Quote Originally Posted by znushu View Post
the only reason why SE turns a "blind eye" to Third Party Tools usage is due to a small flux of users that use them but honestly I think they shouldn't turn a "blind eye" to them. As third party tools only reinforce toxic behavior and tends to make the game easier to play.

in regards to being punished for out of game actions while playing the game on a public platform like twitch or youtube. The fact that they are streaming the product and playing it as they did makes what they say and do offline still subject to the User Agreement. just think of a person in a E-Sports tournament that was suddenly shouting derogatory things as they were playing in a live match but the opponent couldn't hear them due to their rooms being soundproof and the game having no mic. Yet the camera picked up everything and it was broadcasted to twitch. It's the same thing just on a lesser scale.
To be fair, Third Party Tools such as ACT and its Triggers do make it easier to do things such as Ultimate and Savage, however it still is violating the User Agreement in this regard. As for the toxicity you mention, I have not seen it except in the smallest minority of groups become used as a tool to bash someone for not doing their DPS or something else. Out of game actions on the other hand should not be as heavy-handed on that punishment, as they have no jurisdiction over those areas(Twitch, Youtube) that have their own individual User Agreements(hence the suspension of a Twitch user for bashing someone's DPS on FFXIV the other time because it was considered 'toxic' or directing their own viewers to attack another streamer in a hateful way). Final Fantasy XIV has no jurisdiction in those areas, and at best can only talk to Twitch/Youtube about it in regards to that site's Terms of Service and User Agreement rather than banning for something that someone said on another site and not in-game(which, if it was in-game, it would be under FFXIV's User Agreement).