Why people still USE ACT knowing their breaking TOS ??

[ForteNightshade]

Some people I know who use it (definitely not me because I would never break the rules...) ignore the TOS because it's a pointless rule and it's impossible to enforce.

The stated intention behind the rule was to prevent harassment. This it flawed because bullies will bully others whether they have third party tools to back them up or not. At the end of the day, ACT does nothing more than organize data that the game already gives you.

If SE truly wished to shut down damage meters they could change the game to not transmit combat number for other players. Only providing personal damage + healing, party casts, and enemy HP updates would have virtually no impact on gameplay and completely eliminate any possibility of making a functional damage meter. The fact they have chosen not to shows just how little they truly oppose parsing.


I'd be a huge fan if SE wants to implement their own in-game damage meter, though if it isn't fflogs compatible or have an integrated system with the same tools then I suspect it wouldn't be used extensively.

It isn't that they aren't opposed to parsing; Yoshida has made little secret he isn't a fan of them. They just know their raid scene is entirely dependent on them. As Billy noted, the day they ban parses or make it so ACT cannot track data, is the day the raid scene collapses.

They can and did, they did it to one streamer and it caused a big fuss.

Edit: It was because the streamer used it to criticize someone and was rather nasty about it too.

Actually, that streamer was only "caught" because he had his Twitch information in his character search. If it had not been for that, they never would have done a thing.

[Gula]

Actually, that streamer was only "caught" because he had his Twitch information in his character search. If it had not been for that, they never would have done a thing.

GMs can't follow you around and then ban you at will. If no one reports, you can get away with all caps slurs in /shout, bullying, harassment and threats. Anything goes. The difference is if someone reports or not.