Is using gaming software really not allowed anymore?

[Milus]

These forums posts are getting worse and worse everyday

just like patch 6.1

[MintnHoney]

just like patch 6.1

When it rains, it pours, I guess.

[kaynide]

After reading this Final Fantasy XIV Regarding Third-party Tools news post about Third-party Tools, if i did read correctly the "Defining Third Party Tools" part of the post.

Does it really mean that i can't use gaming software like Logitech G Hub to bind CTRL + [number] key press for my Logitech G600 MMO mouse G buttons and Corsair iCUE to bind Alt + [number] key press for my Corsair K95 keyboard G keys to able to press CTRL + [number] and Alt + [number] more easily without needing to look the keyboard to press right CTRL + [number] or Alt + [number] key combination all the time?

If it really means that, then i'm i really in trouble now for using them for while?

As they've said 100s of times so far, please use common sense regarding 3rd party tools. If it's not doing anything they could ever detect (like automated play), they don't care. The examples people keep throwing around are out of context (aka "Excel is next omg!") YoshiP simply said it would be stupid to make a list and/or expect the devs to check EVERY possible software to create some kind of whitelist. As in, theoretically someone could use things even like Excel to possibly create automated macros to cheat.

It's not the specific things you're using, but how you're using them.

They don't care if you're doing QoL stuff for yourself, they really truly don't. In the case of a gaming mouse, they don't care. But if you show it on streams and it somehow allows you to AFK mass craft, then we've got a problem.

[Xlantaa]

Automated inputs are not allowed in any online video-games as far I know. Is not only this one.

[Jybril]

Are we in a zoo?
So many parrots lmao.

[Seraphor]

It's precisely as allowed or not allowed as it has always been.
Are you a high profile streamer? If not, carry on.

[IdowhatIwant]

Is it a bad thing to ask a question in forums?

Seeing how a streamer was just banned for using add ons, and you are admitting to using add ons on the official forums with an account tied to your character. Yes, all it takes is for people to log in and report you.

[Darthgummibear]

I always understood it as actual botting(gameplay automation, not simple macros) to be taboo, and the aesthetic or minor QOL things were more or less a "don't ask don't tell" policy.

Basically, don't be a dumbass and keep it to yourself.