Console Players don't need Addons

[Neoyoshi]

The point was console players are perfectly capable of clearing high end content up to and including ultimates without any third party tools to make things easier. So PC players have no excuse for needing such addons. It's time to just admit it's compensating for a lack of skill and situational awareness and not necessity.

Honestly, the PC user-base that I know of uses these addon's for things that absolutely add no real value to the experience; it's not even a lack of skill thing or having a lack of spatial awareness; it's purely a manufactured phenomenon that started all the way back in World of Warcraft: The burning crusade expansion; -when two notable addons completely changed MMORPG games forever: Gearscore, and Damage meter. (Recount/Details) -and was reiterated on during Wraith of the Lich King due to how big damage numbers were getting by the time the ICC raid series rolled out.

I remember when these two addon categories came into existence and the impact it had on the community was almost immediate; and it was.... disgusting how quickly it brought out the worst in players; even I found myself drawn to these addon's and used them for a time in WoW, and later on stopped using them as they also brought out my worst impulses.