The Spy Addon

how can anyone not use an addon that cheats for them. yeah who could fathom such a person.

Just stop replying to him.
He appears to be one of those people that think they are never wrong.

If you are playing this game without any addons, good on you. If you are using addons, you are being hypocritical and need to grow up. It has been explained multiple times to you how Spy works using existing combat log info, yet you seem to think this is cheating. Again, grow up. If you are not using Spy on a PVP server, I highly recommend that you do. I will admit tho that if I get an alert for a stealthy, it reminds me to make sure that I am ready (as much as I can be) for a stealthed opener. It doesn’t negate the advantage of stealthies, it just reminds me to be prepared. The KoS List built into the tool is worth it all by itself, IMO.

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Right, I have been ganked while having mobs on me about 1000 times,what am I going to do? Make a 1000 names KOS?
The Kos list is especially silly and totally emo.

LOL, you calling someone else EMO.
Use the KoS list any way you want or not at all, your call. I saw a thread the other day whre the OP considered almost any addon cheating. No response or explanation would convince him otherwise. Hmmmm?

Yes I’m calling you emo who likes KoS lists and stuff like that.
Your feeling were hurt and you go writing down names to revenge because you HONOR was insulted or some silly thing.
I bet you were doing that in notepad if you’re an old player, or even in paper.
The sight you must have offered.

Nothing I’ve said is emo, i’m discussing game mechanics and breaking a class with a suspicious software.

No feeling hurt here. BTW, it’s a game. To keep calling Spy suspicious software after it has been explained to you many times how it works using the existing API and combat log info, “is” EMO.
My dear old dad told me “Don’t try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and irritates the pig.” I’m done here.

OK, don’t forget to put me on your KoS list.

And we’re still waiting for you to make a good argument on why it breaks a stealth classes ability.

Oh wait, it doesn’t and multiple classic rogues have said it doesn’t also.
You really should have made a troll rogue to post this.
It would have been perfect.

But, if you really aren’t just trolling, yikes!

THEN WHY ARE YOU EVEN COMPLAINING LOL

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Good thing the spy addon doesnt tell you where or how close the stealth player is? And again. like everyone else is stating, it only announces stealth when you CAST stealth in range of the player.
Kinda like how the combat log announces when an enemy goes stealth near the player.

What are you so mad about?

I like the addon, specifically because of the KOS list, but the stealth warning does seem a little too convenient. When I am on my hunter and I get the stealth warning, I immediately pop my flare. I honestly would not be as diligent in watching the combat logs to pick up on this otherwise.

That being said, so long as the addon is permitted, I will be using it.

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Thank you, that’s all I’m saying.
and that “a little too convenient” makes a big difference for a class who’s main ability is stealth and the element of the initial burst of damage that comes from engaging first, since our most damaging abilities require it.

Does Spy also allow people to target you past an instance portal? Back when I was doing BRD runs, with a ton of horde camping the entrance had times where I died and ran through the portal to not get instanced right away and stood in the area behind the portal for a good 10 seconds or so, which lead to my death as horde kept hitting me.

Dont need the addon to target players.

What about this part of the add-on:

Spy can be configured to announce enemy player encounters and share data with other Spy users in your party, raid or guild.

That does not sound like something someone would be able to do, just be reading the combat log. I can’t read everyone’s combat log…

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What I’ve “learned” from this thread:

  • Spy breaks rogues…somehow (still haven’t read a legitimate argument explaining this)
  • You MUST use Spy to have an opinion on it, but if you do use it you are a hacker/cheater
  • Using addons (in general) makes you less skilled than someone who doesn’t use it.
  • A certain gnome rogue doesn’t seem to understand the definition of irony with regard to calling other folk’s reasoning weak.

EDIT: Aforementioned gnome rogue likes to back-pedal and obfuscate.

:cactus:

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Quick reminder that I never brought “player skills” in to this.
SPy defenders did, so I REPLIED to the many clones that were echoing the same childish and irrelevant argument,
that if you’re going to bring skills in to this, it’s the player that needs the assistance of an addon that’s the less skilled one.

That just displays the player name if you have the option toggled.

ex. Kills on Sight player detected : Killick

And location…

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