Being auto-assisted by addons in fights is cheating, accept it.
Anything this DH doesnât like is cheating to them, even if itâs explicitly allowed by the devs who make the rules.
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So tell me you know nothing about addons without telling me you know nothing about addons.
They donât auto assist. Thatâs called botting.
Addons arenât bots.
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Feeding you information that should be told otherwise through boss actions/animations through sounds or words spoken by a computer voice is cheating. Accept it. You know this to be true. If you canât rely on your eyes and ears and senses to tell what a boss is doingâŠwhy are you playing a video game? Chess would be better.
Auto assist addons are âeasy modeâ and Iâm so glad FFXIV is banning idiots using these things, reminds me thereâs hope that thereâs a director out there that belives in our senses still to clear boss fights. Other games like Dark Souls/Elden Ring/Sekiro/etc also are legendary for having bosses just do things and you reactâŠno auto assist program to tell you bosses next move.
If you go and watch the original making of World of Warcraft, clips and interviews dating between 2001-2003, on the progress of WoW and the general development, there is a quote in one of the interviews that specially states that World of Warcraft was designed with accessibility and use of addons.
So from the very start of the game, even before it was released, it had addon support.
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Fun fact: there is a guild full of deaf players that are just now getting their AOTC. Addons can also help people that canât listen to sound but use visual queues.
But continue on with how addons are cheating?
Quit talking out of your buttocks.
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Why does it bother you that I use an addon that tells me how many kills I have had on a boss that may drop some rare item and which mobs may drop this?
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The only thing I can see that is close to being a âcheatingâ addon is âallhealershavetodieâ and itâs not even that bad because 99% donât focus healers anyways unless youâre in an RBG and in voice.
Itâs like the community needs that addon in order to git gud
For those who are deaf or otherwise have such struggles thatâs ok. For those who are not and have the ability to use information gathering senses, addons should be banned for them(namely DBM, etc). Addons should be heavily restricted to stuff like bagnon and things that donât affect boss fights or any fights or combat at all.
Why should I have my style of play hindered by your opinion.
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After going back and playing other mmoâs with no addons I have come to the realization that they are like training wheels.
I only have Addons that either allow me to RP [Such as Total RP 3, Emote Splitter etc] or Addons that change up my UI, or let me see how much gold I have on my toons, or just general quality of life addons.
So, no. They are not a cheat but a boon. They make life so much easier and prettier.
Must be Sunday
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Thatâs beyond stupid.
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I get it, you want the game super EZ mode. My point still standsâŠaddons that affect combat only lower players skills due to dependency on auto-assistance. Thatâs a fact.
Do you currently use dbm for raiding?
No need, the guild already calls out stuff thats gonna happen over discord and Iâm a DPSâŠI just kill stuff. Iâm not a tank that needs to know to start moving boss because DBM said a mechanic CD is up in 10 seconds.
So if the guild is using an addon, to then tell you when to move⊠little odd isnt it?
So if they removed dbm and you at this present time are relying on your raid leaders callouts, who is using an addon that yracks timers, where would that put you?
Your rl can no longer read timers for you.
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Iâve just come to accept that wow players canât play wow without auto assistance addons so I just go with it. All I do is hit the boss till it dies anyway and just move out of bad stuff.
So you let your guildies do the mechanics while you tunnel the boss side stepping?