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

[Xaruko_Nexume]

Maybe none of those? Let me spell it out again, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT MMO PLAYERS. They are here for a pretty dress-up game with chat functions. They are here to play Second Life with graphics that aren't from 2003.

Why does it have to be one or the other? I know many who enjoy both. I know savage raiders who also RP and collect glams. Whats wrong with that?

[Absurdity]

Why does it have to be one or the other? I know many who enjoy both. I know savage raiders who also RP and collect glams. Whats wrong with that?

Because those aren't the people we're talking about.

[Xaruko_Nexume]

Because those aren't the people we're talking about.

Fair, but then okay what about the people who ARE only here for second life/IMVU type stuff? Why does that bother anyone? They are contributing cash flow to the game and other than their character model physically existing in the world I don't see how thats a problem.

If people want MMO's where the focus is on mind breaking encounters with spreadsheets and stats item weights and other sweaty buzzwords, there are plent of other games that deliver that experience better.

[Absurdity]

The MMO aspect of a MMORPG is far less designed than the RPG aspect, these players are online and participating in the game world, just not in ways you seem to want them to. What’s the issue with this again?

Where did I say that I don't want them to? Read my reply again and what I'm replying to, it's not rocket science.

I sometimes seriously question people's reading comprehension. Where did I make a judgement on the second life/IMVU players? Unless we now assume that putting something in caps for emphasis is a judgement.
I simply stated the fact that they're here to play dress-up and chat, so if you take the dress-up part out of it by banning mods they will go somewhere else, because they are not here for the MMORPG part, they probably couldn't care less about the gameplay.