I have a love/hate relationship with this addon. As someone who has 13 toons AOTC/3k this season, and while if I was using a rotation add-ons to learn a new class/spec or relearning one would be useful, I’ve long since decided that I can’t play a spec at a high level then it’s not made for me. But my god, I would say 99% of people who use this addon absolutely cannot play this game without this addon. I’ve been apart of many canceled raids and awful keys day 1-3 on a patch because this addon is broken. Because it’s used as a crutch, I think it’s times to go. I also believe WAs should also go too. We rely on these too much and don’t just play the game.
EDIT: how is Hekili different than the old healbot? Remember in Vanilla when Blizzard banned healbot? It selected the spell, rank and target for you on a single macro button.
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People couldn’t play the game before it came out, and they’ll continue to be unable to play the game after its gone
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Ehhh.
If I was in a group and they couldn’t function at all on Tuesdays, I would look for a different group.
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Eh, let people use whatever addons they want and/or need.
Everyone has different needs and if they help folks out, then great! You might not need 'em or feel like you don’t want to and that’s a personal choice.
Accessibility is a different thing to everyone who plays and I like that those tools are available to folks who feel like they need them.
I’m way too lazy to actual set that stuff up but hey, more power to the people.
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So you actively use and benefit from it and you’re calling for it to be banned because it’s broken for a few days and you assume bads are using it instead of just flat out messing up their rotation? Wild.
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If what u are saying is true then maybe blizz needs to think about making classes easier to play.
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No… (Interesting, if you try to just post “no” with 8 periods the forums gets an error and asks if you are posting a complete sentence)
Most classes are easy to play but take time to master and build into muscle memory. Hekili just helps with the process but is by no means mandatory to play at a reasonable skill level.
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I think I’m more impressed by people who can look at that add-on and keep up with what it tells them to do than people who can just memorise their rotations tbh…
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I don’t use it, I’ve decided that if I can’t learn a spec then it’s not for me. But I got all 13 classes to 3k this season so it’s not an issue for me.
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If people used Hekili as a stepping stone I’d advocate for it. But I’ve never met anyone who uses it that way. They all use it as a crutch.
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Without weakauras, my performance would drop quite a bit.
I don’t think Hekili matters that much.
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Do people use that in high level content? But how do they tell how many targets you are going to hit and do they optimize your cds based on burn phases etc? It seems like a lot of work to get that to a good level especially if it’s for more than one spec. They would also still need to know how and when to use their CC and defensives themselves I imagine.
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With or without add-ons doesn’t really increase a persons skill level in a game. Only time and practice does that and really how well a person ability is to learn in the 1st place.
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Hey, if they use the crutch enough they will eventually master their rotation without looking at what the addon is telling them to do.
If they can’t, I doubt they were really ever going to be competitive players in the first place. If you can’t master a reasonably easy rotation I highly doubt you are going to memorize the mechanics for 9+ raid bosses and/or 8 M+ dungeons.
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When I tried Hekili on my mage, I kept screaming at it, “NO, you stupid addon - not yet” and on my Shaman I thought “Oh, so THAT’s what that button does!”
If you are following Hekili, you are definitely not doing more than 80% of your DPS. While it can follow a rotation perfectly, of course, it can’t allow variance for combat conditions - how many targets, switching targets, cooldown timing, time to die, and so on.
I am actually pretty shocked to hear that many people are using it at HC level. I’m no great player, but it just slows me down, at least on any class I am familiar with.
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So you want it to be banned now that you’ve made use of it and are finished with it while still assuming that bads are using it instead of just being bad?
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I got every class to go 3k no issues. Just learn each class, place buttons in the same spot and profit…
I’ve never used it. But the addon was really made for people like me. Someone who plays every class at the top 1-2% in the game to help quickly learn, not use as a crutch the entire time.
99% of players that use it need it or they can’t play. Running keys and heroic raid pugs is a shishow when that addon doesn’t work lol
Ye, I think this is just an attempt at a brag post.
It doesn’t work when your profile 404s and you don’t show up on RIO or WCL with a search of your name.
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