Player Mod Enviroment

[MageBlack]

Just curious to know if anyone has heard anything new about when they will release the tools to allow us to create SE approved Mods. I thought they said something about 6 months-ish after release of 2.0 but its been so long that it would be nice to hear what the status is. Hopefully a dev will be able to speak to this.

[FritoBandito]

I believe the topic comes up every time we're invited to ask questions for the Live Letters, but it's been quite a while since I've seen the questions get answered.

[Souljacker]

I was unaware they were even going to do this. If they do, I don't expect them to release anything that is useful, similar to what Trion did in Rift. That toolkit could barely build a proper parser, much less some of the more intricate functionality (ala bartender) many of us were hoping for.

In short, even if they do release a kit, don't have high expectations. It will likely be completely useless.

[Jeannes]

After the ordeal over "Radar" I don't think they would be fond of allowing mods.

[ispano]

I was unaware they were even going to do this. If they do, I don't expect them to release anything that is useful, similar to what Trion did in Rift. That toolkit could barely build a proper parser, much less some of the more intricate functionality (ala bartender) many of us were hoping for.

In short, even if they do release a kit, don't have high expectations. It will likely be completely useless.

Yoshi actually commented on it recently. He said addons would have access to whatever information the client has, which includes damage information and such.

[ParanoidHobo]

wtb PowerAuras or equivalent

[FritoBandito]

After the ordeal over "Radar" I don't think they would be fond of allowing mods.

There's really no reason this should be a big deal if it's available for all. There are similar addons used in WoW and it's no big deal.

As long as it doesn't give PC players an advantage over console players, then I don't see why it's an issue.

[Souljacker]

As long as it doesn't give PC players an advantage over console players, then I don't see why it's an issue.

PC players already have an advantage over console players. It's the nature of the PC platform. The question is whether Yoshi-P will embrace the potential or give us a crippled and useless system. Since they aren't talking about it, I expect it to be the latter.

[ispano]

PC players already have an advantage over console players. It's the nature of the PC platform. The question is whether Yoshi-P will embrace the potential or give us a crippled and useless system. Since they aren't talking about it, I expect it to be the latter.

... But they HAVE talked about it recently.

[saeedaisspecial]

PC players already have an advantage over console players. It's the nature of the PC platform. The question is whether Yoshi-P will embrace the potential or give us a crippled and useless system. Since they aren't talking about it, I expect it to be the latter.

Your argument is essentially "I can't have it, so no one should".