Console Players don't need Addons

[Bsrking5]

Nobody needs addons.

You don't also really need Netflix or Spotify...

How am i supposed to chill without netflix? I'll end up on a murder spree.

[dapperfaffer]

So why do you?

Its the only way PC can clear content thats why. Its obvious at this point.

[SwingLifeAway]

High end content in this game is like driving a car without a speedometer but there are still speed limits

cope harder tbh

[Bsrking5]

Just "playing the game" can only teach you to the degree that not knowing how to play the game would punish you.

Which isnt very high seeing as theres plenty of content that can be solo-ed sycned. Just take any of the 83-89 dungeons. As a dps you could literally afk 100% of the time and get a clear.

[LittleImp]

If you've done any raiding at all, you would know that console players frequently ask people to upload ACT logs on their behalf when a run ends, so that they can do diagnostics through FFlogs or XivAnalysis.

But as with the rest of these threads, it's just weird people who don't do the content making unfounded generalizations and authoritative sounding statements about something they have essentially 0 personal experience with.

[Axxion]

somebody correct me if im wrong. Was it not during stormblood that some console players wanted some sort of parser. i know someone created this https://ffxiv.azizarar.com/ for stone sky sea to help console players determine there dps

As a person that was on console. i wouldnt have mind addons that could help me improve

[OM3GA-Z3RO]

So many coy and obtuse responses, jfc.

[MomomiMomi]

I guess I'll actually answer the question. Not for the OP's benefit, but just because this reminded me of something.

Now, first of all, I'm a console player here. I definitely don't feel I personally need addons, but I absolutely would like them. That said...

I used to play FFXI. Anyone familiar with that game knows about Windower, I'm sure. Well, I played that game for maybe 3 years without touching it, so it's safe to say I didn't need it.

Flash forward to my 6th year playing the game, and I came to a sudden realization one day. If I was to suddenly lose Windower, the game would become unplayable to me. It was such a giant QoL addition to my gameplay experience that if I was to lose access to it, the game would have become an unfun mess and I would have simply refused to play it and quit.

So did I need addons to play that game? No. But then yes. I needed them, otherwise I would not have had fun with how bad of an experience it is to play without it.

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

[MediArgentum]

"The game is unplayable without mods"
"Discord is technically a 3rd party tool"
"GShade and Chat Bubbles are just QoL addons, therefore literally every other addon/plugin, including things like Cactbot, is just a QoL thing too"

and 1001 other ways you can pretend to have no brain.

[SwingLifeAway]

"GShade and Chat Bubbles are just QoL addons, therefore literally every other addon/plugin, including things like Cactbot, is just a QoL thing too"

and 1001 other ways you can pretend to have no brain.

Are paraphrasing and misconstruing arguments included in those 1001 ways? Asking for a friend.