The FFXIV report system is still awful, say players
It’s been almost a decade since the (re)launch of critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, yet many players believe that the FFXIV report system is still just as limited and clunky as it was when the game was released. Currently, the only quick report option players can take from the game’s chat window is for players engaging in RMT activity, and reporting any other issues such as harassment or cheating requires digging through a series of confusing and often useless menus.
“I have over 10,000 hours played in this game,” says popular FFXIV streamer and YouTuber Zepla, “and I swear I had no idea how deep the jank goes.” In a new video talking about the report systems, Zepla shows off the process of trying to file a report, poring through menus in an attempt to demonstrate how convoluted it is. Despite having played FFXIV “almost every day for seven years,” Zepla admits she wasn’t even aware that some of the menus existed until she dug into them for this video.
The one straightforward option is reporting players for RMT (real money transaction) activity – used for players who are selling the likes of gil or boosting services, usually through third party sites. In this instance, filing a report is as simple as right-clicking on the user’s name, selecting ‘report,’ and clicking the option to ‘report RMT activity.’ However, this is the only TOS breach that Square Enix appears to have deemed urgent enough to present in this quick menu.
If you have any other gripes with your fellow Eorzeans, the process is dramatically more obscure. Perhaps they’re typing vulgar messages in chat, cheating in the game’s PvP modes, obstructing other users from playing in a normal fashion, holding a real-life political rally,
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