Would you be opposed to SE implementing a program to scan for addons/parsers?

[Havenchild]

Doesn't matter to me. I've played several games all my MMOing career of 20+ years that have used anti cheat software of various kinds. Never had an issue. People who claim to have an issue are a fraction of the playerbase and probably already have qualms with the game for various other reasons and using it as an excuse to just peel the final bandaid off. If people think enjoyers of the game will walk away in droves simply because anti-cheat software of any kind comes out, they are sorely mistaken. Most people who engage with online MMOs already interface with anti-cheat software almost 90% of the time.

Now the main issue is how effective it would be, which seems to have varying results depending on the company. I've known some games to have such tight security, hacking/botting/modding by and large went caput instantly and games benefitted from it. I've seen some that turn into an arms race and others that pretty much can never keep up with the mods/hacks and just affect legit players. The game doesn't survive on mods like something akin to WoW does so getting rid of them isn't gamebreaking. Visual mods and QoL stuff disappears for those that use them, but if we can't have people in the community responsibily using them (especially on the highest most publicized stage) then we probably don't deserve to have them at all.