Handling Cheaters Gracefully vs Hardline ToS + Questionable legality of bans

[kaynide]

Read through it, and hostility and bickering aside, it boils down quite simply:

A) You agree to the ToS to play; their house their rules. There is VERY little leeway (such as EU having transparency rules, etc).
B) You do not have Freedom of Speech in the game

You do not have freedom of speech in an MMORPG. If you spend time to google it, you will find
B1)Despite the headline, this is talking about REGULATING SALES of games and
B2) "Current legal precedent conclusively establishes that social media users do not have a right to free speech on private social media platforms."

C) The devs do not formally allow mods/plugins in any way, shape or form.
D) They also do not go out of their way to punish people using mods/plugins as long as it doesn't give a mechanical advantage (see the music-plugin that auto-plays or texture mods).
E) It is essentially a speed limit or seatbelt law; most of the time people might drive over the limit/not wear a belt..and nobody cares. But if you get caught, well, you man up and admit you are wrong.

Moreover, the devs' intention is for the PC version of the game to be as identical as possible to the console versions- both in development terms and in player-capability terms. That's a big reason why the UI is how it is and why some parts of the game are...clunky.

OP if you want to make plugins/mods, you do you, but you do