kringled_1 wrote: »Leads will know if you're using Hodor, assuming that they are asking for it for the ultimate sharing. Based on the listing of Untaunted, OP is probably tanking, so...tank ults (Horn/Colossus) tend to be ones that leads want shared. The rest, they can't tell if OP is performing mechanics correctly. And if they're not, especially if its multiple times in ways that the addons help minimize...that's why groups ask for them.
Really? How am I dictating the rules? I don`t need this addons, I'm perfectly fine without them. But many, many guilds is forcing people to install them, because they think we are too stupid to do content without it? I don't see any other reason.
So no, they cannot force running these five add-ons you listed earlier. Ofc, they can, and likely would remove someone from the group if they keep messing up. Messing up, not following mechanics, doing DPS below the group's requirements, and even not using the gear required to provide buffs the raid wants from a player are the reasons for kicking a player.
I usually ask when necessary addons is listed in discord or in guild rules. Sometimes people is fine with me not have it, and we do trial without any problems. Sometimes they don`t.
And sometimes I don`t ask. I actually joined one guild on the last week, already did few vDSR and vRG runs with them. They don`t know that I don`t use any "necessary" addons.
Btw: If you're refusing to use addons in general, how do you share your dps to your teammates? How do you check your buff uptimes? Or is anything of that out of the question too?
Never said that I don`t use addons at all. I have cmx, awesome guild store and map pins. And you don`t need addons to see buff cd`s, it`s all in vanilla.
I usually ask when necessary addons is listed in discord or in guild rules. Sometimes people is fine with me not have it, and we do trial without any problems. Sometimes they don`t.
And sometimes I don`t ask. I actually joined one guild on the last week, already did few vDSR and vRG runs with them. They don`t know that I don`t use any "necessary" addons.
disintegr8 wrote: »Glad I'm not on PC. [snip]
Really? How am I dictating the rules? I don`t need this addons, I'm perfectly fine without them. But many, many guilds is forcing people to install them, because they think we are too stupid to do content without it? I don't see any other reason.
SerafinaWaterstar wrote: »Lord knows how we console players manage to play without them…….😜🙄
I do take prog groups seriously ofc but for pugs I just want to get it done and not waste 2 and still not manage to wipe because I took 0.5s longer to interrupt the miniboss in vSS portals.
disintegr8 wrote: »
Largely we accept the game as it is and know that success isn't a sure thing. We learn the fights/mechanics and practice until we can accomplish things.
Using addons is basically cheating in fights and we don't all feel the need to cheat to enjoy the game. I know I can ignore any brags from PC players about clearing this or that, or leaderboard high scores, etc., because it's not the players actually playing the game normally.
disintegr8 wrote: »
Looks like you're not from Australia then, everything has a 0.5 second delay due to lag/high ping.
Really? How am I dictating the rules? I don`t need this addons, I'm perfectly fine without them. But many, many guilds is forcing people to install them, because they think we are too stupid to do content without it? I don't see any other reason.
More like animation canceling - they couldn't find a way to stop it, so they 'endorse' it.
I do have a lot of respect for console clears of our trials. Even more so before the buff/debuff tracker was added to the game.
However, it is extremely incorrect to suggest it is cheating for a player to utilize an addon based on API data. That is data Zenimax explicitly makes available for the use in said add-ons which makes it de facto legitimate by the only authority that can label it cheating.
disintegr8 wrote: »More like animation canceling - they couldn't find a way to stop it, so they 'endorse' it.
Just looking up the meaning of de facto: "in fact, whether by right or not" and "existing or holding a specified position in fact but not necessarily by legal right". Doesn't sound very legitimate to me.
disintegr8 wrote: »More like animation canceling - they couldn't find a way to stop it, so they 'endorse' it.
Just looking up the meaning of de facto: "in fact, whether by right or not" and "existing or holding a specified position in fact but not necessarily by legal right". Doesn't sound very legitimate to me.
ZOS provided the game’s API as a way for Addon authors to enhance their user interface to suit the preferences of certain sections of their playerbase. This was done for two primary reasons. One, because it’s obvious that with a game like TESO there is no way to please every type of player the game will attract with a single user interface. And two, because the crowd that is typically the most desiring of custom interfaces is the MMO crowd of players; a crowd of players that typically have the fewest reservations about using Addons.
I never was a fan of add-ons that are used for online games. I like using what I got.
I know there are dps tracking and/or ranking add-ons and those ones I'm not a fan of (it's a long story why that is and it started in world of warcraft).
I don't understand why lots of guilds require players to use addons though. I don't sign up for those guilds that require them.
Lots of those websites of where to get add-ons are blocked on my internet and computer because of security reasons. Also discord is blocked. I want to keep my computer and account safe so I choose not to install any addons used for in-game when online gaming.
About pvp, I don`t know. But I`ve seen many times how people dodge snipe or sorcerer crystals from max distance without any visual clues or even without seeing the enemy, over and over again. But as I said, that`s not the point.