Japanese FFXIV streamer receives a suspension for using add-ons.

[kpxmanifesto]

Why do you need to know OTHER people's cooldowns? Other than to gripe at them?

Why do you need ACT? If you're putting out enough damage, you're going to know it. If you're not? You're going to know it.

If other people aren't? *They are going to know it.*

So. Again. Why do you need those numbers, in front of you, mid-combat? Other than to bark orders at other people.

I think tracking other peoples' CDs is for the purpose of coordinating efforts. Like if a tank doesn't have a defensive CD then the healers know to pay extra attention to that tank. DPS meters can show deficiencies in a specific player's DPS and can be an indicator that the player needs to improve in certain areas. I'd say these mods are more about situational awareness and improving one's abilities rather than just "barking orders at other people."

[Aelin_Ashryver]

I think tracking other peoples' CDs is for the purpose of coordinating efforts. Like if a tank doesn't have a defensive CD then the healers know to pay extra attention to that tank. DPS meters can show deficiencies in a specific player's DPS and can be an indicator that the player needs to improve in certain areas. I'd say these mods are more about situational awareness and improving one's abilities rather than just "barking orders at other people."

As a healer.. I literally just pay attn to my tanks. I know when they don't have their cds and roughly when I can expect it to be back up in the fight say if we are in savage (he used his 30% for x mech it should be back by y) , this all without communication. Simple voice chat and your tank can simply tell you.

Don't care either way if someone were to use a plug in to track those but honestly I find a lot of the plug ins just erase some simple skill checks the game asks of you. Such as the slide casting overlay that one streamer had in his video that was removed. Knowing WHEN you can slide cast and not f up your gcd is a form of skill expression that the overlay just erases. You don't need a brain you just need eyes staring at your cast bar waiting for it to go in the highlighted bit.
Similar story for cactbot call outs, esp ones when you cannot even see the in game tell yet. It's not like a raid leader at all, it is superior and removes yet more needed brainpower from you, dumbing down the game further. And again in everything but a world first race I don't really care. If it makes more content accessible to more people cool, but don't expect to use all these 3rd party aids to win a world race and still get a pat on the back when you had a dozen things supporting your prog that other teams did not. Being able to remember hidden mechs, see and react to other mechanics is part of the skill and they remove A LOT of that with 3rd party. Like one Zepla showed of a plugin making HIDDEN aoe's visible by adding in aoe markers that are not there normally in game.

PC players making the game significantly easier for themselves than console players and in world race context that is unacceptable to do if u seriously expect to take first place and get your thumbs up from Yoshida.