In his closing statement, Naoki Yoshida reiterated that the use of third-party tools is prohibited in Final Fantasy 14, largely due to safety concerns as demonstrated here. He also asked that players refrain from sharing details about such plugins to avoid encouraging malicious users.

Final Fantasy XIV fans began freaking out earlier this month after the discovery of a mod tool that could be abused to track down players and stalk them in-game, no matter where they were in the popular MMORPG.

While the use of third-party tools is prohibited in Final Fantasy 14, the likes of Advanced Combat Tracker is regularly used by the game's raiding community and cross-referenced using websites like FFlogs. Yoshida's legal threat, however, is a significant step up in rhetoric.

Final Fantasy 14's community has been frayed at the edges recently, as widespread awareness of a modding tool that allows stalkers—an issue FF14 has had for a while—to have ac

Square Enix is aware of the PlayerScope plugin for Final Fantasy 14, and is considering legal action after players raised concerns.