Except we don't know the exact UI changes they're going to make, we just know they're willing to review these plugins and make some changes. They could well implement none of the functions that they've opted to ban people for and even if they did then implement said functionality, it doesn't make it acceptable to break the terms of service now.
So just let me clarify your stance here, from a moral standpoint, you believe that they should ban someone for using something that doesn't affect anyone else at all one way or the other, but if they implement the same feature into the game, it's not hypocritical or even slightly messed up? Perhaps the TOS is flawed by having literally the most vague description of third party addons possible. It is very simple to narrow down what can and can't be used without referring to specific addons, and yet it remains entirely vague.
There are several potential resolutions to this issue, I don't see why you are insisting on one that will kill the experience for an entire demographic of the community, that you're not even a part of?
The terms of service is intentionally vague for a reason, they all are, because it gives them the freedom to do what they want. More importantly, if they explicitly list the tools you can or can't use, what happens when a tool outside of either list appears? It's actually better to have this vague terms of service than an explicit list when the quantity and quality of plugins is ever evolving. It's written in legalise and it's fundamentally Square Enix giving themselves the legal cover for any bans they may or may not give to players. If they had an explicit list of the 10 plugins you can use and the 10 you can't, numbers are arbitrary for an example, plugin 21 doesn't fit into either category when it comes along and would cause them more problems to deal with that the current vague ToS.So just let me clarify your stance here, from a moral standpoint, you believe that they should ban someone for using something that doesn't affect anyone else at all one way or the other, but if they implement the same feature into the game, it's not hypocritical or even slightly messed up? Perhaps the TOS is flawed by having literally the most vague description of third party addons possible. It is very simple to narrow down what can and can't be used without referring to specific addons, and yet it remains entirely vague.
There are several potential resolutions to this issue, I don't see why you are insisting on one that will kill the experience for an entire demographic of the community, that you're not even a part of?
The solution to the issue is to actually engage with the player base to provide a better quality of life in the game's UI but the solution also means players have to accept a unified toolset and play with it. Having a flat no third-party tools rule is the easiest thing to do going forward though when you consider all the platforms the game is on and this is something Square Enix need to start being upfront about, even if some players just won't play after it.
Pretty sure I said in my post above that it's possible to narrow them down, for example by category, whilst still remaining vague and not mentioning specific tools.It's actually better to have this vague terms of service than an explicit list when the quantity and quality of plugins is ever evolving. It's written in legalise and it's fundamentally Square Enix giving themselves the legal cover for any bans they may or may not give to players. If they had an explicit list of the 10 plugins you can use and the 10 you can't, numbers are arbitrary for an example, plugin 21 doesn't fit into either category when it comes along and would cause them more problems to deal with that the current vague ToS.
No? Because now they have to moderate arbitrary reports from people who get a little giggle from reporting streamers and others for using tools, which takes up time, that could be better used to punish Eureka Bots, RMT bots, etc, things that actually affect both PC and console players in a very serious way. But I guess that's not as important for some reason?
So basically, even though these people have done nothing to you, they should just have their game experienced ruined and quit because you think it's a good idea? Yet people will say that those who use addons exclusively ruin the game for other people.
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