SE's most difinitive statement yet on parsers

[Amberyl]

probably because yoshida himself has said "don't tell anyone about it if you do", instead of "do not do it period". it makes the no parser rule look not very serious when you have that kind of message from the most iconic person in the xiv world.

If you'd have read the thread, you'd know how out of date and superseded that comment is. It's not relevant anymore.

I'd like some rules in place, such as what Blizzard did with their LUA coding/etc. But regardless, I'd like modding to exist in this game (Which we all know it will; to what extend, nobody knows, yet).

I wouldn't say there's any real guarantee of it, tbh. We know they'd like to introduce it to the client, but with the massive disparity between player behaviour on the Japanese servers, and that on the western ones, they're gonna have to be very careful about thinking through the potential abuses it may bring. Look at kick-voting alone, or not having kick-voting. You didn't see Japanese players afk'ing in instances for a cheap ride before it went in, and you don't see Japanese players booting someone for under performing after, either.

You give the west modding, you open the door to everyone and their mother cheating their way around core game aspects. It'll be a fine line, and stuff like this hunt radar only goes to cast more doubt.

[Krr]

You give the west modding, you open the door to everyone and their mother cheating their way around core game aspects. It'll be a fine line, and stuff like this hunt radar only goes to cast more doubt.

This is not how modding APIs work. If what a mod does is considered cheating, the API does not accommodate it through limitations on what functions and data can be accessed. If something is considered cheating down the road after the API is released, an update to the API will break the mods exploiting it in question. This isn't like Skyrim where you can make a mod that lets you press a button to create 99 potions.

Right now, all forms of modification are illegal because there is no modding API functionality to dictate what is and isn't appropriate or safe use and all mods are third-party software.

Discussions like the ethicality of parsing are why we need such an API. Whether or not it is within the TOS is clear-cut. Whether or not players can do it, or would be able to do it with an S-E provided modding API, casts question on whether the use of these third-party programs is due to a blanket ban for safety, or a moral condemnation on the activity.