Square Enix needs to make a add-on detector!

[TheRealMadruck]

Let me make this short and sweet...
In my honest opinion, if you use add-ons you are cheating. Add-ons is why I no longer do Savage raids. The lack of add-ons is why I came to play Final Fantasy XIV from World of Warcraft starting with beta.

It has gotten so bad, that when you go into any pug instance with other players you can actually see who has almost flawless timing avoiding mechanics. Hence cheating.

Now the main motivation for this for me stems from my own experience. I play 14 on the PS5. I don't play on PC like I used to because of accessibility issues. PS5 players cannot use add-ons and many do also play on PS5 would also like to use add-ons but can't(even if I wouldn't recommend it). And yet again, this gives PC players an unfair advantage doing content especially if they use add-ons.

I already know I'm going to get vitriol for this post, but I don't care because I will speak facts. If you use add-ons, Square Enix needs to implement a detector for those add-ons and you need to be penalized for cheating because that's exactly what you're doing. There is no Gray zone to this, using computer programs to give you prompts in fight mechanics is nowhere near equatable to any other thing other than botting.

If you cheat, you should face the consequences of you cheating because it's exactly what add-ons are in ff14!

[ameliaw]

Ok Karen.
Maybe you would play better if you stopped paying so much attention to other people's reactions during a raid.

[Leifei]

Ok Karen.
Maybe you would play better if you stopped paying so much attention to other people's reactions during a raid.

Boom. End thread, lol

[Doozer]

Obvious bait, but some add-ons/plugins are not for 'cheating', but rather for accessibility. Some aspects of the game are difficult to see or process mid-battle (like the colour difference between your own DoTs/debuffs and someone else's), and using something to help you see better doesn't mean you're cheating.

People can use add-ons to cheat, but not all add-ons are cheats. Know the difference.

[Zomkei]

It has gotten so bad, that when you go into any pug instance with other players you can actually see who has almost flawless timing avoiding mechanics. Hence cheating.

or maybe they have done it enough times to know how to do the mechanic properly? i do not understand this. in most endgame content, you have to do flawless timing in order to avoid the mechanics. why is your first response that they are cheaters?

[LittleImp]

or maybe they have done it enough times to know how to do the mechanic properly? i do not understand this. in most endgame content, you have to do flawless timing in order to avoid the mechanics. why is your first response that they are cheaters?

It's pretty easy to tell. In P8S doorboss for example, you will see certain players move to avoid mechanics that haven't even actually become possible to read on the client yet.

[Iyrnthota]

It's pretty easy to tell. In P8S doorboss for example, you will see certain players move to avoid mechanics that haven't even actually become possible to read on the client yet.

So...pre-positioning? That thing you can do when you know the fight?

[LittleImp]

So...pre-positioning? That thing you can do when you know the fight?

Do you think it was 'pre-positioning' and 'fight knowledge' back in P3S or A11S where ACT/Cactbot was able to instantly identify optical sights before it was ever telegraphed clientside?

For some mechanics, the ID of what specific permutation the boss is executing is visible to a parser before it is ever visibly telegraphed on the client.

[Iyrnthota]

Do you think it was 'pre-positioning' and 'fight knowledge' back in P3S or A11S where ACT/Cactbot was able to instantly identify optical sights before it was ever telegraphed clientside?

For some mechanics, the ID of what specific permutation the boss is executing is visible to a parser before it is ever visibly telegraphed on the client.

Please refer to my previous email in which I....etc etc

[Saraide]

Do you think it was 'pre-positioning' and 'fight knowledge' back in P3S or A11S where ACT/Cactbot was able to instantly identify optical sights before it was ever telegraphed clientside?

For some mechanics, the ID of what specific permutation the boss is executing is visible to a parser before it is ever visibly telegraphed on the client.

Aaaaaand it's irrelevant. This would only matter if you hadnt enough time based on the legit tells any attack has. Is cactbot cringe? Yes. Does it warrant infecting the game with anti cheat? No. Anticheat doesnt prevent cheating, no game dev is winning that arm's race. More competent people have tried and failed. Anti cheat however will cause tons of problems for people who arent cheating, always have.