Just give us a list of what addons we can use.

[Kazimere]

No, no they're not. Because even with enrage you are able to do it without them. Parsers however do speed up the process by outright spellin out who lags behind and in case of extra tools designed to work with them can give you a solution. Thing is that dedicated group will reach similar conclusions eventually. Parsers will just speed up the process.

Sadly though we see our dependence on add-on tools take deeper and deeper believing the game forces us to use them. It doesn't.

Parsers have been around since the first MMOs. They are necessary, even if only to speed up progress. They are necessary to check your own improvement. I could keep going.

The game doesn’t force us to use them, no. However, if the game is lacking something the player base is going to find a way. Most add-ones are merely QOL anyway.