/r/ffxivdiscussion: If you want WoW-style design, you're going to have to accept-

[Swordsman]

I see this as being one of the major issues, citizen. One game heavily relies on add-ons and the other game outlaws their use. I can say with certainty that Square will not budge on their position concerning add-ons.




Forge's glow watch over you.

Oh yeah, we'll never hear the end of it when it comes to the debate on addons/mods etc. I've heard that the current iteration of wow practically designs its boss encounters around the likelihood that the player will use an addon such as Deadly Boss Mods, so wow devs will intentionally make certain boss mechanics difficult to notice and they'll bank on DBM making up for the lack of visual and audio cues.