Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[Alucard135]

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You must be new to the internet.

[AxlStream]

Welp this is great ammo to show that the community is gone into the deep end. Complaining about mods that literally doesn't affect them.

[XenoCranel]

Welp this is great ammo to show that the community is gone into the deep end. Complaining about mods that literally doesn't affect them.

I just wanted to post because I think your thoughts are relevant.

You must be new to the internet.

So is your gify lulz.

[Alucard135]

So is your gify lulz.

Lol, you know what would actually be funny? if SE decided to take action against modders and not botters.

[Berethos]

Welp this is great ammo to show that the community is gone into the deep end. Complaining about mods that literally doesn't affect them.

I'd be more worried about the attitude of a community that looks at mods that let others see your own character in ways you don't want them to be seen, including ways that could lead to harassment, and thinks the problem is with the person who feels uncomfortable, and not solely with the individuals that do use the mods for sketchy/harassing endeavors.

#NotAllModders, right?

[ClaireWinchester]

Oh I was talking about Fhaerron that dude really got bothered by someone having an opinion to the point that he thinks the OP needs to seek help and not the ppl busting to pixels on a tv/monitor. I think it's gross and that's my opinion. I mean Lalas look like kids so it's so weird ppl could picture them like that. I play the game because I enjoy playing video games and content not to figure ways on how to make my character sexually attractive.

[Sakuraluna]

I’d be interested to know what exactly the op is experiencing. If he/she is being harassed by a specific player or group of players on his/her server who happen to use this mod as one of their tools of harassment, then the op has every right to feel uncomfortable, but it isn’t something that can be addressed by the modding community or by SE taking action against them. If, on the other hand, the op is just being overly modest to the point of feeling uncomfortable running through kugane after finding out about the mod’s existence, then I think that the argument that your character isn’t you should be taken into consideration because at that point you (in the general sense) are just worrying yourself over pixels that have been manipulated to look a bit different, and that your character is somehow special enough to cause players using the mod to take more notice of it than their own. In that case, it’s just better to ignore those mods and continue playing the game the way you want to play.

To the op: if it’s just friends posting group shots that you happen to be in, then it’s not really that big of a deal. Chances are, they can’t just disable it on the fly because you feel uncomfortable but they still want to take group pics, so keep that in mind because frankly, you can’t control what they do with their game. If you still can’t get past it, then nicely ask them not to include you in those types of pics. If they don’t comply after being talked to politely, or if they’re giving you so much trouble over it that your enjoyment of the game is being affected, then it’s unfortunately time to find new friends.

[Synrin]

I’d be interested to know what exactly the op is experiencing. If he/she is being harassed by a specific player or group of players on his/her server who happen to use this mod as one of their tools of harassment, then the op has every right to feel uncomfortable, but it isn’t something that can be addressed by the modding community or by SE taking action against them.

Harassment should be dealt with in accordance with the general Terms of Service. I agree.

Going after a whole community won't accomplish anything. I'm not even a part of it, but most SS I've seen happen inside modders' own four walls, with no one present.
The rest, even if others are around, doesn't do anything at all. To be able to get nudes or whatever, you need to have certain pre-requisites. Like I mentioned, no gear equipped...

[Hestzhyen]

Oh I was talking about Fhaerron that dude really got bothered by someone having an opinion to the point that he thinks the OP needs to seek help and not the ppl busting to pixels on a tv/monitor. I think it's gross and that's my opinion. I mean Lalas look like kids so it's so weird ppl could picture them like that. I play the game because I enjoy playing video games and content not to figure ways on how to make my character sexually attractive.

People play games for different reasons than you, unfortunately. Since the mods are client-side and you'll never see the results if you don't seek them out yourself, why is this a bad thing that needs to be addressed? You can enjoy the game as-is, some people put work in to enjoy it in a different way that doesn't impact you in the slightest.

[Vidu]

Oh I was talking about Fhaerron that dude really got bothered by someone having an opinion to the point that he thinks the OP needs to seek help and not the ppl busting to pixels on a tv/monitor. I think it's gross and that's my opinion. I mean Lalas look like kids so it's so weird ppl could picture them like that. I play the game because I enjoy playing video games and content not to figure ways on how to make my character sexually attractive.

Honestly, your opinion here is as much out of the line as the one of the person telling the OP to seek help about the matter. You're obviously entitled to it, but neither you nor the other person/party is in any way qualified to judge wether or not someone needs (professional) help here.
I'm obviously not qualified either, but my personal assumption would be that neither party actually does need real help.
You can consider people getting off on pixels gross - you dont have to do it yourself.
What you also dont have to do though is calling those people "perverted freaks" or in need to seek help.

You can play the game, as a video game, without ever looking at those mods - or any mods for that matter - if thats not your thing. No one is hindering you to do that. You might havent noticed btw, but... the game itself already gives you plenty of options to make your (specially female) character sexually attaractive. We literally have playboy-bunny and bellydancer outfits. And while we lack a butt-slider, we do have a boob-slider - not, for example, a bodyfat-one.

You dont have to find your bunch of pixels sexually attractive, but you (and the OP) should also keep in mind that its just that: a bunch of pixels. And nothing to get so terribly upset about. That bunch of pixels isnt you - even you choose to make them resemble yourself. Its an image that can be easly recreated using the character-creation - chances are if you play a popular race, like Hyur, Au Ra or Miqote people already did by accident. Your character, as much as you may or may not identfy with it, is not only you - you dont even "own" its design as if it was something totally original.

Obviously no one should ever be harrassed, inside or outside of the game and if such pictures are (or would be) used for that, thats an issue - but the harrassment is the issue here, mainly.

Personally I dont understand why people would find a bunch of pixels attractive in that way. Not my thing. We seem to be alike in that regard - but there are different ways to deal with "not understanding". You choose to call those who you dont understand "perverted freaks" and are now not an inch better than the people you called out on making assumptions... by making the same ones yourself...
I'd recommend just enjoying the game instead - while tolerating that other people might enjoy other things within it, as long as they dont cause anyone harm by pursuing those enjoyments. Clientside mods dont - unless someone publishs any pictures suited and meant for harrassment. If the idea that someone could see an image of your character naked, I'd also recommend not to think about how they could just picture that in their mind or use software like photoshop etc. to create such an image...