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    Quote Originally Posted by Menriq View Post
    So just to confirm. If the addon has to meet both parts of your criteria to not be QoL, then ACT should be ok right? It doesn't do anything but report your DPS, so it has no bearing on the content itself.
    Correct, ACT wouldn't be cheating if it simply displayed your DPS, as that info doesn't really decrease the difficulty of the content you're doing. Simply knowing how much DPS you're doing doesn't help you do the content in that moment. This info can be helpful beforehand, when you're practicing to figure out/master your rotation. And that's fine. Bettering yourself makes it easier for you to complete the raid later, but not because the difficulty of the raid has gone down, but because your own skills have gone up. That's why it's fine.

    However, as I have been informed ACT doesn't simply display your DPS. Apparently it has that functionality that calls out/resolves mechanics so the player doesn't have to think and/or tracks/compiles information (such as CDs for buffs and whatnot) that the player is supposed to track themselves through their own skill and not automated software.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MediArgentum View Post
    However, as I have been informed ACT doesn't simply display your DPS. Apparently it has that functionality that calls out/resolves mechanics so the player doesn't have to think and/or tracks/compiles information (such as CDs for buffs and whatnot) that the player is supposed to track themselves through their own skill and not automated software.
    That would be Cactbot, which is rarely used because raiders acknowledge that reliance on botted callouts doesn't help develop real skill. There is no plugin that resolves the mechanics for you, that would just be straight up botting. Also, lol? Buff timers are literally mmo tech 101 these days, virtually every mmo displays buff/HoT timers except this one. I don't use a plugin like that myself but I see no reason why that shouldn't be built in already.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anhaato View Post
    That would be Cactbot, which is rarely used because raiders acknowledge that reliance on botted callouts doesn't help develop real skill.
    Rarely used? Cactbot is incredibly ubiquitous these days, and has only been rapidly growing in popularity over the last few years. Almost every time I join a pug raid VC I can hear the stupid pops and pings it makes through peoples mics. You'd be really hard pressed to find groups where no one is using it. It's not even widely frowned upon; Most of the times I've tried to call it cheating I've been drowned out and called an ableist, even in high-end groups.

    Quote Originally Posted by anhaato View Post
    There is no plugin that resolves the mechanics for you, that would just be straight up botting.
    A fundamental part of resolving a mechanic is reading the mechanic and determining how exactly you are supposed to respond. Cactbot automates that part of the process in many fights.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleImp View Post
    Rarely used? Cactbot is incredibly ubiquitous these days, and has only been rapidly growing in popularity over the last few years. Almost every time I join a pug raid VC I can hear the stupid pops and pings it makes through peoples mics. You'd be really hard pressed to find groups where no one is using it. It's not even widely frowned upon; Most of the times I've tried to call it cheating I've been drowned out and called an ableist, even in high-end groups.



    A fundamental part of resolving a mechanic is reading the mechanic and determining how exactly you are supposed to respond. Cactbot automates that part of the process in many fights.
    Because its not cheating, no matter how much you want to pretend it is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ransu View Post
    Because its not cheating, no matter how much you want to pretend it is.


    This isn't cheating? You're dellusional.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleImp View Post


    This isn't cheating? You're dellusional.
    Ah yes, nothing proves ones point like unsourced code with no context or explanation. Genius.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rolder50 View Post
    Ah yes, nothing proves ones point like unsourced code with no context or explanation. Genius.
    This code is 100% public in the Cactbot Github, which I will not link to for obvious reasons. It's an excerpt from the DSR fight module, specifically showing the relatively involved series of operations it performs to determine the safespot during one of Thordan1's first trio mechanics. If you want to confirm the code yourself, and see many more examples like the EX3 5head solver, its a simple google away.

    It's solving the mechanic for the group. It's akin to using a chess computer to solve your moves in a chess game, but claiming it isn't cheating because you're still the one physically moving the pieces.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleImp View Post


    This isn't cheating? You're dellusional.
    Ok now do all of those mechanics. Should be easy right? The bot tells you what it is so you should instantly know what to do and how to do it perfectly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anhaato View Post
    Ok now do all of those mechanics. Should be easy right? The bot tells you what it is so you should instantly know what to do and how to do it perfectly.
    I mean, it definitely improves consistently and reduces the learning curve. Just because it only makes it somewhat easier doesn't mean it still isn't cheating.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleImp View Post


    This isn't cheating? You're dellusional.
    quite honestly, this is the biggest issue with scripted fights
    shrug
    i'm not entirely against cactbot but the design team makes it easy to automate
    anyone with basic programming knowledge could make a timer on their personal pc cactbot or not that's how scripted it is

    make a script for a script
    scriptception
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