Quote Originally Posted by Kaurhz View Post
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. It is a matter of following the terms of service -- A little common sense tells you what is and isn't OK to do.



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.
Kind of doesn't matter though (in terms of following the ToS) as it's not enforced unless you're reported and happen to catch a GM at the right time. If people can get away with something, they will and have done so for years now (referring to people I've come into contact with over my two years in the game). We're also never going to get an official anti-cheat with the game so I don't really see a legit solution to the problem. I also don't believe the game should have anti-cheat or any kind of automated bot moderation as that usually causes more problems than it solves (I've gotten a temp ban from a game before for saying "training".)

Personally though, I don't see an issue with the majority of add-ons outside of pvp related ones and using them in terms of official races such as WF. There are way more harmless ones out there than ones that negatively impact the game.