- Final Fantasy 14Director, Naoki Yoshida, has shared a statement of mods that can “violate” other players’ joy and core games
- Yoshida says he has no problem with mods but wants players to be aware of the rules
- He also said that sharing the use of NSFW -Mod’s online could lead to the game being subject to legal measures of regulators in certain countries
Final Fantasy 14Director, Naoki Yoshida, has issued a warning about the continued use of Mods who can “violate” other players and also lead to legal issues.
Last week it was reported that one of Final Fantasy 14‘s most popular mods was closed due to a “legal investigation”. Against, named Mare Synchronos, was a plug-in that allowed users to sync and see other players’ mods in the game as the character adjustment of character adjustment.
News about Mod’s Removal was not well received by users, which later led to the game being reviewed on Steam.
Now in a new one Final Fantasy 14 Blog post, Yoshida has responded to the overall question of Mods, saying that although he “tolerates” the personal use of them and understands that Modding Culture is “rooted in good intentions”, he wants players to be aware of the importance of the game’s user agreement.
“For the past twenty years, I’ve seen several positive examples of games with fan-made mods expanded by existing gameplay,” Yoshida said. “However, these mods are generally created with an important prerequisite in mind: They are for personal use only and the individual player is responsible for the mods they use.
“Furthermore, Mods must not affect the core, its services or the intended game design in a negative way. I personally feel that these rules must be followed by all against -creators and users.”
The director adds that if players continue to maintain these rules to improve their personal joy of the game, he personally sees no reason to track them or examine players for their use of Mods.
He also emphasized the importance of two rules in particular: that mods do not “violate others” and they “do not negatively affect core playing, its services or intended game design, as mentioned above.”
Yoshida continued to offer a long list of examples where Mods can offend others and influence intentional game design, including a scenario where a player can use mods to bypass certain conditions to get objects in the game, such as Ultimate Raid Loot.
The director explained that this would not be a problem if it was for personal joy; However, showing the thieves that was not earned through participation to other players in the game would be against the rules and would result in MOD’s dismantling.
“In response, our only options would be to ask for players to cease to use the courage or request that the against the creator removes the functionality that causes the problem,” Yoshida said. “Of course, we could also implement preventative measures in the game, but this would divert programming resources from other areas, which potentially harms the joy of other players in the long run.”
Similarly, Yoshida said this would also apply to FFXIV online store items that have not been purchased but modded, suggesting it would be unfair to players who have spent real money.
“Some may say that Square Enix is to blame for trying to make money by demanding that players spend extra on optional goods,” he said. “We run our servers and data centers 24 hours a day, three hundred-six-five days a year with the hope that our players can enjoy a reliable gaming experience. Currently, global inflation is taking its toll at a rapid pace, increasing server electricity costs, the cost of land and even the price of servers themselves.
“We do not want to increase subscription fees for players if it is possible at all-but to keep our games running requires enough income. If we start creating a deficit, FFXIV may no longer be able to operate. This is an example of damage dealt with for the services we provide.”
Finally, Yoshida touched on the question of NSFW Mods and reiterated that if a player decides to moderate their character to look naked, it may fall into the personal use and responsibility category, but if the user shares screens online, “FFXIV may be subject to legal measures by regulators in some countries.”
“Lover, who regulates the content of video games, becomes stricter before the year,” he said. “These laws are there to protect minors and for a number of other reasons, but the fact is still that they are tangible to become stricter. We have a duty to provide our services in compliance with the laws in all countries where FFXIV is available and if we are unable to do so, the distribution of our games may not be limited. This is another example of harm to our services.”
The director added that he does not intend to make his examples a distrust of counter -user or creators, but asks that the players respect the game by enjoying it within the framework of basic rules.
