It's official Parsers are illegal in FFXIV

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alright you're missing the point or just want to troll. you used a shoplifting analogy that doesn't work because a shoplifting analogy would require a situation where the store manager says "shoplift but only if you can keep it hush hush." the TOS says that third party programs or tools are prohibited because they give players an unfair advantage over other players. based on what the TOS says, programs like mumble or teamspeak are also prohibited, yet you don't see these threads that say "omg mumble is bannable!" Yoshi said if you use a parser keep it quiet. take that statement as you wish. but your shoplifting analogy just fails.

In a sense you are right, it is more like a wal-mart employee saying s/he doesn't care what you do, just be hush hush. When you get caught, don't expect said employee to come to your aid. I also suggest you read Section 2 subsection 5 of your ToS. Then read section 3 subsection 6. This is the problem with parsers.

Mumble, TS, and Vent or any number of communication tools outside of FFXIV have nothing to do with the game's data....