Cheaters and Add-ons

[lolnotacat]

Yoshi-P has always had a don't ask, don't tell policy regarding cheating.

Mostly it's practicality. A lot of Anti cheat are essentially Root-kits and they are illegal in some jurisdictions. Also, they have to be constantly maintained and updated, which is expensive whether developing your own or contracting out third party. A good chunk of the community also uses mods. Most of them are cosmetic, but there are also QoL mods which in some cases fix issues the game has had since launch (removing clipping), add features which should've been in since launch and will soon be added (chat bubbles), or even help with accessibility issues some players may have (condensing skill chains).

Considering the game is mostly PVE, and the competitive PVE aspect only impacts a tiny portion of the already tiny portion of the playerbase that does the content, it's probably easier to focus on them to verify for cheating and punishing players who openly engage to the point they're getting reported.

[Kes13a]

Yoshi-P has always had a don't ask, don't tell policy regarding cheating.

if I recall, that attitude only applies to mods. cheating is still frowned on.

personally I think the only thing that works against RMT is banning the buyers. Sellers with grow like weeds... but if you hard ban the buyers... thats people's time investment that they lose. banning works, but only if you ban the BUYERS

[caffe_macchiato]

Now I've also heard that the devs can't implement an anti-cheat or any program to check if someone is using something they're are not suppose to because of a certain japanese cybersecurity law that prohibits them for using anti-cheats in their game

unfortunately japan has laws against anti cheat software, specifically putting programs on your PC to track what you're doing

A lot of Anti cheat are essentially Root-kits and they are illegal in some jurisdictions.

This is patently incorrect. The source for this claim is this forum, specifically this post. There is no law against anti-cheats in Japan. In fact, several Japanese companies ship games with anti-cheat.

As everyone here knows, FFXIV is the most modder-friendly MMO on the market because of Square Enix. Mods and plugins can do everything from replace game assets to manipulate server packets, cheat game modes like Fall Guys, and automate the entire game from start to finish. In fact, every piece of PvE endgame content can be fully automated without any player involvement, including savage and ultimates. While regular PvP is mostly unaffected, the Fall Guys event has been completely overrun with cheaters. Square Enix has zero enforcement of game integrity. This is the only MMO where modding, botting and cheating of this scale is widely accepted.

And yet, for some reason, this is okay. The only sensible explanation is that FFXIV is just simply a lower caliber of game than most online games. The devs treat FFXIV like an indie GitHub project more than a AAA MMO.

By the way, check out the official FFXIV Community Hub on Steam for some great examples of our fine video game! And search "FFXIV screenshots" on Twitter for even more! No particular filtering here, this is just what shows up when you search for screenshots of our game. This is what you like.