Console pleb here.

No. Seems like cheating to me. I just don't buy the whole "ZOS allows it, therefore not cheating" crap.

I use it. I dont like that its allowed. But I doubt zos will ever ban it.

Best way for a potato to go from potato to LORD X in a single add-on.

Like other said, the functionality provided for such add-on is considered cheating. Maybe I am part of the 0.00000001% who do not use it because of that reason. Too sad ZOS have allowed it.

No wonder Miat is from AD, the faction of cowardly cheaters and much other adjectives (I fought him all alone questing on Cyrodiil while he was shielded with around 50+ zerg group and of course I got killed due to several skills landing on me at once all casted from him).

I don't think it has too much impact. Though it never the less is cheating in my opinion and therefore shouldn't be allowed.

Conceptually I don't even understand why people would use an addon like this. I prefer to use the UI as it is, that way when I win I know it was thanks to my own abilities as a player and theorycrafter and not because of some external help.

Biro123 wrote: »

I think the vast majority of PC PVPers now use this - so its kind of an even playing field.

BUT that it isn't on console causes imbalances in that console players think stuff like frags is too strong, PC players don't - cos its so easily dodgeable.. So we have an imbalance.

Now since Zos HAVE already looked at this addon and decided that they still want to allow this stuff - I think that they have been balancing abilities from a PVP perspective around the fact that this does exist - which kind of makes me think that it should be allowed, and should also be rolled out to console. (in fact, didn't Zos start adding some of the functionality as core?)

I won't use it - I stopped playing PvP instead because, IMO, there are a number of features this addon allows that make PvP less fun regardless of your play style.

I have mixed views about this. I would think no because using addons to alter the basic pvp gameplay should not be allowed. Players' skills and abilities are the core of pvp, and addons simply make players lazy. There's no challenge (and no fun). The system alerts you of everything, and you just have to push some keys when it tells you to, and that's all. That ruins the game (from my pov).

Nevertheless, since everybody (in PC land) has access to this addon, it's kind of ok. It's up to each player to decide what to use. A lot of people say no becuase (they think) addon users have an advantage over those that do not. But then, that's actually what the game is all about: finding and using advantages over your opponents in order to defeat them. Not much difference between using this addon, and wearing legendary (golden) armor vs using fine (green) or superior (blue) only. Those with golden armor will have an advantage over those with only blue, don't you think? Or should we all use the same kind and quality of armor for pvp to even out combat?

I have to admit, though, that knowing the existence of this addon has let me to cut the time I spend in pvp significantly. Because I decided not to use this addon (for the reason said above) and not being a good pvp player anyway, I know my disadvantages in Cyrodiil are great, so...

This Poll is inaccurate.

Miat's add-on on does not provide information on attacks from stealth, it does not provide any information that is not readily available from Zos's api.

Furthermore, there are other add-ons, such as Combat Cloud, that provide exactly the same kind of information as Miat's.

Zos changed the api as a result of these addons being able to detect and notify the player of incoming stealth attacks and players in stealth near you.

I would wager there were more than this one addon in use prior to the changes to the api. Miat releasing his addon publicly is the only reason Zos made these changes.

You all should be saying thanks for driving the changes to the api, (that Zos would never have done without exposing the flaw) rather than propagating incorrect information.

If you're going to stand on a soapbox and spew rhetoric, at least make sure your information is accurate.

Apache_Kid wrote: »

Every once in awhile I'll be glad i play the game on console. This is one of those times.

Then you take a ride around Orsinium at 5 FPS I don't know what it is about that city that murders conosole frame rates so bad. If I remember right, I think that's where some unlucky Xbox players were stuck in perma-crashing back around the Thieve's Guild release.

Hempyre wrote: »

This Poll is inaccurate.

Miat's add-on on does not provide information on attacks from stealth, it does not provide any information that is not readily available from Zos's api.

Furthermore, there are other add-ons, such as Combat Cloud, that provide exactly the same kind of information as Miat's.

Zos changed the api as a result of these addons being able to detect and notify the player of incoming stealth attacks and players in stealth near you.

I would wager there were more than this one addon in use prior to the changes to the api. Miat releasing his addon publicly is the only reason Zos made these changes.

You all should be saying thanks for driving the changes to the api, (that Zos would never have done without exposing the flaw) rather than propagating incorrect information.

If you're going to stand on a soapbox and spew rhetoric, at least make sure your information is accurate.

Was gonna say this... Any of you guys remember staring to play, and the 'helper text' would pop up stuff like 'Dodge Now!'

Its basically just this, but only for selected abilities and it pops up right in the middle of your screen with the skill icons so you can't miss it.

Personally, I don't like it because it screws with certain builds (my favourite frag-heavy DW-sorc builds included) - but I eventually started using it because using those buids highlighted just how common this was.. And you ARE at a disadvantage for not using it.

But Zos have OK'd it - so there it is.. So not using it is kind of like playing in 1st-person cos you don't think its fair to see someone/thing behind you, but everyone else is already using third-person zoomed out..

Plus it gives very nice info on the status of resources/keeps etc.