In light of the recent discussions about 3rd party tools I have a bold suggestion

[Kaurhz]

Don’t pretend you’re listening to me either. I keep saying time and time again, there’s no real negative impact upon this game if people decide to use addons, and instead of refuting that all you can focus on is trying to discredit my argument because I’m not discussing some niche usages of ACT that no one actually uses it for save cases that get you heavily scrutinized in the raiding community for using crutches. I still don’t think people should be witch hunted in an attempt to get them banned for that, sorry! I don’t feel personally impacted, and I see no reason why you should either.

Certain add-ons do undermine the intended difficulty of the game and trivialize the way it is meant to be played, most especially in the case of cactbot. Sure, you can lay the claim as much as you like that many players are still good with them, or can be good, but ultimately this still undermines the intended difficulty. Once again, issues will arise if such continues, regardless of your own personal feelings if there is not a line in which third-party tools cannot cross then inarguably problems will arise, where more tools and addons will cross that boundary towards cheating. Add-ons do have the potential to influence and shape how the game is designed, both with the native features eventually supported (e.g. a shield gauge on the health bar), which in itself is not bad, but when these add-ons influence the design process of fights or mechanics then regardless of how you look at it and your own personal feelings, this is a bad direction to take, most especially in a multi-platform game.

You feigning apathy to the situation and cheating does not preclude people, or yourself from following the terms of service. They strictly prohibit cheating, regardless of the add-on that is used. Furthermore, I don't really think you should be complaining about discrediting peoples' arguments when you're already attempting to do such on the basis of whether they do or do not raid, or whether cases are or aren't niche and use-case. It is a matter of following the terms of service -- A little common sense tells you what is and isn't OK to do. Do I encourage witch hunting? Nah it's a disgusting act that is akin to harassment, regardless of whether there is or isn't an infringement of the terms - But ultimately they still didn't abide by the ToS if they got banned for it.

I don’t feel personally impacted, and I see no reason why you should either.

Don't expect to be listened to if this is the crux of your argument. That said, I'm done giving this argument my time.