I actually said multiple times I’m in favor of dps addons. They help people improve both dps and your ability to do mechanics. DBM however tells you what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. Not always but it can. Weak auras can do everything that DBM can do and more.
Yes, with stuff like Microtransactions. Unpolished content. Gatekeeping content.
None of which are caused by addons.
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I’ve made entire posts about how the wow token destroyed any reason to engage with the auction house just like bonds killed old school runescape’s grand exchange which is really sad because those were some of the best parts of these games unfortunately. The addon auctionator or auctioneer? Great addons makes it easier to navigate the auction house. Nothing wrong with that. It’s the addons that can use the combat log and previous encounter data to show on screen indicators that tell you what to do. Just like runelite in runescape shows players now exactly what boxes to stand in during boss encounters. When runelite came out jagex banned it initially but so many people got upset they allow it now. It’s sad to see.
I want to customize my UI. It’s fun. It’s an artistic expression. I like learning spec mechanics and designing a special UI just for that class’s rotation and playstyle.
Example: marksmanship hunter target-lock reticle
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Losing the ability to customize the UI would be taking away like 50% of the enjoyment I get from the game. Nothing is doing anything for me, it is just about transforming the experience and creating things. It’s not clear to me how you could be so against such a thing.
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I’ve been using Weak Auras for a while and i’ve never seen a time where it actually plays the game for me.
Because some mechanics require you to have high DPS, given the enrage timers are a thing. You can do everything correctly, but if your DPS isn’t up to scratch, then it’s as good as failing mechanics.
That’s the first thing I said I was in favor of? Those addons are harmless and not what I’m talking about.
I definitely don’t see addons as a flaw at all. For me, it’s one of the nicer features of the game, actually. A number of current UI features emerged from addons. Not the actual code, mind you–the ideas involved.
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WeakAuras also customizes your UI too if ya know what you’re doing.
Kind of feels something straight out of Tera with one of the gunner classes. 
That’s all done through WeakAuras, which you mentioned by name.
WeakAuras is essentially a convenient developer toolkit/interface for using the Blizzard API. Being against WeakAuras in general just means you are against Addons. It’s an interface for Addon creation and can recreate any other Addon.
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weak auras can do basically everything. The problem with addons like weak auras is that you can make indicators that tell you how to play the game. When I say these addons play the game for you, obviously you still to manually do everything with the keyboard and mouse but the game is removing the thinking out of the game by telling you when, where, how, to do things. This isn’t fun and like I’ve said it’s a blizzard problem for building their game with these addons in mind.
Oh boy, I think it is time to stop feeding this troll. The bait isn’t even bait anymore.
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There are harmless addons and one’s like weak auras that can give the player too much information then should be allowed for the spirit of the game.
You do know the same information addons give is the same information already in the game provided by the tools already available in game.
Kind of shows how well they actually know Weakauras if they think all it can be good for is just being a DBM clone.
Nah mate, this is the pure magic of Weak Auras. 
Nothing wrong with that, especially since looking up on the internet accomplishes the same thing.
Plus, Blizzard’s UI is pretty bad, it being so modifiable is a blessing that i think you should probably be thankful for.
So pure hyperbole and exaggeration and even a bit of lying here.
Have you not considered that maybe the game itself can be pretty bad at telling us when, where and how to do things at time? I mean it’s not like this sort of thing is taken away from you from existance of Addons, just tell them “Hey i know what to do” or “hey this is my first time, i want to figure out on my own” and they will be fine with it. The people you were talking about in OP is just a minority, i.e the same people who would be meta slaves. The actual ingame people wouldn’t care that much.
Fun’s subjective.
I find these Addons quite fun, not just because i can write funny death messages, but to improve my own experience.
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you say that as if people actually look at the combat log while playing…
Well, thank you for confirming you have not even played the game at all.
NEXT
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Ya know, the more i hear your anti-addon talk, the more it sounds like you just want to dumb down the game. Odd you talk about skill when this is one of your responses…
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crazy how you say this when even if the game is bad at telling you when a mechanic is coming WEAK AURAS can set a timer from the start of an encounter to show you when something will happen, even if its not in the combat log. Thank you for proving my point.
There is a joke in here about telling an addon that it needs to go, makes you just as bad as the addon. This results in the Addon telling you to leave because it doesn’t need you or you’re slowing it down.