Online Bullying - A Dev request for a response and discussion

[Kittra]

I agree with most of the people posting so far, the chances of you running into people like this with Duty Finder is extremely low so try not to get to upset by it.

I won't, however, tell you to "suck it up" and "grow a pair" like some other people are, because no matter how little you will run into these types of people, it's still hell to go through when you do, especially when you're playing a game to have "fun."

We had a little system for people like these back in FFXI and BG had a player report thread that was extremely popular. If you ever talk to someone from FFXI, 90% of the time they'll tell you that the community was "the best community in any MMO on the market," but that was only because all the extremely rude/a$$hat players had been culled from the game because everyone knew who they were and refused to do anything with them.

There's a difference between telling someone they're bad and being a completely abusive a-hole.

That being said, the best way to combat these a-holes is to simply call them out publicly with screenshots, so people will want to avoid them. Don't cross out the names, let everyone know loud and clear who they are and what kind of person they are.

(Btw, public shaming of "rude players" is against the TOS of FFXIV and its forums, so this is not a possibility here.)

[Seraphyna]

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We had a little system for people like these back in FFXI and BG had a player report thread that was extremely popular. If you ever talk to someone from FFXI, 90% of the time they'll tell you that the community was "the best community in any MMO on the market," but that was only because all the extremely rude/a$$hat players had been culled from the game because everyone knew who they were and refused to do anything with them.

(Btw, public shaming of "rude players" is against the TOS of FFXIV and its forums, so this is not a possibility here.)

And that's why we had to take it to other forums to do so. We had them on Alla and BG. If you were an ass, stole items, did "other" unmentionable things, EVERYONE knew about it. You walked around with a scarlet letter. You were marked and cast out. Did it make the community better? Absolutely. Do we need this for FFXIV? Absolutely.