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Return when Final Fantasy XIV When they announced that they were tweaking the blacklist system, some players pointed out that the new system could enable players to access information that shouldn’t be in their sights. Worryingly, this prediction has become a reality in the form of the PlayerScope plugin.
FFXIV Any use of plug-ins or modifications is strictly prohibited. Anyone caught using any type of game-changing software is banned permanently, which should be enough to keep anyone away. However, this hasn’t stopped people from creating or using mods, and the latest rounds are particularly annoying, and appear to have been enabled by changes made by Square Enix themselves. Beware of at that time.
Changes made to the blacklist feature with the release of Downtrail Each player was given a unique account ID, which could be captured by the PlayerScope plugin, allowing anyone using it to track not only specific characters, but also alternate characters associated with the same account, each character’s movement, and appearance changes as well. This poses huge risks for things like harassment and stalking, which is already a problem for MMOs.
Players who tested the plugin, like Wetsh0laze on Reddit, reported that in order to prevent their data from being leaked by the plugin, they had to download it themselves, connect to it using a Discord account, and then ultimately unsubscribe. practical.
However, a recent update from the mod developer revealed that they will be removing the opt-out option from the mod itself, and instead inviting players to join a Discord server and join a specific channel to whitelist their accounts. However, this will require people to “verify their Lodestone account through the add-on,” which still leaves the entire process open to abuse and misuse.
Dalamud, a third-party tool used by many to implement mod usage FFXIVA. issued statement Regarding the plugin. It states that it “fundamentally does not approve” the plugin, but that “it is not possible for the Dalamud Project to prevent plugins from accessing these values (account identifiers).” It’s also not possible for them to block mods from a dedicated repository like PlayerScope’s, so it’s here to stay, unfortunately.
Given their one-strike policy on mod use, we can only hope that Square Enix takes quick action against the creators and users of this add-on. The only viable solution that would prevent further use of the mode is FFXIV To fix the blacklist system again, and perhaps return it to the system that was in place before. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem likely, but hopefully a way forward will be found that will protect players from those who abuse the system.
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