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Thankfully, I've not had to deal with much trolling/griefing beyond the usual table dancing -- maybe it's because I do most of my RP these days in the field, in Limsa, or in Mist? However, I have to second Tiergan's advice. Playing along usually deflates a troll, causing them to run off or resort to easily ignored (and /ignored) tactics, and can sometimes actually turn a person on to RP -- or reveal that they're just trying to break into RP and don't know how. If you can't figure out how to respond, or if they get ugly or downright annoying, you can always resort to the blacklist. XIV is nice in that you can even turn off other player spell effects, which neutralizes one of the griefer's major tools.
It's best not to leave if you can avoid it; as annoying as griefers are, if an RP location stays strong, they'll eventually get bored and leave. Back in CoH, griefers consistently tried to squish RP in Pocket D and Atlas Park, and the fact that the RPers stood their ground meant that these efforts eventually waned or got to the point where they were more hilarious than annoying (male strippers in Pocket D, for instance
).
It's best not to leave if you can avoid it; as annoying as griefers are, if an RP location stays strong, they'll eventually get bored and leave. Back in CoH, griefers consistently tried to squish RP in Pocket D and Atlas Park, and the fact that the RPers stood their ground meant that these efforts eventually waned or got to the point where they were more hilarious than annoying (male strippers in Pocket D, for instance
).
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