Yoshi P statement regarding third party tools

[RobynDaBank]

So they acknowledge packet-spoofing mods, and they mention expanding the HUD in accordance with UI mods. They don't give a peep about how awful it is to weave with low ping and fixing that? Ugh!

ITT:

People who won't clear any Ultimate even if you gave them 1000 hours to do so insinuating that world first/streamers can't clear Ultimate without addons.

Okay, hats off to you on that one.

[Oizen]

ITT:

People who won't clear any Ultimate even if you gave them 1000 hours to do so insinuating that world first/streamers can't clear Ultimate without addons.

Depending on your definition of 3rd party tool, they kinda cant and I don't think anyone really could, especially if you count how these fights are usually logged to a fan-site using a 3rd party program as against the TOS

I would go so far as to argue a majority of endgame progression is currently locked behind these sort of tools due to how lacking this game is with features like that.
Stone, Sky, Sea doesn't cut it.

[Thorio]

Tbh allowing "certain" plugins only was always gonna be a slippery slope. Like yoshida said it is physically impossible to evaluate them on an individual basis to ascertain which are malicious and which ones aren't and as soon as you're done, 100 more pop-up every single day.

[Raoabolic]

All I have to say is PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, use a brighter red font on the announcement or don't use it at all. The subtle red color in half of the post made me feel like I was having a stroke or something. I spent a good 30 seconds trying to see if the text was red or if I need to call someone, lol.

[Somnolence]

In world ultimate race third party tools gave us RIBIDE and DAN DAN memes.

I'd say the ACT callouts do give some level of advantage in raiding, as the encounters in this game are designed to require robotic reactions, because FFXIV raiding is just a rhythm game in disguise. The more optimized a player plays the more bot-like his gameplay would be, as for fixed order of mechanics for particular spell/skill speed each job has just one correct sequence of button presses from beginning to the end. And since ultimates are endurance test automated callouts do take off some cognitive load from the players.

Idk about UI modifications giving any advantage, seem fluff to me. DPs meters etc are fluff for world first race as well.

I believe all the whining from JP players is due them having highest proportion of console players and console experience is inferior to PC one in FFXIV.

[Caurcas]

Maybe if high ping on some job weren't a smoldering trash fire. Maybe if if the hud gave the player better and more information. Maybe if you could pull your camera back further. Then you might see a decrease in 3rd party apps making up for what SE doesn't provide.

[CaptainLagbeard]

Maybe if high ping on some job weren't a smoldering trash fire. Maybe if if the hud gave the player better and more information. Maybe if you could pull your camera back further. Then you might see a decrease in 3rd party apps making up for what SE doesn't provide.

*Enhancements to the HUD and Other UI Elements

We believe that people use the aforementioned tools to expand the HUD and display more information because they feel that existing functions are insufficient for tackling high-end duties. In recognition of this, we intend to review the most prominent tools, and in order to discourage their use, endeavor to enhance the functionality of the HUD. Though it will take some time, we're determined to make it happen─not least for the benefit of those who play on consoles.

They're claiming to at least look at some of the more popular mods used to give extra information to see if they can build them into the base game.

[Gullis]

Same as always then, this is nothing new

[gotaname1]

Good to see where the priorities of the dev team lie. Not with those with packetloss or using other benign enhancements, but certainly somewhere important to the dev team. I'm also very intrigued by the virus statement. Are people with internet access collectively still so inept after the limewire days?

[HollowedDoll]

Good to see where the priorities of the dev team lie. Not with those with packetloss or using other benign enhancements, but certainly somewhere important to the dev team. I'm also very intrigued by the virus statement. Are people with internet access collectively still so inept after the limewire days?

Well there are people falling for phishing attempts like Steam giving free Discord nitro, so yeah I'd say a lot of people are.