It's a little bit of a bummer that plugins to help with combat are what have helped me fall in love with XIV again but it also means I'm scared of grouping with people bc I'm worried I'll get banned. I mean I know not to talk about it in game I'm not like hypervigilant about it but it just kinda sucks to have that in the back of my mind. Like oh I'm more comfortable doing the content but with a new reason to not wanna group with strangers. Idk Squeenix's plug-in policy is just very very bad and some people get SO shitty about any plugin that helps you do content when in the actual communities making and using those plugins it's always like. 90% people who just can't take the grind and 10% people who are literally disabled and couldn't play otherwise. I know the spectre of the WoW community belittling people for not using BossMod or whatever is scary for a lot of players, but it feels misplaced. I've seen people say anyone using a callouts mod is trash who deserves to get reported and banned while the people who are actually literally using BossMod mostly just want to be able to see the content without worrying about it and think people should be able to play how they want. Like. Guys I think your community issues are still there and just not in the direction you're expecting them to come from.
