At the beginning of 2025, Mod Final Fantasy 14 caused “persecution” of fears among Reports He was able to scrape the data of hidden players, including details such as information about the characters, maintenance information, all alternative signs related to the Square Enix account and much more.
A mod called “Playrterte” allows users to track specific details of the player of everyone near the person using. This information is then sent to a centralized database managed by the author of MOD (regardless of whether you look at a specific player or just be near other players) and follows information that players could usually not see through in games.
In particular, MOD offers information about the “content identifier” and “account id”, which can be used to track players in various forms. This was done by manipulating the content identifiers system introduced to the extension of the dawntrail, which in turn allows players to a black list of others on their service account and many characters.
The only way to prevent the account of accounting by the tool is to join a private channel for PlayrterCope and resign. Theoretically, every Final Fantasy 14 player, who is not in the Discord channel, has his data. Of course, this is a significant risk of privacy, and the community deafening in its answer: “The goal is obvious to persecute people”, which one of the commentators noticed on Reddit.
A few weeks ago, the author of Mod published on Discord that the plugin was found on Github, which led to the outbreak of popularity. Due to the conditions of violation of services, Playrtecope has now were removed from GitHubBut this was allegedly reflected on similar Gittea and Gitflic websites. IGN verified that the PlayrterCope repository no longer exists on any alternative platform. Theoretically, mod can also circulate in private communities.
Final Fantasy 14 Producer and director NAOK “Yoshi-P” Yoshida has now issued a statement Official Final Fantasy Forum 14 As for the fashions of other companies, it clearly refers to the appearance of players. The statement is:
“We confirmed that there are third parties tools that are used to check information about the Final Fantasy 14 characters that are not displayed during a normal game. The tool is used to display the segment of the Final Fantasy 14 account ID, which is then used to further correlate information on other characters on the same Final Fantasy 14 service account.
“Development and operations teams are aware of the community and concern concerns and discuss the following options:
- A request to delete and remove the tool in question.
- Conducting legal proceedings.
“In addition to information about characters that can be checked in the game and on Lodestone, we have received concerns that personal data recorded on the user’s Square Enix account, such as address and payment information, may also be disclosed in this tool. Ensure that it has been ensured that you cannot access this information using this tools of other companies.
“We try to offer and maintain a protected environment for our players, which is why we ask everyone to refrain from using other companies tools. We also ask players not to provide information on the tools of other companies, such as detailed information on their installation methods or take other actions to lend a hand in disseminating them.
“Using third -party tools is prohibited by the Final Fantasy 14 user contract, and their use may threaten players’ safety. We will continue to take a firm position on their use. “
While the apply of external tools is prohibited in Final Fantasy 14, such as Advanced Combat Tracker is regularly used by the invasion and reference community using websites such as sites Fflogs. However, Yoshida’s legal threat is a significant step in rhetoric.
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The Final Fantasy 14 community responded to Yoshida’s statement in a condemned manner. One user he said: “Repairing the game to break the fashion is not on the list of options that consider, I see.”
“A kind of disappointing statements that really does not recognize the basic cause of the problem” Another person said.
The author of Playrtercope has not yet answered.
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