Macro Programs? Illegal?

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

To answer the OP, using software outside of the game's functionality to alter gameplay is against the Terms of Service you agreed to when

Hardware that can emulate this functionality falls outside enforceable scope of your agreement.

Software drivers that come with the device to allow the device's macro functionality fall into a gray area such as an XKeys USB product. I would recommend refraining their macro features in-game and contact Square Enix through their North American support website.

Please note, if you're macro software is reading game states or is using conditionals, it is in violation of the Terms of Service and you are proceeding at your own risk. I hope some of this information could be of use to you and others in a similar situation.

[Catapult]

To answer the OP, using software outside of the game's functionality to alter gameplay is against the Terms of Service you agreed to when

Hardware that can emulate this functionality falls outside enforceable scope of your agreement.

Software drivers that come with the device to allow the device's macro functionality fall into a gray area such as an XKeys USB product. I would recommend refraining their macro features in-game and contact Square Enix through their North American support website.

Please note, if you're macro software is reading game states or is using conditionals, it is in violation of the Terms of Service and you are proceeding at your own risk. I hope some of this information could be of use to you and others in a similar situation.

This.

SE has not actually answered the question themselves or given any proper indication as to the answer with respect to the FFXIV terms of service.
Any advice on the matter you have received otherwise is simply speculation.

I believe the term "at your own risk" would apply here.

[Radiator]

I have pressed the enter key so many times while crafting that I think I have carpal tunnel in my pinky finger. The only thing worse than 3-4 hrs of crafting was soloing doblyns pre-nerf.

I enjoy the end goal of crafting, but the experience along the way is certainly lacking I would agree. Leves are funish, but a mini-game or "standard" automation is in order for sure.

[SilvertearRen]

I have pressed the enter key so many times while crafting that I think I have carpal tunnel in my pinky finger. The only thing worse than 3-4 hrs of crafting was soloing doblyns pre-nerf.

I enjoy the end goal of crafting, but the experience along the way is certainly lacking I would agree. Leves are funish, but a mini-game or "standard" automation is in order for sure.

I personally enjoyed AION's crafting system. You could craft each part yourself, or you could do whole batch runs - the game supported it with its own automated queueing system. You could run a batch run, go cook yourself a pizza, and come right back to the computer and find your character idling with the batch in your inventory - or STILL working on it (depending on the complexity of the item's recipe). That was a lot more relaxing than the click-a-thon BS I had to put up with in XIV.

[Bluebun]

It's illegal, but SE doesn't care is a better way to put it. There are people "botting" right in the middle of Uldah, and have been for over a year. When people start having to pay money, that's when people will complain more, and SE will pay more attention to it then.

[Dubont]

do you even know what a g15 is? or a razer mouse? goodness, these arent bots, every game out there will let you use the macro feature of them. theyre not even considered third party software, as a script program would be. not only do you show your lack of intelligence, you show that your'e incoherent to even read that i stated that already. good day, moron.

read your ToS then, scrubby. Anything that creates an automated action (macro spamming, button mashing by use of software/hardware) is considered a 3rd party program and is referred to as a "bot" in FF terms. It is bannable. You asked a question and I gave you the answer. YES, the G15 is legal, but YES the G15's macro capability will get you banned if you use it while afk and get caught doing it. If you would have read all of my post, instead of going on a noobish fanboy rage over how I said no to your illegal macros, you would have seen that I answered your question. The answer is: Don't use the macros while afk.

[Dubont]

Not more
Sony has patched this feature away since march 2010

yeah, you can't "easily" install a separate OS, but with all of the Sony source codes floating around, you can literally install anything on the system.

[Reinheart]

I have macro keyboard (friend gave me Cyborg V5) and never used it lol so if I set say macro key 1 to press CTRL+1 since I'm a lazy and don't want to press two keys at once will that be illegal? lol (I would never do that but just asking lol)

How the hell do you use this anyways.... he gave me without manual... lol

EDIT: not sure it's V5 hmm looks exactly the same but has extension with macro key pad on mine

[Renshi]

Nah, those are just... not accepted by the Law.

[OMEGA_HACK]

Nah, those are just... not accepted by the Law.

You Betrayed the law!