#Naoki Yoshida addresses issues surrounding third-party software throughout Stay Letter 85 – Destructoid
Concern has been constructing throughout the Ultimate Fantasy XIV group these days over a worrying third-party software referred to as PlayerScope, which exploits a weak point within the Blacklist function to trace down gamers. Throughout LLP 85, Naoki Yoshida took a second to handle issues.
Earlier than viewers had been knowledgeable about what to anticipate from the upcoming patch 7.2: Seekers of Eternity, Yoshida took a second to debate the worrying plugin, with Foxclon (Toshio Murouchi) offering English Translations.
He started by stating that, no matter what the plugin can discover, it can’t pull private figuring out particulars about any participant. It’s reassuring to know that the plugin isn’t an excessive amount of of a safety threat, however that doesn’t cease it from being problematic.
The plugin works by exploiting the Blacklist function, which was up to date as a part of Dawntrail’s launch to make sure that in case you blacklisted one character on anyone’s account would additionally add their alternate characters to the blacklist as properly, stopping anyone from having the ability to discover you on an alternate character. This was a generally requested function and extremely celebrated when it was carried out, however the brand new system has backfired and allowed for PlayerScope to be created and abused.
After explaining the way it works, Yoshida went on to debate what the event crew plans to do about it. He didn’t go into an excessive amount of element, stating that they’re nonetheless actively engaged on the problem and extra particulars could be given quickly. Nonetheless, he did say that adjustments could be coming to the system in patch 7.2 when it releases in some unspecified time in the future in late March.
Nonetheless it adjustments, Yoshida assured that the adjustments already made to stop stalking or harassment would stay in place. There aren’t any plans to return to the previous blacklist system, however adjustments shall be coming to counteract this plugin and what it could possibly at present do.
As all the time, Yoshida urged viewers to avoid any third-party instruments or plugins, reminding them that they’re strictly in opposition to FFXIV‘s phrases of service and that gamers caught utilizing them threat being banned completely from the sport.
