Which currently is minimal and far easier than moderating a new area. When / if they delete threads, it still appears on the list. So, I ask you again: Refresh general forums. Tell me how many off topic threads are there. Also, even assuming there was a massive influx of threads being deleted, it is STILL far easier than moderating a new area, since they are not required to read all and every post in each thread, something they WILL have to do in an off topic forum.

And don't tell me they "don't read"; they do. And they do not have to look only for harassment, but for everything listed in the forum guidelines.

Again, I repeat: Too much waste of moderators' time to be worth the trouble. I'd rather have then working on keeping us informed and editing crap out from the actual FFXIV discussions.