Microsoft is banning ‘Final Fantasy 14’ players for promoting guilds
nme.comFinal Fantasy 14 players are reportedly being banned by Microsoft for using the phrase “free company”.In Final Fantasy 14, a free company is a player-operated organisation within the game, similar to a guild in other online titles.
Players can only be a member of one free company at a time, with each company limited to 512 members.As well as the community aspect of being part of a free company, members also get access to shared rewards, group buffs and company housing.To help the system, Square Enix has also created an official community finder tool, which helps players find and join the free company of their choosing via Final Fantasy 14’s messenger service.
Alternatively, players can visit a free company’s estate and apply ingame. Another popular way of recruiting members to a free company is to advertise in busy cities and endgame hubs.Several Xbox players have also utilised the Looking For Group section of the official messageboards to find a free company since the game came to the platform last month.
However, this has resulted in month-long bans.oh my god xbox players in FFXIV are being banned by xbox for mentioning "free company"— Jason (@envinyon) March 30, 2024Taking to Reddit, one user wrote: “I am an Xbox player here and I have just gotten banned by Xbox because they believe that “Free Company” is solicitation.
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