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).

[Ulathskullsplitter]

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).

^ this. There was an official statement early on that said add ons were planned to be added about 6 months after the release of ARR. That obviously never happened. Now we are closing in on the 2 year anniversary without hearing much about them. Though the pc players already have unofficial add ons anyways with parsers, boss skill call outs, and hunt radar maps.

[rina_inverse]

define custom

[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

[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

[Silamon]

You forgot better party frames =P

Oh yes indeed, I'm not sure if I would like healing with the current party frames, would much prefer to have larger hp bars with a percentage marker in them.

[reptiliane]

You forgot better party frames =P

Nope, it was in the "ect" :P

By the way, there is a reason why MMOs aren't usually developped on console. They slow down MMOs because of their so many limitation. Addons are just one of this limitation. You should take your console version like if it was the PS vita of our PC version. It's obvious it won't be optimal.

[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.

[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.