I just got an account warning for "grief tactics" and I literally have no idea why

[BayanKha]

I'm trying to figure out what I did here and I really don't know. The day it happened, I only did two things that were with other players: a single roulette raid and Frontlines. I said a few snarky things in chat, I'll admit, so I could understand if I had gotten a warning for language or something of that nature, but I have no idea what I could have done to get this.

Here's the TOS I supposedly violated.

3.2 Disruption. You may not in any way disrupt or interfere with the Game experience of other players, including the disruption of Square Enix's computers and servers.

This has me scared to continue playing the game. I don't want to pour time and money into an account just to have it banned for literally no reason.

[Jeeqbit]

Generally, this happens if you are reported. So whatever you did motivated someone to go through the trouble of typing a big support ticket about it. It could have been the snarky comments since being polite to others is a basic thing, and SE see it this way too. Simply not being polite may lead to someone reporting.

[BayanKha]

Generally, this happens if you are reported. So whatever you did motivated someone to go through the trouble of typing a big support ticket about it. It could have been the snarky comments since being polite to others is a basic thing, and SE see it this way too. Simply not being polite may lead to someone reporting.

I mean, I get that, but I was literally just telling jokes in a Frontlines match. Does interfering with play include typing in chat excessively? Because I've gotten coms for that before, and if I have to make a judgement call on how much talking is okay every instance I'm in, I'd rather just leave this nest of vipers.

[BigCheez]

I mean, I get that, but I was literally just telling jokes in a Frontlines match. Does interfering with play include typing in chat excessively? Because I've gotten coms for that before, and if I have to make a judgement call on how much talking is okay every instance I'm in, I'd rather just leave this nest of vipers.

Were you actively playing or were you sitting in spawn typing in chat for the majority of the match?

[BayanKha]

Were you actively playing or were you sitting in spawn typing in chat for the majority of the match?

I was actively playing. My KDA at the end was something like 6/4/10.

[Mawlzy]

I mean, I get that, but I was literally just telling jokes in a Frontlines match. Does interfering with play include typing in chat excessively? Because I've gotten coms for that before, and if I have to make a judgement call on how much talking is okay every instance I'm in, I'd rather just leave this nest of vipers.

It's quite possible that any typing in chat in a FL match on topics other than the battle will get you reported. There isn't time in a fast-paced duty like that to be typing.

Simple solution, stop typing and play the game.

[BayanKha]

It's quite possible that any typing in chat in a FL match on topics other than the battle will get you reported. There isn't time in a fast-paced duty like that to be typing.

Simple solution, stop typing and play the game.

if I have to make a judgement call on how much talking is okay every instance I'm in, I'd rather just leave this nest of vipers.

I guess this ain't the place for me then. Glad I only spent $60 before figuring that out.

[Mawlzy]

I guess this ain't the place for me then. Glad I only spent $60 before figuring that out.

Is it really that difficult to play a Frontline match without telling jokes? The chat is used for team coordination.

You can likely get away with a couple if you just can't help yourself, but if you got up to five I'm surprised you didn't get vote-kicked.

The punishment tends to depend on the GM who handles the report, but in NA it would be more common for you to get a 10-day suspension than a warning.

[All_Nonsense]

I guess this ain't the place for me then. Glad I only spent $60 before figuring that out.

Don't worry, it's not the place for more than half of the playerbase, as SE has lost more than 1/2 of the player pop in just a single year alone. Many of them are longstanding vets and, take it from me as I've seen a lot of MMO's go in the toilet over the years, most don't come back. If you enjoy the game then keep playing, otherwise don't make the same mistake everyone else did and get invested in something that will never be good again.

[MitsukiKimura]

It's quite possible that any typing in chat in a FL match on topics other than the battle will get you reported. There isn't time in a fast-paced duty like that to be typing.

Simple solution, stop typing and play the game.

This kind of attitude I have a problem with. If they are making jokes while actively participating then there's no issue or "shouldn't be". If you're going to gripe over something because you think 1 man not typing for 15mins can change a course of a frontline match you're mistaken. I can sure you 90% of the people don't care and if you're one of those people that gets mad over it then you need to go outside.