Cheaters and Add-ons

[hynaku]

Didn't one gaming company go after cheaters once by suing them all. Easy way to spot them is there is always small amount of lag when close to them.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Hi, first time posting here and i come with a question, why the devs do little next to nothing to stop the rampant cheating that happens in this game. I know that this is mainly a PVE game and if someone is using splatoon or some type of auto rotation cheat is not affecting my gameplay directly but why theres not a more restrictive system or anti-cheat in the game?

Now I've also heard that the devs can't implement an anti-cheat or any program to check if someone is using something they're are not suppose to because of a certain japanese cybersecurity law that prohibits them for using anti-cheats in their game, how much of this is true and if so which law is it and how can we fight the rampant cheating that happens in the game?

With a new ultimate on the horizon i can only imagine of what type of cheat people will come up with so they can clear the fight...

Is there nothing we can do besides reporting the use of cheats or can we ask more from the devs in regard of more restrictions in game on add-on usage?

I've not heard about the law thing all I can state is what Yoshida has stated and that he doesnt want to add it as the software is very invasive and as a gamer himself he wouldn't want it.

[Elizabetha]

The banal acceptance of many of these responses is so depressingly on point for FF14 right now.

I hear James Gandolfini in my brain on repeat: "Wha' kin y'do, uh?"

[Daralii]

The banal acceptance of many of these responses is so depressingly on point for FF14 right now.

I hear James Gandolfini in my brain on repeat: "Wha' kin y'do, uh?"

Addressing it would require time, manpower, and money. SE will not put any more than the bare minimum of any of those into XIV, so there's no point.

[VeyaAkemi]

Honestly, my take on it is, I don't care, most of it doesn't affect me at all, and if it makes the game better in any capacity to some, then it's a net positive, so who gives a hoot?

[Swad]

XIV and XI would be dead with anti-cheat.

[ACE135]

A question I was thinking about is, if there will ever be another Final Fantasy MMORPG in the future and the devs say they will activly work against cheaters, do you think many players will play it? At least of those that are using cheats and add-ons in XIV?

[Canadane]

There's plenty of players who play without cheats and if everyone who has an add-on got banned today, the game would go on just fine.