This game badly needs mods and macros.

Having btdt I like and appreciate the increased QC that comes with keeping everything in house. So what I WOULD like to see is some fundamental addon funtionality being integrated directly into the game, maybe released as major patches. By doing it this way, the need for having to constantly monitor for new updates and download them every time one is released would be eliminated.

I'd love to see a combat log and UI customization built into the game. Maybe a target droid/flashpoint/raid-enableable (if that's a word) damage meter and possibly even a threat meter. I see those as useful in-game tools for advanced progression. I don't see the game needing anything else that could be classified in WoW terms as an addon though.

Content based on 3rd party dev generated tools. Users are just the guinnea pigs.

Users are part of that very community that create the tools. Not to mention, the addons functionality is inherently limited by the developer provided api in the first place.

I just don't get this fear of 3rd party tools. You use parties other than Bioware for your operating system, your virus control, your video card drivers, etc. Are you browsing these forums with some Bioware provided browser, or more than likely are you using Chrome or Firefox?

Users are stuck with the results no matter who designs them. If its 3rd party and you CHOOSE to use it, when it doesnt work, or no longer supported that is your own fault.

Not allowing things like this to develop is almost fascist in my opinion.

EDIT:

By not allowing these things it makes the game further feel like a console game that you can play online.

It's a somewhat Harrison Bergeron kind of mentality imo.

Guys, please read a few posts down.

again? let it die this game doesn't need that crap

So why is a console version not out yet then?

Same goes for you. The QC you're worried about isn't that big a worry, since the addon api that all 3rd party addons depend on is, you guessed it, provided inhouse.

Addons can't do anything that the system doesn't allow for in the first place.

exactly, some games even realized some addons were game changing as so they added secure functions to the API basically breaking some addons on purpose.

THE best reason i can think of against this theses things is that it would require some official support / development resources dedicated to the API from bioware. Basically it is not there because they dont want to pay for the support of it.

hell that other game sells books on its API. It adds a fun way to learn about programming, instead of compiling hello world.