3rd Party Program might as well be legalized

[Themarvin]

How about no?

SE should take measures to protech their outlet of data, so they can prevent the use of call out bots and parsing tools... and more upon that... and those things they can actually do something about and they should...

[Stormpeaks]

How about no?

SE should take measures to protech their outlet of data, so they can prevent the use of call out bots and parsing tools... and more upon that... and those things they can actually do something about and they should...

I don't even do any challenging content so I dont personally need it, but if you are agaisnt parsers, you probably are because you're just bad at the game or underperforming and you are scared of people calling you out on it

[Mika_Zahard]

I don't even do any challenging content so I dont personally need it, but if you are agaisnt parsers, you probably are because you're just bad at the game or underperforming and you are scared of people calling you out on it

Good post!

[Stormpeaks]

Good post!

It's my pleasure

[Kansene]

I don't even do any challenging content so I dont personally need it, but if you are agaisnt parsers, you probably are because you're just bad at the game or underperforming and you are scared of people calling you out on it

I agree.
People who are against my viewpoints too, only ever have one reason to be, and it's the one that makes them look the most bad.

[RobynDaBank]

Fair, to give you a picture it's someone being away from their PC/console yet still can craft with macro (not quick synth). If you know how to add media here, I'll gladly edit and show it so everyone can see

?? Are you saying macros are third-party??

[Stormpeaks]

?? Are you saying macros are third-party??

Walking in the game is third party too, you should have to walk in real life too as your character moves, just like in VR

[DPZ2]

I don't even do any challenging content so I dont personally need it, but if you are agaisnt parsers, you probably are because you're just bad at the game or underperforming and you are scared of people calling you out on it

Whether someone is "for" or "against" the use of parsers is beside the point. The Producer of this game has indicated it will never be a built-in feature.

[Reinha]

?? Are you saying macros are third-party??

Unless the macro has the command /afk in it, it's not possible to go afk while using regular crafting macros because you need to press buttons to activate them. The picture is of someone who is botting.

[caffe_macchiato]

I don't even do any challenging content so I dont personally need it, but if you are agaisnt parsers, you probably are because you're just bad at the game or underperforming and you are scared of people calling you out on it

Good point. I have my FFLogs hidden because I’m bad at the game and all of my friends know it.

Also, it’s time that people understand that FFXIV is a plug-in and add-on game now. It has among the biggest modding scenes of any online game and towers above WoW in terms of popularity and capability of our add-ons. As many people on the forums agree, Square Enix will lose “around 40%” of their user base if they banned add-ons. 20,000 people are on the Mare server at any given time, and many millions of people have downloaded plugins. Parsing, “cheats”, and other tools are the bread and butter of Final Fantasy XIV in 2023. And we like it that way.

If you’re not raidlogging, modbeasting, and cheating your way through FFXIV in the current year, you’re far behind the curve and no one wants to have you in their party.

Square Enix doesn’t decide the rules of the game, we do. They can’t ban us all, nor will they try. We’re here to stay. Accept us or find something else to play.