It is Time to Ban WoW Addons

[Cyous-area-52]

@Krutz-bleeding-hollow

The game would be better off without addons.

Is Skyrim a better game with or without addons/mods?

[Beki-dalaran]

@Raizul-blackwater-raiders

So what about addons that make the game more accessible for those that need the extra help?

It should be in the game’s default function.

[Sanaera-wyrmrest-accord]

They’re right, though.

[Mythosaur-frostwolf]

if we did not had mod for skyrim that game would been dead in a month
new expansion weapons heck going back to morrowind with the skyrim engine

[Drexigan-illidan]

@Cyous-area-52

Is Skyrim a better game with or without addons/mods?

I didn’t know Skyrim was a MMO

[Raizul-blackwater-raiders]

@Beki-dalaran

It should be in the game’s default function.

Addons have been, and continue to be, what pushes WoW devs to add things into this game. Especially QOL features. Any player worth their salt can attest to this. It’s literally free dev/testing for the WoW team.

There are many current functions that were once addons, but now are baked into the gameplay. Saying something “should be” is the lazy man’s way of pointing the finger.

[Mythosaur-frostwolf]

1000X better with the mods
first time player should play mod free then go ham

[Dracen-moon-guard]

@Drexigan-illidan

I didn’t know Skyrim was a MMO

Elder Scrolls Online. The developers literally turning Skyrim [and other ES games] into an MMO.

[Drexigan-illidan]

@Dracen-moon-guard

Elder Scrolls Online.

That isn’t Skyrim but okay lmao

[Kynarlia-terenas]

Asmonbald at it again?

[Amaunator-mankrik]

I mean. They are right though. At the very least ‘not wrong’.

World first raid kills are vastly less impressive if they are done by a bunch of people who make it their job to get them. You can call add-ons a crutch in the sense that they are heavily relied upon. In some cases they aren’t just expected but are required by groups to effectively do the content.

But there are more addon than raid ones. This would also ban roleplay and quality of life mods. So I definitely wouldn’t ban them.

[Cyous-area-52]

@Drexigan-illidan

I didn’t know Skyrim was a MMO

Neither is LOZ:OOT yet players figured out a way to enable multiplayer in a shared world. ::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQVsIFrcgEk

The point being customizing your experience is a good thing in games. The only games where it’s a bad thing is competition-first games, like LOL, DOTA2, and CS. WoW is a casual game with competitive elements. AddOns are fine.

[Qamaits-darrowmere (Qamaits)]

Why do you people insist on beating poor dead Blanchy with this stick?

[Hvye-area-52]

It’s time to make people post under their btags instead of their random alt. Myself included, I’d troll less

[Beki-dalaran]

@Sanaera-wyrmrest-accord

Addons are useful and improve the experience for many. They’re also accessibility tools.

There’s no need to ban them.

The game is also very, very functional without them, outside of, like, Mythic Raiding.

functions like accessibility tools should definitely be baked into game’s default functions.

Over the years, Blizzard has add “colorblind mode”, “text-to-speech” etc. which is a good direction.

The reason to ban ALL addons instead of certain types of addons (combat addon like DBM, etc.) is that, all addons are equal, all addons functions in the same principle at base level, and all addons makers should have the same treatment.

It will be unfair and ineffective to ban certain addons, because other addons will take their place eventually.

[Mythosaur-frostwolf]

because they got declined from LFG or pugs
or lied about how good their dps was

[Valtorus-stormrage]

Blizzard themselves have said they want to move away from the “addon required” mentality in regards to raid boss fight mechanics.

I would rather a fight be a little less mechanic heavy, so you don’t need DBM listing countdowns for 6 different mechanics that are about to happen. Complexity doesn’t always equal fun, or challenging.

Sometimes, it just ends up being annoying. Remember The Coven of Shivarra? That fight is a perfect example of too many mechanics that end up being annoying.

[Annastasi-proudmoore]

@Beki-dalaran

functions like accessibility tools should definitely be baked into game’s default functions.

why though?

when the vast majority of people don’t need the functionality an addon provides, baking it in is just bloat. having the tiny fraction of people who want/need that functionality get it via addon is better.

Banning addons is a dumb idea that I’m confident is never going to happen.

[Qamaits-darrowmere (Qamaits)]

@Hvye-area-52

Myself included, I’d troll less

Considering this is my main and the toon I post on btags wouldn’t change the level of snarky derision of my posts.

[Raizul-blackwater-raiders]

@Beki-dalaran

functions like accessibility tools should definitely be baked into game’s default functions

@Raizul-blackwater-raiders

Addons have been, and continue to be, what pushes WoW devs to add things into this game. Especially QOL features. Any player worth their salt can attest to this. It’s literally free dev/testing for the WoW team.

There are many current functions that were once addons, but now are baked into the gameplay. Saying something “should be” is the lazy man’s way of pointing the finger.

There’s no need for anything further in this QQ thread.