Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[Fhaerron]

And there are players that are so addicted to using third party tools that they are unable to play the game without them, So if SE decided to crack down on them, they are looking at either getting banned, or no longer able to hold their place in whatever competitive edge they were gaining from using the tools in the first place.

I have done many runs without ACT on, I also have the game on PS4 and I play perfectly fine on that too. And not me, every other player can.

ACT does not play for us, it just shows a number, a number I like to see to see how I'm doing. The boss will not die any faster because that number being there.

You just don't want to be wrong, even though you know you are.

There is nothing stopping someone from decompiling the FFXIV ACT plugin. That is the consequence of using .NET assemblies. On the plus side, that also means SE could decompile it as well and make their own countermeasures if it goes too far.

You don't need ACT for that.

How many Facebook, Hotmail, Youtube, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars (no addons in this one!), 'insert any online game or online service account here' accounts have been hacked over the years?

If ACT didn't exists there would just as many XIV accounts been hacked as there are now.