Increasing number of players using 3rd party tools

[Caitlyn]

They've never really been a big part of this games culture.

Add ons are a MASSIVE part of WoWs culture, though, and the WoW community is transitioning to FFXIV in not small numbers. Since there's nothing really stopping the use of add ons in this game, besides some mild inconvenience and an official/unofficial stance against them, I could see a culture shift happening.

WoW got tons of add-ons. FFXIV only have... a hand full?
I wouldnt make a big deal about people who using ACT for themselves. Live and let live.

[Sotaris]

This is more of the line of fearmonger to me. ACT, UI mods, Reshade etc has been a thing for nearly a decade.

WoW got tons of add-ons. FFXIV only have... a hand full?
I wouldnt make a big deal about people who using ACT for themselves. Live and let live.

This. The fact SE don't even offer us a proper parser to guage our own performance is why many use ACT. Not to exploit or get a upper edge over others.

Last few seasons of Feast introduced many physical ranged players that are using some kind of 3rd party programs that automatically interrupt opposing sides melee/ranged limit breaks within milliseconds. Players cant even see their LB animations/cast bars start and they are already interrupted by those players

That's a botting application. This thread seem to me just be about client side changes (UI mods) and ACT.