Right, but you don’t need 41915015168 addons like the OP seems to believe. A few will do, and none of them take hours to set up.
because addons are fun my brother. for the like 5-20 tryhard addons that exist there are also like 1000 things like this https://x.com/bigmoranx/status/1917822447879086138?s=46&t=0ZMOTN6dhQMwocqNTIlv_w
Somebody hates flying at Blizzard.
Hurts their metrics, bet that’s the only reason they’re trying to crack down on addons.
They said it themselves in the latest interview. They are integrating stuff so people don’t feel the need to go outside of the game.
Just like how they expanded the dungeon journal so you don’t have to look up fight guides or loot drops.
They are coming for us all! And our flying!
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That’s what I thought. Thank you for confirming.
As long as they take me with them on one of their own sweet rides, they can have my flying.
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They hate flying so much, they all but removed pathfinder and expanded dragonriding to most tbc flying mounts.
I’d contest that Dragonriding is and still is a huge waste of time.
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When you can’t win one argument you pivot to another.
Classic Ard.
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You’re not even engaging. 
With or without addons, this is already here. Some players are just going to perform better than others - they’ll be quicker with their reactions, quicker with their hands, better at strategizing, have better computers, etc. With or without addons, they all have the same opportunity to play, and it’s up to them (and their equipment to a degree).
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Some people really need a reality check and need to remember they are playing a MMORPG not a shooter. MMORPGS by their nature seldom provide equality among its players.
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The fact that skyriding is nearly double tbc flight speed immediately disproves this.
But yes, I agree. You always pivot and tangent away. Like we went from addons to conspiracy theories about flight at blizz hq to just flat false propaganda about skyriding.
Like I can’t wait to see the next tangent.
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That skyriding needs more speed shows that old flying was fine if not better.
I know that some people like yourself can overlook the silent conflict between dev and player but some of us don’t.
I played just fine for years without even knowing addons existed. I did arena, random bgs, dungeons, even raids with nothing but the most basic UI and keybinds. Not even macros.
2005-2009 were truly the Dark Ages of my WoW life.
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More speed because momentum. Physics.
It quite literally makes sense in terms of realism while tbc flight just doesn’t.
And it’s not better. It’s slower, it moves in such a silly manner.
I read the patch notes, see the changes being made in the game, and watch the interviews.
I don’t fill the void with my tinfoil hat theories.
The changes being made in game show they are pushing for more flight. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have designed the last 2 xpacs around it. And due to how the new zone was received, they probably won’t be doing a smaller ground based zone for awhile.
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People were looking for a leg up and it got carried away.
And no, you shouldn’t need all those addons and Blizzard should have banned any addons that assisted players in any type of combat so everyone was on a level playing field and then designed their content so players could get the information they needed from the encounter.
However, Blizzard hasn’t really demonstrated an ability to do that. I am not sure if it is because they want the player to figure it out for themselves or they can’t see the problem because they know the answer or they are just lazy. 
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I was using them within a day or two of starting back in 2008. 
Ended up installing too many because I was excited and had to backtrack on 98% of them, mainly because they tanked my fps so hard.
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Without my precious addons i might have to turn off the tv when i raid. Or search for the world treasures myself (eww). And if they get taken away, if someone think of a way to improve the game that’s not in yet, well i guess that’s gotta stop.
Yup. Once I discovered damage meters… it was over for me… my min/maxing addiction began lol.
Still don’t use weak auras to this day beyond tracking some super minor stuff.
And my most egregious macros are;
#showtooltip
/cast mongoose strike
/petattack
(pet micromanaging made easy)
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