Addon support?

[Silamon]

I have recently started playing this game, I used to play world of warcraft and rift, and not having things like dps meters or custom ui is a huge disappointment for me.

I did some google searching and apparently square enix is working on addon support, have they given an estimate as to when that will be added?

The complete lack of addons and massive rmt spam (I realize that is already talked about a lot on these forums, but it really is a huge annoyance for me) are my two biggest problems so far with this game, everything else (except for not having a dps class that can use a sword... swords arnt just tanking weapons you know! but I can deal with that for a while, and not as much of an issue for me) is fantastic.

[zandervont]

at launch it was aimed to be what, half a year after launch but then its been thrown back a few times. the current estimation i think is between patches 3.0 - 3.1.
there seem to be a few "illegal" addons around (illegal as in, the use is against the Terms but stuff like dps meters aren't being witchhunted down unless you use it to harass people).

[rina_inverse]

define custom

[GenJoe]

No ETA yet. But we do know for sure it won't be before 3.0. In fact, it won't even be AT 3.0 launch.
Talks of addon has been around for years now.. I wouldn't get my hopes up. Either wait until addons are added to the game, or you'll just have to deal with it.

[reptiliane]

define custom

Visual things like better UI (buff/debuff more visible and/or pop-up in the middle of the screen as an alert), raid alerts, faster ban & report with filter for RMT bitches, RP addons (character sheet), PvP stats, % for stats like hit, cri, ect

[Limecat]

I should start jotting down all the ideas I have for addons when things annoy me in the game in the event that they'll be possible with whatever API SE makes available to us.

Aetherytes always take top priority on the map and their icon + selectable/tooltip area are always placed above any other type of icon.
Mini-aetherytes in towns/housing are labeled with their aethernet names instead of "lol magical rock".
Currently revealed unspoiled nodes and in-range standard nodes appear on map.
Gathering nodes given 2nd highest priority next to aetherytes.
Distance from current target.
Party TP
Prevent using Virus if Virus or Antibody are present on target.
Prevent using Eye for an Eye on target if already present.
Double-clicking a mat in a recipe will jump to that mat's recipe, if it's a crafted item. (forward and back buttons as well if possible)
Remove auto-addition of recipes to Favorites.
Clicking a quest/leve in your tracker that requires crafting opens the crafting window at the recipe of the item you're supposed to make instead of the map.
A notification window that reminds you when a given unspoiled node has just become active.
Some sort of automatic FC message equivalent of the same, so that when a node goes active it tells everyone to go grab a Grade 3 Thanalan dirt or whatever else the FC needs to be stockpiling.
Try-on and Search for Item via right-click in the lotting window.

[rina_inverse]

wont that count as "game adjustment" than add on?
add on sounds like it optional

[Silamon]

As far as custom ui goes, I would mostly want timers for buffs, debuffs, and cooldowns (yes they are already displayed but I dont like looking up at the top of the screen to see how much longer Heavy Thrust will be up, for example), boss abilities (deadly boss mods for wow, look it up, its awesome, and nearly every (if not every) raider in wow uses it) and a dps meter (I realize that will give ammunition for arseholes to trash players, but arseholes will be arseholes regardless of what ammunition they have, and having a solid tool to see how much you have improved via gear/leveling/rotation is a very neat thing to have, and it lets you see if someone is seriously underperforming in a raid (I don't mean doing less damage than the rest of the dps, I mean doing half as much or less, a player like that is going to be a huge detriment to any kind of end game raiding)

The other things Limecat mentioned would be nice as well, though I probably would not go much beyond cooldown displays and dps meter

[GenJoe]

wont that count as "game adjustment" than add on?
add on sounds like it optional

add-on IS optional
But sometimes, they make so much sense, it gets included into the actual game as an official UI.

WoW has a lot of elements in its UI that first originated from addons.

I don't know if it's wise to block spells from being cast on conditionals, I don't think addons would go that far.. But all the other UI adjustments, well, that's pretty standard for what addons are capable of.

I personally can't wait until they implement addon support, but I don't know if I'll ever get to see it in the time I play this game.

[Itseotle]

Visual things like better UI (buff/debuff more visible and/or pop-up in the middle of the screen as an alert), raid alerts, faster ban & report with filter for RMT bitches, RP addons (character sheet), PvP stats, % for stats like hit, cri, ect

You forgot better party frames =P