Just wanted to give my feedback in regards to the 3rd party tools post - as a console player and someone isn't doing current savages/ultimates yet. The mod I most want to see added to the game is the chat bubbles. Especially after seeing the ARR parody play that the Crawlers (the guild that Preach Gaming is part of) put on. It wouldn't have been possible without the chat bubbles mod.

If I'm being honest, the first mod I'd install if I was a PC player would probably be to give my viera hats, but I recognize that's not going to be under consideration for UI mods. As a console player I've gone from being completely unaware of mods existing (beyond ERP memes) to "I can live without gshade" to being jealous of viera/hrothgar hat/hair mods & chat bubbles, and now also worrying about cheaters using mods in PvP.

To be fair, over time I've also gotten more into following FFXIV communities and streamers so I don't know if mods are more prevalent than they used to be or I'm just consuming more FFXIV content out of game.