Console Players don't need Addons

[QooEr]

In this regard, when we consider there being people that have a, say, severe base disadvantage due to normally uncontrollable circumstances, I am of the opinion that it'd be relatively fine to let them use what they need to as far as to simply remove that disadvantage. Even the playing field to say. I'd put that specific situation to be outside the scope of what anyone could call even anything close to cheating. I'd say an application of common sense and comprehension of what could make something fairer for someone with a determinate problem or have it fixed.

this is the crux of the issue, and why many people are dissatisfied with people wanting anyone who uses 3rd party tools to be banned or whatever. categorical rules have no nuance and common sense is extremely subjective.

of course i do not think square enix is going to ban people who use even a million plugins as long as they dont stream it, but the current uproar is from square themselves being "fine" with streamers having things like act open in the past, and now suddenly banning them without even so much as a warning. while you could say they "had it coming" i dont really think they did if square has been turning a blind eye to act overlays and UI mods for almost a decade now.

I've read that one of the varied functions that ACT can have is the ability to add sound callouts and stuff. I think that possible function is one of the things that draw a large part of that hate. We can argue that having something automatically telling you the next mechanic callout at the time or right before it even starts is a significantly large advantage.

theres a bit of ignorance around this topic on triggers. there are built-in act triggers and then there are act plugins (as in, plugins you install to act).

act triggers arent clairvoyant. the simple built in triggers go like this: you make act read the battle log (ex: "Twintania begins casting twister"), then act uses TTS to say a message of your choice in response.
is this trigger fine, or cheating? i personally think theyre fine because all they are doing is swapping a visual cue (looking at the castbar) for an audio cue (hearing an anime girl say "twistaaaa").

then theres act plugins like cactbot or triggernometry. those have a saved fight timeline that actually predicts what is going on, read the actual packets instead of the battle log, and can tell you how to resolve entire mechanics. personally i think these cross the line because theyre not just presenting information the game is already showing you differently.

I do agree with you in this regard that the vast majority just go for these nice little things. The complication comes when there's apparently a potential threat of them being unfairly punished because others have crossed the line one too many times and too much in public.

i think we are in agreement then