Cheaters and Add-ons

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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

unfortunately japan has laws against anti cheat software, specifically putting programs on your PC to track what you're doing

A lot of Anti cheat are essentially Root-kits and they are illegal in some jurisdictions.

This is patently incorrect. The source for this claim is this forum, specifically this post. There is no law against anti-cheats in Japan. In fact, several Japanese companies ship games with anti-cheat.

As everyone here knows, FFXIV is the most modder-friendly MMO on the market because of Square Enix. Mods and plugins can do everything from replace game assets to manipulate server packets, cheat game modes like Fall Guys, and automate the entire game from start to finish. In fact, every piece of PvE endgame content can be fully automated without any player involvement, including savage and ultimates. While regular PvP is mostly unaffected, the Fall Guys event has been completely overrun with cheaters. Square Enix has zero enforcement of game integrity. This is the only MMO where modding, botting and cheating of this scale is widely accepted.

And yet, for some reason, this is okay. The only sensible explanation is that FFXIV is just simply a lower caliber of game than most online games. The devs treat FFXIV like an indie GitHub project more than a AAA MMO.

By the way, check out the official FFXIV Community Hub on Steam for some great examples of our fine video game! And search "FFXIV screenshots" on Twitter for even more! No particular filtering here, this is just what shows up when you search for screenshots of our game. This is what you like.