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

[HikariKurosawa]

Parses are based on the community's performance, it's not some hypothetical. It is based on the state of reality. The reality is that poor performance is widespread in this game, so much that people feel entitled to defend their own poor performance on the official forums openly.

Yes, so when the majority of the community uses addons that increase their parse, this distorts the bigger picture. Inflates the heads of many small gamers, while also making the achievements of real gamers less impressive.

What do you want? A cookie for cheating?

[Rhael]

Yes, so when the majority of the community uses addons that increase their parse, this distorts the bigger picture. Inflates the heads of many small gamers, while also making the achievements of real gamers less impressive.

What do you want? A cookie for cheating?

I don't use addons. I don't need them to push my buttons in the right order.

[HikariKurosawa]

I don't use addons. I don't need them to push my buttons in the right order.

I'm sure nobody posting in this thread uses addons

Let's clear a few things up too. I haven't been playing this game since long before dragonflight came out. I stopped playing in the first savage raid tier when I realized that P3S was a bit too much to take on in PF at the time. People were hardstuck on P2S and it was hard to form groups.

I was only brought here because of what happened with the world first scandal. I didn't know how bad the addon problem was, and I had already been losing interest in this game because the content rolls out so slowly. Now that I know the addon problem is as bad as it is? Why would I ever subscribe to this game of sanctioned cheaters? It's different in WoW because it is officially supported and I don't have to download sketchy unsupported addons that are hidden in the dark web because they are against the ToS.

Why would I support a company that supports cheating directly? All the ultimate weapons used to look so cool and I'd actually feel respect for the players holding them, now? It just feels cringe to look at. 99% chance they abused cheats to get the weapon.

You cheaters are the reason we will be under surveillance, and for what? Because you didn't want to achieve things without cheating in a video game. That is why we will be brought under surveillance: because you can't help from CHEATING IN A VIDEO GAME.

[Rhael]

I'm sure nobody posting in this thread uses addons

Let's clear a few things up too. I haven't been playing this game since long before dragonflight came out.

I've been playing since ARR. What's your point?

I was only brought here because of what happened with the world first scandal. I didn't know how bad the addon problem was, and I had already been losing interest in this game because the content rolls out so slowly. Now that I know the addon problem is as bad as it is? Why would I ever subscribe to this game of sanctioned cheaters? It's different in WoW because it is officially supported and I don't have to download sketchy unsupported addons that are hidden in the dark web because they are against the ToS.

oh boy here we go...
You don't know how bad the addon problem is because you're clearly overestimating their proliferation and catastrophizing. It's not nearly as bad as you seem to want to believe it is.
This isn't a game of "sanctioned cheaters."
You're not going to find any plugins or addons or third party tools etc etc on the darkweb lmao. None of them are hiding or difficult to find or inaccessible.

Why would I support a company that supports cheating directly? All the ultimate weapons used to look so cool and I'd actually feel respect for the players holding them, now? It just feels cringe to look at. 99% chance they abused cheats to get the weapon.

Square Enix has never, at any point, supported cheating directly.

You cheaters are the reason we will be under surveillance, and for what? Because you didn't want to achieve things without cheating in a video game. That is why we will be brought under surveillance. Because you can't help from CHEATING IN A VIDEO GAME.

I - along with most people who know how to play the game - am not a cheater, and the playerbase is not going to be brought under any more surveillance than we already are. Your insistence on accusing anyone performing with some level of competency of "cheating" speaks more about yourself than the rest of the community.

[HikariKurosawa]

I've been playing since ARR. What's your point?


oh boy here we go...
You don't know how bad the addon problem is because you're clearly overestimating their proliferation and catastrophizing. It's not nearly as bad as you seem to want to believe it is.
This isn't a game of "sanctioned cheaters."
You're not going to find any plugins or addons or third party tools etc etc on the darkweb lmao. None of them are hiding or difficult to find or inaccessible.


Square Enix has never, at any point, supported cheating directly.


I - along with most people who know how to play the game - am not a cheater, and we're not going to be brought under any more surveillance than we already are.

I'm sure everything you say is honest and true, coming from the perspective of someone who is defending addons in an anti-addon thread. You'll have to excuse me for being incapable of believing what you say. You don't even view ACT as a cheat or a performance enhancement probably. Of course you don't view yourself as a cheat.

Let's be clear too, I only accused people of cheating when they said savage content was impossible to clear without addons after finding out that they have savage clears done. Of course they are using addons if that statement is happening. Of course they are cheating. Everyone I've accused might as well be banned.

[Rhael]

I'm sure everything you say is honest and true, coming from the perspective of someone who is defending addons in an anti-addon thread. You'll have to excuse me for being incapable of believing what you say. You don't even view ACT as a cheat or a performance enhancement probably. Of course you don't view yourself as a cheat.

At no point have I defended addons. I have simply pointed out the flaws in your replies.

Are you gonna cry because I pointed out that your performance matters since you're cheating and mine doesn't since I'm not?

I hate to break it to you, but your performance still matters regardless of whether or not you are doing anything that you seem to want to label as cheating. You still directly affect the rest of your group with how well you perform.

Let's be clear too, I only accused people of cheating when they said savage content was impossible to clear without addons after finding out that they have savage clears done.

hahahahaha who was even saying this? They had to have been joking, right? You sure they weren't just messing with you?

[Kazhar]

No clue what you're talking about. Anyone can be better than someone who is playing this game for story.

Stop talking to yourself too, the only people who suck so much at this game are the ones using addons to cope with how bad they are. Every single thing you do is invalidated because you are a cheater.

I'd say true losers are those who blame their own failings on an increasing numbers of excuses instead of trying to get better.
You're not bad, it's the fault of those dirty cheaters who uses dps meters and chat bubbles!
By the way, while your gimmick is certainly cute, there's probably a more interesting story beneath all that. You said you cleared P1S and P2S at some point, and that you consider savage content the true RPG experience. But they were released more than 6 months ago, what made you stop?

EDIT: Oh, you edited your previous post right as I asked. Nevermind then. More self-righteousness, who would have thought.

[Vahlnir]

what made you stop?

Something something toxic minority. Something something 3rd party tools. Calling it now.

[HikariKurosawa]

I'd say true losers are those who blame their own failings on an increasing numbers of excuses instead of trying to get better.
You're not bad, it's the fault of those dirty cheaters who uses dps meters and chat bubbles!
By the way, while your gimmick is certainly cute, there's probably a more interesting story beneath all that. You said you cleared P1S and P2S at some point, and that you consider savage content the true RPG experience. But they were released more than 6 months ago, what made you stop?

EDIT: Oh, you edited your previous post right as I asked. Nevermind then. More self-righteousness, who would have thought.

Self-righteousness = fair play. You are irredeemable and I hope god judges you harshly.

Also, imagine caring about being good at this game. You are truly a joke among men. You'll have to picture me caring about your jabs at my performance in an mmorpg. Try really hard.

What really happened is: Elden ring came out and it was a better experience than this cheating game.

[Kazhar]

Self-righteousness = fair play. You are irredeemable and I hope god judges you harshly.

Also, imagine caring about being good at this game. You are truly a joke among men.

What a massive hypocrite you are.

Maybe you should spend less time defending cheating and more time getting good at the game. Sounds like a personal problem.

Because of the state of addons being normalized, I am not going to fit in in that scene. For what reason? Because you're bad at mechanics and can't do things without cheating.