Why so few additions to customization options?

[Rolder50]

The problem with mods at least besides the usual stuff personally is just one *tiny crucial little detail*

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Nobody else can see how your character truly looks like. Call me vain, but when I glam or work on my appearance, Im very proud of my character so much that I want to make sure he looks his best in front of people. Whats the point installing appearance mods when nobody or at the least anyone whom also doesnt share the same mod cant even see it? I suppose its just for your eyes only and for some, thats good enough, but its not for me. Yeah like I said, appearances matter to me with how others also perceive my character.

This is why I'll continue to NOT install them and keep asking for the devs to add in more customization features officially so that way, everyone can win. Not just the few whom dare to go against ToS.

One of the newer plugins lets you sync your modded appearance with other people who have the plugin + have you as a friend on it. So not *everyone* can see you, especially not console players, but you can share to some degree.

[Silverbane]

One of the newer plugins lets you sync your modded appearance with other people who have the plugin + have you as a friend on it. So not *everyone* can see you, especially not console players, but you can share to some degree.

I have no personal beef with mods like this, as they do not affect me or the game, but people should be aware of the risks they bring that the usual local-only mods may not subject them to.

For example, imagine a relationship with a glam-mod "friend" goes south, and they frame you (easy enough to do) and report you to SE for using a mod with FFXIV to distribute not just naked pictures but child porn.*
SE probably won't bother with an in-depth investigation, they'll just ban you for life.

And the risk may be worse if the mod allows the "friends" to load images you may never see onto your computer. Of course, local-only mods could do that too -- as does SE. But in the case of SE, it is probably easy to prove they put the offending images on your computer without your knowledge or consent.

*N.B. Where I live, the criminal penalty for possessing child porn is a mandatory 10 years in prison per violating image/video, run consecutively, with no possibility of parole.