Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[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...

[Sakuraluna]

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...

I didn’t say anything about going after an entire community though. I said that it won’t do any good to go up against the community if the problem is a few players connected to the op harassing them. Even if you took the mod away, those players would find other ways if they really wanted to continue.

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.

(Though this could just be how I read your post. If you’re agreeing with me on that part, then yes - it makes no sense at all to blame people who aren’t involved. I’m very modest myself as far as how my character is displayed on my screen, and I don’t pay these mods much attention at all. I’m not sure why anyone would get so defensive over a thing they don’t have to see if they don’t want to.