Official Statement: Regarding Mod Usage and Culture

[BlisteringFrost]

more than 270k was the figure the plug in dev gave in the interview then note it was just one plug in we don't know how many people use other stuffs.

The person i was replying to wanted all of those people off the game which is a poor take.

I'm gonna keep saying it; a better take and action on square's part would have been to give personal accountability to people that were belligerent TOS breakers like the guy that got banned for using ACT on stream back in 2019 you don't see people using it anymore but they still claim to use it same thing for the ERP club mare advertisements in shout chat banning these people or at least punishing them would have cut down on a lot of nonsense and it would have padded them from the fallout of just axing the plug in out of the blue.

Yeah maybe not the full 270k will leave but square doesn't want even 30k it's a lot of money to lose, they just got done begging us to buy cash shop items or sub costs would be considered for increase while putting a sale on the mog station. lol

they're already bleeding subs and they are acting hungry because of it.

You better believe to them it is all about money share holders don't care about laws they don't care about how you feel what is right what is wrong, that we had a discussion of what they should do or shouldn't all they care about and in extension square is; are profits this week, better than last week's? If they are down the share holders are mad and square is not happy with that. It's why they C&D'd mare and why they came out with this weak "we understand and won't chase you over modding letter" after the fact, because yes Balmung is easier to get into those people that spent the at least the last 2 years? (Idk about plug ins well) sharing their charas are not as interested in RP w/o being able to do so charas to one another and in the end Square allowed this to grow to that point to begin with.

30k a month is less than one persons yearly paycheck. They can stand to lose that. Japanese game devs would be paid enough yen to translate to 50-80k USD a year.

But go off, tell us more of what you know~!

[Raoabolic]

good riddence to more than 270k players that's more than 3 million usd square stands to lose
you may be willing to pay 25+ a month to get rid of the add on users but I am sure a lot of us less needlessly spiteful players are not.
14 is not even worth 15 usd a month at this point, an anti cheat would likely cause performance issues awful take.

this guy is a prime example of why viera hats were a mistake.

Lmao, bro went full "Won't someone think of the multibillion yen company!"

[SasukeUchiha81]

I've read it, watched a video dissecting it, then read it again. Honestly, we took it too far, dial it back. Yoshi P is a rockstar from my POV, for the way he handled and explained it. I agree.

[Xeronia]

If playing WoW for years taught me anything it is it takes a lot to fully kill something like this and money can be easily recovered with highly desirable shop additions. I imagine you could probably recoup the loss from anyone who unsubscribed over Mare by adding highly wanted NPC outfits/hairstyles like Yotsuyu/Gaius/Zenos and just having more shop wide sales in general.

[Aelin_Ashryver]

As ever fight club rules and we wouldn't have an issue, shame so many people have no self control and wanna plaster their modded tarts all over social media )

[RedLolly]

What's funny is I've noticed on my server last night, a Saturday, that the players just bebopping around Limsa are more commonly wearing skimpy gear, using what's available in game. Those 2B pants have returned as the game's most popular glam and people are doing suggestive things with emotes. RP club shouts were rolling faster than usual and the crowd was enormous in the plaza.

There is no gooner exodus unsubbed. They got creative and went back to business as usual. Game's gonna be fine.

[Halivel]

RP club shouts were rolling faster than usual and the crowd was enormous in the plaza.

I can't say for everyone but I'll be honest - as someone who's interest in RP, modding taking such a big prevalence in venues is what actually turned me off of it in the past years, because nearly every event ad I've seen went with a silent expectation that you'll join the mare syncshell.

FF14 might be not perfect when it comes to glamour and customization, but there're plenty of options even with that in mind, and I wasn't interested in installing 3rd party tools to see other people characters' look like they're not even from FF14. That, plus it felt like people had put more attention into flashing their fancy mods than into actual interactions with other people.

If mare being gone means that RP stage will turn back to vanilla at least in some capacity, I'll take it as a win and probably will dip into role-playing again.

[Rikizza]

I love this statement and I completely agree. Mods doesn’t hurt anyone if its kept private, and he even said he dont mind mods.