Yoshi P statement regarding third party tools

[ForteNightshade]

None of those mods were mentioned in the post by Yoshi-p, he specifically called out mods that give an advantage in content (ACT and callout programs that work through ACT) and those that spoof packets (xivalexander and noclippy).
Those are the ones being targeted, not model replacement mods that RPers use.

Yoshida has also specifically mentioned texture mods during the Live Letter, and the very first highlighted statement says, "the use of third-party tools is strictly prohibited". Guess what texture mods are? He only specified others because they were more prevalent on streams but this was intended to be a blanket statement.

With that said, I'll challenge the notion of noclippy giving an unfair advantage. Someone living in California literally has the same reduced ping noclippy provides. Meanwhile, someone on the East Coast will be at 80-100ms. An unfair advantage already exists because this game's netcode is abysmal. JP players never have to deal with ping issues for the most part. There's a reason Yoshida simply didn't believe Blood Weapon and Hypercharge weren't major issues despite massive complaints spanning years for both abilities being so heavily ping dependent.

[VerdeLuck]

If they do start cracking down on addons then RIP the party finder. I've seen how people play on reclears after an update breaks their addons and it's not pretty.

[Ralphe2449]

If they do start cracking down on addons then RIP the party finder. I've seen how people play on reclears after an update breaks their addons and it's not pretty.

Many people in mmorpg raids that rely on addons telling them what to do and holding their hand result in this, hence why addons that show timings and give instructions/announcing mechanics should be instantly banned.

If you cant be aware of what is going on during an encounter and need an addon to tell you then you are playing with training wheels.

[VerdeLuck]

Many people in mmorpg raids that rely on addons telling them what to do and holding their hand result in this, hence why addons that show timings and give instructions/announcing mechanics should be instantly banned.

If you cant be aware of what is going on during an encounter and need an addon to tell you then you are playing with training wheels.

I agree it's bad long term for players, but good luck doing that, most of the offenders work through ACT so to get rid of them you would need to break or get rid of ACT and that would be incredibly hard to sell to raiders at this point.

[Azuri]

More like "Yoshi P non-statement". Were JPs making enough noise about DSR streams that this was warranted?

[Fourbestintoner]

Stop using xivalex it makes californians and japaneses feel insecure you can do as well as them.

[Knot_D]

With how awful P3N/S environment is, surely mods needed to not make people's eyes burnt no?

[MellowMink]

Because of the blog post’s intentionally broad language, this rudely antagonizes modders whose only updates are restoring mutilated Hrothgar ears and adding missing headgear support for Hrothgar and Viera races. Such mods wouldn’t exist in the first place if those players didn’t consistently feel like their races were considered less important and frankly incomplete compared to other races. Before any moderators get mad at me by the way, I don’t use mods and I’m not saying to use them; I dislike the extremely broad language used in the post though and would prefer that the company swallow some of its pride and reach out to hire some of these modders instead to work their updates into the baseline, further testing them as needed.

[MagiusNecros]

So when are they going to ban 90% of all the big streamers that use 3rd party tools in their content?

[Raoabolic]

So when are they going to ban 90% of all the big streamers that use 3rd party tools in their content?

Soon™ "Neverland world first VOD taken down by square enix copyright claim."