Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida, better known as Yoshi-P, has provided a lengthy official statement regarding the recent takedown of the popular Mare Synchronos mod from the MMO. The mod's removal has led to heated debates among FFXIV fans regarding the policy of mods in the game, and even led to review-bombing the game on Steam.
In the statement posted on the official Final Fantasy 14 Lodestone site, Yoshi-P provides the reasoning for the removal of the mod, as well as an update on the developers' stance on mods in the game. The message was recently updated to include a request from Yoshi-P and Square Enix to not summarize or only provide excerpts of the statement, and the full statement is linked in this paragraph.
Yoshi-P's statement emphasizes his support of personal use of PC mods and how they can enhance a player's enjoyment of both FFXIV and other games. But he also emphasizes two rules for mod usage in FFXIV: that their style of gameplay does not infringe upon others, and that they do not negatively impact the core game, its services, or intended game design.
The Mare Synchronos mod violated that by...
