Why Final Fantasy 14 is Being Review Bombed by Fans [Square's crackdown on MODs, game modifications]
Square Enix is taking action against a community modder, and the Final Fantasy XIV community is not happy about it.
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FF14 devs have historically been anti modding, arguably the most anti mod stance of all the major mmos, so i dont know why theyre complaining now.
they do so pretty publicly as well
They have a reason? And by devs, do you mean Square Enix, or have the actual programmers gone on the record saying it?
Square themselves. They've gone on record god knows how many times stating that Mods are not allowed in the game. full stop. even stating as much in Live streams for upcoming patches/expansions and Q&As. So the community freaking out now is sort of a "really? what did you expect?" type of deal.
the director himself is usually the one who comes out and explains it and whats happening behind the scenes. Hence when they address it, he will be talking as himself as rather the team in official blogposts. Theyve been litigious against mods early in the year so youd be hard pressed to think they want it there.
generally speaking, most mmo companies have a similar clause and they take mods on a case by case basis. FF14 is the only one that constantly reminds people Moddings Bad Mkay, don't do it, and actually acts (bans) on it.