Quote Originally Posted by Apeachs View Post
I see many using the Cheat Engine so they can make their characters sit anywhere they want, even the /doze emote on surfaces. Isn't it time to implement a system so such things can't be used? Also make it so the game files can't be modified.
And if Square Enix do allow mods, then they also should open the PlayStation for using mods so it's fair for more players.
Sadly, Square Enix will never add a simple anti-cheat software similar to VAC (when you launch a game with VAC, the game can tell whether any files have been modified and report that to Valve. It doesn't "scan" your machine, but the program does have inherent rights to verify the integrity of its own files. FFXIV doesn't have that.)

As a result, the push for add-ons will continue until we become a highly-modified game and the console version will become just a mere shadow of the "real experience". Many people already run Dalamud with several plugins that the FFXIV community has deemed "essential", like voidlist. A good portion of the in-game screenshots you find on Twitter and elsewhere are unachievable with in-game models and shaders. Parsing and log culture is an unshakeable pillar of the raiding community. People seem to love the way the game is progressing in this respect, as most users that I've seen defend this behavior.

We can only hope that all of this results in lower console version sales to such an extent that Square Enix no longer sees it as profitable to maintain it, thus cutting into their profit margins and forcing them to take a look at the issue. But that's a bit convoluted. Otherwise, the game will just become a hacked-up mess and people years from now will go "I miss vanilla FFXIV!" And they would have fully earned the disgusting state of the game. Then people will move to a new MMO and let this one die out, just like World of Warcraft. But I'm sure they will enjoy every minute they have their large breast mods and parsers until that happens.