You're delusional if you think SQEX can't detect ACT

[MsQi]

I was speaking conjecturally from the point of view of the developers.

As far as I've heard their position is that in general people don't need the features mods provide. They do seem to acknowledge some players want some things.

[PredatoryCatgirl]

This has been repeated again and again but the existence of many JP games with invasive DRMs and anti-cheats prove this point wrong.

The game is sold outside of Japan. In some European countries this is actually law. In the USA its not but its basically suicide to include a DRM like that. Different cultures.

[SenahPanipahr]

What's the point of this thread? OP, are you on console and angry about the disparity of tools available?

I would agree that things like Cactbot are outright cheating (but more to the point, they will make you worse at the game even if the superficial result might appear to be the opposite), but with ACT this is kinda SE's own fault, by making DPS checks so core to the game.

Going off the number of ERP'ers FFXIV has (and the tools they all seem to use), I think it's fair to say SE don't care if you use cosmetic mods as long as you don't advertise that you do.

[Mostly_Raxus]

i dont get what this post means to prove? did op get benched and this is just a not so subtle threat to the static they were removed from?
i mean knowing what permissions a third party program asks for is kinda indicative of having said program.. just saying..

[TheDecay]

The game is sold outside of Japan. In some European countries this is actually law. In the USA its not but its basically suicide to include a DRM like that. Different cultures.

Sure, but not once has anyone provided the exact law in question that prohibits SE from wrapping the game with some rudimentary anti-cheat or detection (not even within the memory allocated to FF14). The only source of this misinformation is from the developer team itself.

[kaynide]

It's less about whether mods are good or bad, and more that the players can't be trusted to self-police or use common sense. If they allow even 1 mod, players will suddenly see that as some kind of green light for ALL mods.

It would only be a matter of time before players complain "but SE said I could use mods!" when defending obviously illegal/immoral mods and/or "It's SE's fault I got haxor'd! They said I could use da MODZ!" when downloading off some janky obviously-virus-ridden webpage.

Honestly, it's a lot like many Japanese things.

Stuff like red-light districts, or possessing guns/knives, etc.

[Shinkuno]

SE can't legally scan your PC.

Yes they can. They just dont want to. Or are unable to do with their code.

[Renalt]

[NekoMataMata]

And you're telling us this why?

[IckeDerTyp]

This is the Internet! There's always a loophole, so we'll be fine! :3