SFW modding should be officially allowed.

[tatatatatata]

The vanilla textures and character models look very dated in this game. Square Enix can learn from MapleStory 2 and host a first party mod archive that allows players to create mods that add hairstyles, body features, altered glamours to the game in a SFW way. This had great success in MapleStory 2 and although the rest of the game was crap this was one feature that I wish to see in FF14. There are a lot of SFW mods that make the game more beautiful like HD hairs, HD faces, HD eyes, modded glamours that might not be lore-compatible but still look awesome like Nike boots.

Since this game is highly focused on glamour as an endgame, Square Enix should exploit the massive amount of free labor in the playerbase. There are tons of enthusiastic modders who are willing to create glamours and HD uplifts for free. Officially hosting the SFW ones and advertising it as a selling point is basically a very cheap way for Square Enix to attract more players to the game.

[gotaname1]

No. everything is against TOS because free labour does not benefit the company. Think of the incompetent devs that would be 1upped by someone fixing/improving the game in their spare time! /sarcasm

[Ath192]

If that were the case the mog station glamours would lose their appeal since you could get replicas or anything on the mod sites. I’m sure the revenue loss would be in the millions. So forget about it. Not saying it’s the best reason. But money is money.

I agree this game needs a graphics update. At least textures, at best if they’re not building a new MMO then the whole engine.

[Ranaku]

Yeah! And i should be allowed to modify the Mona Lisa! I mean...i paid the entrance fee to see the painting, that should give me the right to do whatever i want with it!

[Imora]

not unless they become available for console users.

which is probably the reason. Modding console games is a PAIN to do legitimately. And even then has restrictions. Like, Skyrim you cannot use custom assets. Must all be existing, in game assets.

[Kes13a]

hard pass I think.

[Breakbeat]

Yeah, I agree. Only thing is the trademarked stuff, for example you mentioned Nike boots... that wouldn't be easy to do if there were official first-party support from SE. Not only because of the trademark display (Nike sure wouldn't care) but because of the value of displaying that trademark. SE's finance department simply won't give away millions of dollars worth of advertising for free.

Of course first-party support would also mean they have to make sure the submitted mods adhere to FF aesthetics, quality, etc., but a simple review process would filter out those that aren't up to par. I can say with surety that there are many, many mods out there that would instantly be accepted and supported. The artists that do some of these mods are absolutely amazing and hugely talented.

I haven't used any myself, yet (?), but simply browsing pictures of the drastic quality improvement on some of these (hair, body features, etc.) blows my mind, LOL. Good stuff.

[Kes13a]

Yeah, I agree. Only thing is the trademarked stuff, for example you mentioned Nike boots... that wouldn't be easy to do if there were official first-party support from SE. Not only because of the trademark display (Nike sure wouldn't care) but because of the value of displaying that trademark. SE's finance department simply won't give away millions of dollars worth of advertising for free.

Of course first-party support would also mean they have to make sure the submitted mods adhere to FF aesthetics, quality, etc., but a simple review process would filter out those that aren't up to par. I can say with surety that there are many, many mods out there that would instantly be accepted and supported. The artists that do some of these mods are absolutely amazing and hugely talented.

I haven't used any myself, yet (?), but simply browsing pictures of the drastic quality improvement on some of these (hair, body features, etc.) blows my mind, LOL. Good stuff.

the reason I doubt you would see any official support is because that gives free license to the mods already in use, I am pretty sure, by the erping community in FFXIV, and I seriously doubt SE would be open to that.

so likely be the same lack of any opinion on that or the bot programs running rampant, because then it becomes "official" and you cant close that door once they open it.

[Breakbeat]

the reason I doubt you would see any official support is because that gives free license to the mods already in use, I am pretty sure, by the erping community in FFXIV, and I seriously doubt SE would be open to that.

Well, I was going by the title of the thread: "SFW Modding should be officially allowed." So, I am speaking of the HD hairstyles, faces, outfits, grass, etc. Since "SFW" was in the title, I automatically figured folks would understand I was speaking only of SFW mods. Of course anything related to ERP shouldn't be supported by SE. Well, not unless they want to take a major ratings and directional change with this game.

Beyond that, it was just a fun wish to indulge in. Basically what I'd rather see is SE implement higher-res hair and body features on their own... but crowdsourcing it seemed like a good idea, I mean, since the hair and body features and stuff are already done, and have been for a long time.

Again, no - no ERP stuff, that isn't what this is about. It's a daydream where SFW stuff would be supported but NSFW or things associated with ERP would not. Of course, realistically, this would never happen. It would just be cool if you went to create a new toon, and literally all of the publicly-created character features were available to you (maybe a toggle for SE/Public), ditto with in-game elements like grass or trees or bricks or whatever else folks make for this game in their free time.

It would also be cool if an ice-cream shop set up next to my house and gave away free ice-cream 24/7 to guys named Matt (that's me), with a 50-dollar bill wrapped around each free cone.

We're just daydreaming here =)