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

[Graeham]

There's a new Custom Delivery NPC in Il Mheg, Anden. Can't remember what his unlock requirements are. Complete his storyline and you get both the shrubbery helmet and a shrub mount.

Thanking you.

[Troxbark]

Honestly, there is a level of irony in having conspiracy theories about the integration of scanning for add-ons, taking into account if you download add-ons in the first place, which is arguably more probable to contain issues.

It's understandable that they distrust corporations over independent mod makers but their head is too far in their (lol) to present a valid argument or reasonable opinion, so I'm just doing some light trolling.

[Zebraoracle]

I see modders as a detriment to gaming personally but thats just me.

Oh yes, letting hrothgar and viera wear hats is a detriment to the game. Giving people extra accessibility options (for things such as colorblindness) is a detriment to the game. Letting people fix ping issues is a detriment to the game. Get off your high horse, your posts reek of "even though I have a narrow perspective on the matter I think everyone else should be punished because *I personally* don't like [subject matter]".

[Midareyukki]

I see modders as a detriment to gaming personally but thats just me.

In what way do people changing the game's graphics to help them clear stuff due to disabilities or handicaps affect gameplay and degrade it in any way?

Or, I don't know, my race using mods to be able to use glamour options that you can use just because the devs decided they wouldn't make them for us?

I won't say modding is the future of gaming. And it's true that we shouldn't have mods if the game is done well. But unfortunately, this isn't a well-done game if people have to resort to them to be on the same level as everyone else. And it's stuff like this, takes like these, that I find narrow-minded. Like dropping a nuke to solve a tiny problem. "There won't be a problem if there's no topic about it at all", right?

[Kyrj]

Yes and no. I would not be opposed to it if they admitted they need to do more in the ways of dps meters/checks (Stone Sky Sea is garbage) also cut it out with the gigantic bosses that players feel that the current camera situation isn't enough.

[Hanaya]

Yes and no. I wouldn't mind an anticheat (as long as it's not annoying as fuck, like with lost ark where the anti cheat means the game takes like 5 minutes to actually open), but if they add one they need to add accessibility features to the game and fix the netcode. If people with high ping could play classes as intended (ninja mudras are an example for this), then they wouldn't have to use noclippy to just play at the same level as other people who happen to be living in a better location for ping. Additionally, I personally have bad vision and can't wear contacts or glasses for very long times (contacts burn my eyes, glasses give me a headache), and because I need them to drive and work, by the time I get home to play ffxiv wearing them is painful. There are plugins that do things like increase the size of debuffs or dots that mean I can (hypothetically) play the game without hunching over just to read the screen.

In this hypothetical situation, I herniated a disk in my neck partially because my posture while playing the game was messed up from trying to be able to read the numbers on my dots/buffs/etc, and now plugins are the only way I can (hypothetically) see stuff on the screen clearly. I know there are also issues for colorblind players, and some people have controller issues that require plugins to fix (or else they will randomly lose control of their characters, which makes content far more difficult). I'm not opposed to them going harder on plugins, because I think stuff like UAV super galactic zoom, splatoon, etc are bad for the game, but they need to give people qol changes for the issues with the game if they do so.

[Troxbark]

In what way do people changing the game's graphics to help them clear stuff due to disabilities or handicaps affect gameplay and degrade it in any way?

Or, I don't know, my race using mods to be able to use glamour options that you can use just because the devs decided they wouldn't make them for us?

How about the mods that let you zoom out into infinity? How is it beneficial letting a mod auto-counter abilities in pvp or perform your rotation in ove? How about auto gathering mods or auto-mated market board selling?

You know what mods spurred this conversation, don't cherry pick addons no one cares about or can easily be implemented by SE if they choose it.

[Havenchild]

Most people can't think outside of their own worldview, perspective and experience. They assume whatever they have experienced is what everyone else has experienced as well.

I mean you can apply this logic both ways. People claiming about overreach or negative performance tend to be the minority yet act like they are the consistent voice among populaces. Anti-Cheat software by and large has been acceptably used by many MMOs and while some implementations have been janky or ineffective others have been consistent and well done. There's probably more well done than not in the MMO market specifically, proven by the fact that many people even some in this thread, don't seem to recognize when this software has been installed in their games before, but most people don't talk about the successes here because it doesn't help paint the narrative they are forming.

[Oldschoolegamer38]

The second SE starts scanning my PC with weird invasive rootkit stuff is the second I get over any remaining FFXIV habit that I have left.

whats the matter, afraid of getting busted? I for one will do that if SE made it mandatory!!! separates garbage from the real skill players

[TattersailNightwish]

I would be opposed to it because I can't count how many times I was thrown of of <insert game here> because Punkbuster flagged me for a false positive.

I've never installed ANY type of scanner/parser/cheat thing for any game.