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Final Fantasy XIV works on a weekly cycle when it comes to events, quests, and collectibles for current content. Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN.

That said, having such a prize actively taken away is likely to discourage serious world first hopefuls from trying such a thing in the future. While the community may likely never come to a consensus, modding in FF14 is likely to continue unless Square Enix's crackdown grows more severe to the point of impacting regular players en masse. All told it's a messy situation, unhelped by the fact that there aren't actually any anti-cheat measures preventing this from happening.

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Some are suggesting that while some mods (such as the aforementioned small UI tools) are fine, the camera zoom was what crossed the line. So across the community, player reactions seem to be split between people who feel the ban was justified, and others frustrated that such a harsh punishment was doled out for something that they perceive as commonplace. Given the threat of punishment around it, it's hard to say precisely how common mods are across FF14. They're just not broadcasting that use because, well, things like this keep happening.īut all that said, it's also true that given the crackdown, it's likely there are a number of teams trying to clear the content without using mods at all. While FF14's scene isn't quite that pronounced, it's still not a secret in the community that many people playing at the top levels are using them. FF14 rival World of Warcraft, a game with similar 'World First' races around its most difficult content, has an active high-end raiding scene where everyone publicly uses dozens of mods - if you're not, you're dragging the group down. A large portion of high-end players will use mods to track boss mechanics, customize their UI to be more helpful, or otherwise make the game more user-friendly. Third-party tools, mods, add-ons, whatever you call them, are actually extremely common in MMORPGs with raid content, including FF14. If you're unfamiliar with FF14, this reads like a game rightfully cracking down on cheaters, but the reality is much more complicated.

'.If the illicit use of third-party tools is made clear through our investigations, I, at the very least, will not recognize that team as the true World First.'

It’s very difficult for me to understand as a gamer what the meaning behind using numerous third-party tools to compete to clear first would be. 'However, if the presumption is that this content will be tackled and cleared with the use of third-party tools, then any reason to develop high-difficulty battle content seems to be lost.

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'The ultimate raid series is the most difficult battle content within FFXIV, and we release this content after testing that it can be cleared without the use of any third-party tools,' Yoshida wrote. The post additionally condemns the recording and circulation of certain in-game cutscenes and other footage that isn't intended to be recordable. Additionally, a lengthy statement was published on the official FF14 news board from FF14 director Naoki Yoshida, reiterating Square Enix's stance on third-party tools (none whatsoever permitted) and that unspecified punishments would be enacted for using them.

Unnamed_ has since been disqualified from the race and had its kill revoked both in-game and by a popular logging site. Per FF14's terms of service, mods of any kind are not permitted in the game.

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