(09-10-2014, 04:31 PM)Phayte Wrote:(09-10-2014, 04:03 PM)Titor Wrote: Yeah, I know about the parsers and such like that, and even took a cursory overview at how to make a plugin for it. However, I really really do not want to violate the ToS or be associated with developing part of a tool that violates ToS. I really care about the game and value not only my account be SE's wishes, thus anything that will go against the ToS is completely out of the realm of anything I will do.
However, anything that does not relate to parsing or 3rd party tools modifying the game is open for immediate development, and when they open an API I plan on learning every last bit of it I can. If they allow simple get or post requests (probably not, though) That would be SO awesome. Or at least some way to communicate between the plugins to store data.
I totally hear you on this and respect anyone who is totally against this and other 3rd parties that extract memory. It's one of those things that's just very gray. If you use xivdb.com, you're technically indirectly using a third party tool which they use to parse out all the data from dat files.
It's just really sad that after a year now, they still haven't given any information on a mod API for the client. There are just some things that seem completely wrong (i.e. radar), but other tools like the DPS parser is really useful (but can be detrimental to the community if people use it to harass players). When I use to be in a static that was working on T4 and T5, we were able to identify who were the weaker links in the group. Nobody was harassed, but it really encouraged every to take it up a notch and breed some healthy competition. Unfortunately, SE can't make any exceptions or else it'll just open a can of worms for them later on.
It's been a interesting learning experience and if something comes out of the that the community might be able to use, all the better.
Curious..."radar"?
As far as the rest...um, no, harassment isn't a valid excuse on SE's part. Â I do not need a gaming company protecting me from the "mean and nasty players" on the internet. Â I'm a grown adult. Â I can take care of my own damn self. Â It's just a copout to buy them time to either scrap doing an API at all, or to allow them to make mediocre content until they finally get around to the API.