Quote Originally Posted by Kes13a View Post
can "we" actually say that a significant portion of players use mods? where is this appraisal from?

can some leave, I am sure they would, likely clear up some of the housing situation. personally, coming from a game that mods were an absolute requirement to play (WoW) coming here was refreshing, and I doubt I am alone in that. WoW is also very adept at "stealing" the work of others to enhance their game with new "features", so SE doing it is hardly a first in the industry. the mock indignation of them doing it is hardly worthwhile or newsworthy. but shock and indignation is the calling card of the OP.

but without the actual information that the OP is apparently privy to, it is really difficult to determine what portion of the playerbase would leave. I am more concerned about the progress towards a solo game as opposed to a scorched earth policy on mods.
I dont think there is a single PC player on my datacenter that has played the game for longer than a year that does not use a mod/tool in some fashion.

The entire raiding discord use mods and act, even advertise the use of them.
Every single club discord is full of modded pictures/videos of some of the most hideous characters i have ever seen.
Every single FC discord has a mods channel or has a gpose channel full of modded assets.

Its a plague that has all but destroyed what the game originally was, a combat based MMO.
People cant raid without tools, people cant RP without tools.

XIV has literally just become WoW 2.0 but the addons are 'illegal but not really because they are unmoderated'