Some players are using third party programs to track the behavior of bosses and play custom alert sounds/show countdowns to give them an edge on mechanics. There are plugins out there just for this on certain encounters, such as the "Twintania DBM app." To me, this seems like a clearcut case of cheating. Could you weigh in on this? And if possible, could you give us some idea of how restrictive the "add-on API" players claim you promised is going to be for similar things?

I'm worried about a third party programs "arms race" destroying the game the same way it destroyed WoW for me. Widespread DBM-style plugin usage is the one thing that would make me quit FFXIV right now. I'm afraid we're going in that direction and I'm hoping you'll take a hard line on this.