What if Blizzard Banned The Use of Add-Ons

[Vortimer-proudmoore]

Seems very similar to this topic… Why ponder such? It’s part of the game.

Use of addons is cheating, and it needs to be addressed

You know those add-ons are enabled by Blizzard, right? That there is a published API on how to call functions from Lua code thst let you get all kinds of information about NPCs (RareShare), auction pricing (TSM), the user interface (Bartender4), and most importantly, combat (DBM), and a host of other things. Blizzard could kill it all by making the API private/inaccessible, but they made it public. They essentially encourage users to develop their own Lua code as an add-on to enhance their …