At this point will FFXIV collapse if all mods and third party tools disappear?

[Renathras]

nope, I think you are wrong. people play the game because of the game, and thats how a community forms. the community did not create the game.

Agreed.

As hard as this is for some people to believe for whatever reason, a ton of people genuinely just...like the game. They enjoy playing it. Those people are probably going to keep playing it unless mods make it unplayable, which is unlikely. Mods being removed wouldn't affect a lot of people. And of those it affected, many of them would keep playing it, they just might be bummed about losing their mods. Like I was bummed about not having an Exploration Zone this expansion. Yet here I am, still playing the game and still finding things I enjoy in it.