Quote Originally Posted by shygirly View Post
when peoples private data are being compromised, it should seriously be considered. like, look at valorant, there are hackers n such that bypass vanguard, but they are banned almost instantly. square enix should prioritize the normal playerbase, not mod beasts who only play this game cause of mods. people who say the game will lose 70% subs for adding anti-cheat are seriously just coping, mods aside, this is one of the best RP games out there, way better than games like world of warcraft even. im not against plugins, but this one in particiular has crossed the line in my opinion and has shown the potential danger with them.
How much of that is actually PII, that is seriously debatable though (although I have opted to not use my alts or more than 1 retainer selling stuff for the time being). And again - adding an AntiCheat would not stop the data collection, as you can read the data without actually interfacing with the client itself. Yes, we need a solution here, but we need a solution that actually tackles the problem, not snake oil the normal computer user was made to believe will resolve the issue.

Personally speaking, I don't want AntiCheat because I like playing the game on my Steam Deck, and I doubt SqEx would enable the required Steam Deck AntiCheat libraries. Thats what I mean with it will only hurt the normal player.