Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[Nav_Fae]

There is a team of clothing altering modders within the FFXIV community that are producing texture changes quite rampantly. Normally I wouldn't care since a lot of these are client side changes, but lately it's been getting out of hand and I feel something needs to be done about it.

While I don't have anything against mods personally, a lot of these outfit mods are making it so that my character can be seen completely naked on their side of the screen with nipples and all included! I feel like I am being seen nude without consent and I do not appreciate that! Players taking screen shots and using it for harassment, getting hit on in outfits that appear fully clothed on my end, I am entirely naked on theirs. I discovered a discord and website that had an impressively large selection that makes you naked in basically every major piece of glamour within the game. There are more NSFW mods than they contain SFW. Some things such as the Angel and Demon outfit being modded in under 24 hours of release! These guys work fast pumping out new things everyday apparently to the point I feel violated and unable to wear some of my favorite outfits in public anymore knowing that they show off my parts. Taking tells wherein someone saying I am cute with a grain of salt as they likely can see my behind without my knowledge of it as it follows up with requests for ERP.

Basically the point of this post is to create an awareness that these mods do exist. Players are using them in droves and irresponsibly. And chances are, someone somewhere can see you naked and definitely is looking! I know the most common is using small clothes or New Emperor's top and bottom are huge for showing off your privates with these mods. And just about every skirt has the underwear removed on them.

SE can something please be done about this? Feels like my peers around me have X-Ray eyes and are always starring at my chest.

[Remus]

Someone say naked... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) does this mean naked cats... ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉)

Serious note: It's pixels... Why are you getting so defensive? I mean you are acting like people seeing your character naked = seeing you in real life naked which is just silly. I mean how can you even harass someone with that? I just don't get it. I don't get why people get so sensitive when it comes to a GAME... If it really bothers you just report the person and GMs can look into it.

[Fhaerron]

Wat?

I'm sorry but it's pixels, get over it.

If people send you unpleasant things, you know there's blacklist right? And if they haras you just report them after blacklist.

Problem?

[Nav_Fae]

Wat?

I'm sorry but it's pixels, get over it.

If people send you unpleasant things, you know there's blacklist right? And if they haras you just report them after blacklist.

Problem?

Blacklist doesn't prevent them from posting these pictures on their Tumblr, Twitters, Instagrams and discord networks. It's a big deal when it becomes harassment.

[Reinha]

The mod users are seeing the mod creator's artistic interpretation of what your character would look like without clothes. It's kind of like imagining someone naked and not actually seeing them naked. That said, mods are forbidden and the GM's should have a look at this at least in the cases of harassment with screenshots.

[Alleo]

I can understand that it might feel a bit off about seeing your character nude thanks to such mods (and just to be clear I dont use them, just saw pictures of them too) but as long as they dont harass the person behind the character I dont see much of a big deal with that. Its not me, just a character in a game. If they do harass the real you then get to the customer service and write a ticket because that would cross the line. Or if they try to ERP without your consent.

[Fhaerron]

Blacklist doesn't prevent them from posting these pictures on their Tumblr, Twitters, Instagrams and discord networks. It's a big deal when it becomes harassment.

How would they harass you with it?

I've been playing for such a long time and ran group content with so many people that I'm probably on a dozen of screenshots out there, let's say some of them uses this mod, why should I even care?

What's the issue? It's a game, it's pixels, one can just google for naked game characters, or just use a mod that removes underwear and go into create new character and you can see all races naked. So .. problem?

[Sebazy]

Life is a lot easier if you stop worrying so much about things that don't affect you in the slightest.

For someone who seems to hate this stuff so much, you are awfully well informed on it and have obviously spent quite some time looking into it, might I recommend a step backwards for the sake of your sanity?

[AmurT]

Nude mods will always exist in games, nothing worth getting so worked up over. If SE do plan on doing anything, it would most likely be removing the ability to mod at all which hurts the community more than it actually helps it. And at the end of the day, even if you do feel a strong attachment to your character, it's still just pixels and not actually your person that is getting "violated".

This reminds me of that thread a while ago where people got offended by others copying their character specs in a game where our options for diversity are already limited. A complete and utter waste of time and your own enjoyment of the game.

[Nav_Fae]

Life is a lot easier if you stop worrying so much about things that don't affect you in the slightest.

For someone who seems to hate this stuff so much, you are awfully well informed on it and have obviously spent quite some time looking into it, might I recommend a step backwards for the sake of your sanity?

Why wouldn't I look into it? If I hate it so much I should investigate it so I know what I am talking about before I make uneducated posts on the forums.

Secondly, to all those saying it's not harassment and it's just pixels. Why would it be any different if someone posted an irl nude of me on their tumblr? Because it's digital it's suddenly acceptable and I should just get over it? Some of us do like to treat our characters as extensions of ourselves.