Would you be opposed to SE implementing a program to scan for addons/parsers?

[Denji]

depends on how it functioned. if it just used what's already available and just passively scanned processes and the like without involving rootkits or memory-heavy nonsense then... well, i'd probably still play the game.

if it actually dug its claws into my garbage? no. haha no. nnnnoooo. not just because of how invasive that is but because it doesn't actually stop people from cheating. you'll just make better cheaters. they never work.

[Bissonnettzi]

That would only mess up people's performance and modders will simply find a way to work around it so, nay.

[fantasiaaddict]

The innocent have nothing to fear. I support it.

[CP2833787]

The innocent have nothing to fear. I support it.

That is some downright dangerous thinking in general.

It's also worth mentioning that the cheaters will always find a way around stuff like this, Anti-Cheat software almost never works and digs hard into the RAM of a computer causing performance drops.

The most likely scenario is it "works" by driving most of the player base away due to needing an expensive computer to play without severe performance issues. Which would put FFXIV back in the same boat it would have been in 1.0

[Denji]

The innocent have nothing to fear. I support it.

ayo look up the genshin impact rootkit

[Krotoan]

I would have a giant problem with a company scanning my computer.

Those systems always get false positives and it's really none of their business to know what I have or to use my resources for their purposes.

[Amenara]

Not a fan of game companies installing spyware on my PC. Would be an easy out for me to uninstall FF14.

[FireMage]

The innocent have nothing to fear. I support it.

The "innocent" have much to fear. Stagnation of QoL updates, nothing actually happening, unnecessary crashes, etc

[Zebraoracle]

The "innocent" have much to fear. Stagnation of QoL updates, nothing actually happening, unnecessary crashes, etc

I really hate this "if you're innocent you should be fine with it" mindset. How about no, the majority of us aren't doing anything wrong so don't punish us because of a select few?