Quote Originally Posted by Bobby66 View Post
Firemage I know this is bait, but you must understand that we as players do not get to the final say as to what is or is not cheating. The SE team views it as an unfair advantage ans ruins the integrity of the content. In their eyes this is fact and they govern the rules of the game.

Mods are cheating in FFXIV end of story.
There is a little more nuance than you're giving it though.

Zoom hacks? Yeah I'd say that's cheating.
Letting Viera wear hats? While against ToS, I wouldn't call that "cheating".