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

[Iyrnthota]

Firemage I know this is bait, but you must understand that we as players do not get to the final say as to what is or is not cheating. The SE team views it as an unfair advantage ans ruins the integrity of the content. In their eyes this is fact and they govern the rules of the game.

Mods are cheating in FFXIV end of story.

There is a little more nuance than you're giving it though.

Zoom hacks? Yeah I'd say that's cheating.
Letting Viera wear hats? While against ToS, I wouldn't call that "cheating".

[Bobby66]

There is a little more nuance than you're giving it though.

Zoom hacks? Yeah I'd say that's cheating.
Letting Viera wear hats? While against ToS, I wouldn't call that "cheating".

Fine don't call it cheating nevertheless it is a prohibited action within FFXIV end of the day it is something they devs have repeatedly asked the community to not use or do in of form of don't use or be open about the use of third party add-ons or tools.

[Raoabolic]

Fine don't call it cheating nevertheless it is a prohibited action within FFXIV end of the day it is something they devs have repeatedly asked the community to not use or do in of form of don't use or be open about the use of third party add-ons or tools.

Going by the ToS, Discord is against the ToS. Can we ban discord? I would love for some push to talk features in this game that can be moderated by GMs rather than a random discord server.

[Midareyukki]

Going by the ToS, Discord is against the ToS. Can we ban discord? I would love for some push to talk features in this game that can be moderated by GMs rather than a random discord server.

The fun part about that is that plenty of countries have stuff that contradict their own constitutions. For example, several countries have an ID card... and in their constitution there's very likely a line that says that citizens should not be assigned a serial number as personal identification.
Historically, there's a reason for that. Practically speaking, logistics needs to sort out large groups of people efficiently.

So, yes, it's normal for SE to not persecute every single add-on or third party software used in conjunction with the game. Regardless of whether it adds to it, modifies it, or generally affects gameplay in any way like a Discord voice call. Because it'd be asinine to do so.

It's kind of like blaming the game for "cheating" every time we got a game over as a kid, which I'm sure we all did at some point or another.

Ok, no, to hell with God of War though, that part to get Aphrodite's necklace with the spikes and the rock we need to push was unfair and it shouldn't oneshot you for the rock being displaced because of collision physics!!

[LittleImp]

Going by the ToS, Discord is against the ToS. Can we ban discord? I would love for some push to talk features in this game that can be moderated by GMs rather than a random discord server.

This argument will never not be stupid.

[Brandt_Nunh]

Fine don't call it cheating nevertheless it is a prohibited action within FFXIV end of the day it is something they devs have repeatedly asked the community to not use or do in of form of don't use or be open about the use of third party add-ons or tools.

No.

They talked about cosmetic mods specifically more than once and said "don't talk about using them and we don't have a problem."

The billboard goons didn't catch bans, you think the poor Hrothgar who wants to wear the new Valentione's hat is gonna?

Yes, they said don't be OPEN. But that's the extent.

Now with actual hacks? Yeah. Yoshi P has said don't use hacks. Please stop conflating the two because it's a really bad look.