Official Statement: Regarding Mod Usage and Culture

[Boblawblah]

Let's be honest here

[ZXN]

Yoshi-P's statement is good and logical, yet also really funny just because I know the community is going to fuck it up on purpose somehow down the road. Some players read this statement, that was pretty much written in a way for 5 year olds to understand, and already somehow genuinely came to the conclusion that Yoshi-P just gave the green light to both freely use and freely talk about any/all mods they want as long as they don't "infringe" on anything.

Reading comprehension and FF14 really don't mix for some players and this really seems like it'll be the situation that keeps on giving down the road.

[JadeCurtiss]

Yoshi-P's statement is good and logical, yet also really funny just because I know the community is going to fuck it up on purpose somehow down the road. Some players read this statement, that was pretty much written in a way for 5 year olds to understand, and already somehow genuinely came to the conclusion that Yoshi-P just gave the green light to both freely use and freely talk about any/all mods they want as long as they don't "infringe" on anything.

Reading comprehension and FF14 really don't mix for some players and this really seems like it'll be the situation that keeps on giving down the road.

Everyone is glossing over this sentence.

Of course, from my position leading FFXIV, I still feel that it is vital for players to follow our user agreement and other rules.

First rule of Fight Club. Same as it always was.

[MsMisato]

If it does confirm anything it's that having "Mare Lamentorum" in your Adventure Plate, and possibly even the letter "C" with some slash mark near it (if you know, you know) is probably going to be treated less tolerably from now on.

whats the letter C with some slash mark? I swear i learned so much stuff from this over the past two weeks like moon aand mare and all other words XD

[Wingale]

The only rule of the Fight Club
Do not mention Fight Club

And if you can't do it, consider yourself no-no brain

[Sunhwapark]

Is the phrase "fight club" the most used words in the forum this past week ?

[Alice_Rivers]

Is the phrase "fight club" the most used words in the forum this past week ?

It might just be...

[s32ialx]

forcing us all to install some stupid kernel-level anticheat.

Microsoft is limiting kernel-level access to improve system stability and security. This shift gained urgency after a faulty CrowdStrike update in 2024 caused global Windows crashes due to a kernel-level driver. Microsoft now encourages security tools to operate in user mode to reduce the risk of system-wide failures.
Game developers may avoid kernel-level anti-cheat for several reasons: it can destabilize systems, raise privacy concerns, and break compatibility with platforms like Linux and Steam Deck. With Microsoft tightening control over the kernel, relying on deep system access is becoming less viable and harder to support long term.

Notebook Check: Microsoft paves the way for Linux gaming success with plan that would kill kernel-level anti-cheat
Acer: How Microsoft’s Kernel Changes May Impact Anti-Cheat Software

[KageTokage]

This whole situation feels silly to me because all these people had to do was keep a low profile but decided to self-report themselves by taking over a public zone...and I have zero doubts they'll probably do it again even if a replacement for Mare manages to show up.

I've also already randomly had 18+ modded XIV content show up in the general XIV feed for twitter multiple times which is precisely the kind of thing the devs do not want happening and probably will keep happening regardless.

[BlisteringFrost]

This whole situation feels silly to me because all these people had to do was keep a low profile but decided to self-report themselves by taking over a public zone...and I have zero doubts they'll probably do it again even if a replacement for Mare manages to show up.

I've also already randomly had 18+ modded XIV content show up in the general XIV feed for twitter multiple times which is precisely the kind of thing the devs do not want happening and probably will keep happening regardless.

3 whole entire zones in Bismarck were locked out preventing anybody from questing in those regions for multiple weeks because of a party that was kept going, because of Mare as a critical componant.