasn't possible to continue with them.

I literally never had any problems. And... I'm sorry, but the only players I've seen complain about this were usually also the ones who phrased things in a very, very aggressive way. Just like on WOW, in fact, where the ‘clash culture’ is accepted and trivialized as if it were okay to vote kick for a simple mistake, or to preface every piece of advice with kindly names of birds before replying to anyone who dares to take offence that ‘fragility is on reddit’.

So, as with every post about this kind of problem: can we have some details? Because either you're out of luck, the server is problematic, or you've run into some madmen (which can happen on ffxiv, of course); or you're not as innocent as you seem, because getting banned for such a long time isn't trivial.

[Mostly_Raxus]

all reports go threw a GM, if you got a suspension or ban then you deserved it.

"I haven't said one raciest or disrespectful thing in-game"

"in-game" that comment makes me think you know what you did or said..

[Reinha]

How to not get reported and/or harassed:

1. Only talk about in-game topics, nothing irl.
2. Do not criticize anyone.
3. If someone is playing poorly, silently leave. Do not announce the reason.
4. Don't lose your temper. Immediately blacklist any player who makes you angry.
5. This one may be controversial but I'll say it anyway because it's true. You can't make enemies if you don't make friends. Most drama comes from players who already know you so staying anonymous has its perks.
6. Stay out of Novice Network. It will help you with points 2, 4 and 5.
7. Make your own fc and only play with like-minded people. People cannot control your access to fc features by spreading rumors about you if you are the leader.

After a 20 day ban the next one may be permanent so you might want to be careful.

[Aelin_Ashryver]

Idk about interactions in WoW being carefree. Every dungeon run I tried to strike up some chatter in I was met with total silence. Asking in Stormwind for some help of lf guild also total silence while surrounded by people. In my expert roulettes the last few days I have struck up a silly chat with the people I was matched with. There is always people chatting in the cities as well in ff. My experience in WoW was a lot different from yours. FF for me has proven to be more social and friendly mmo by far.