This game badly needs mods and macros.

There are some addons I would like to see, like a DPS meter, to see how changes you make affect your overall damage output. Other addons like WoW's deadly boss mods, just tell you what you would learn by fighting the boss a few times anyway, so I don't see a point in them beyond not wanting to learn anything.

Another addon, I believe it was called HealBot was good. I used on my priest in WoW, all it did is put a secondary UI component you could turn on and off that made it easier to keep track of which person needed healing, and put the healing buttons directly on their panels so it would target and cast with one click. This made dungeons and raids a lot easier on a healer.

Well why not have the game just play for you? Youth of today just baffles me.

Mods and macros disconnect you from the game. Makes it less tactile.

when i played wow i had very few addons, and the only one i miss is a DPS/healer meter (so u can learn how to play ure class properly)

Macros okey if u cant use it for attacks (could be useful in ops/fps)

But as a former healer i really don't want heal-bot and addons of that kind, just my opinion though

If you don't like add-ons, mods, or macros. Than simply don't install/use them. Easy.

That's the beauty of customization- you can do whatever your heart desires!

But if you do want the options, at least it's there for you, any way you want it. That's the way you need it.

Lol just like the journey song.

That's the ugly of add-ons, mods, and macros. If they're available, they will be used. If they are used, the devs must compensate for them, which means they go from "optional" to "needed". If I wanted a robot with me on high-end content, I'd suggest they allow us to bring C2-N2 along.

What, that bot is annoying? So is anything that makes a player into one.

um... really?... They actually give you options for that already. Don't bring him/her a long, bring another companion.

I think the only reason why people don't want addon's and such, is PROBABLY cause they don't know how to use them, or cause they are casual. They're not obsessed players about damage. They don't want to be ruled out of a raid JUST because they don't have an addon.

I don't think it should go that far, but I do like having some addons that other people can't see. Like a PERSONAL dps chart, map addons, inventory addons, a personal threat meter, because I don't like dying. Nothing where your guildies/players will exactly see how a casually player you are.

There should be rules about personal space and how they like to R&R.

personal threat/dps meter will not help you in a group setting. if it isnt compared to the rest of the group it isnt actually doing anything constructive.

map addon for what? to find the quest area? already included
bag addon? could be nice, could also keep it organized yourself with little effort.

and macros? for what? this isnt an auto attack game like your previous. constant changes in combat and procs require a ready change in pace..... not to mention anybody who actually wants macro's has already made them for their keybinds and are using them.

though since we do have dps meters currently available, i suggest using mox desktop parser. works great, can see dmg done/recieved as well as healing done/recieved. can do it for yourself or connect to a raid

Mox Raid is a dps / heal / damage taken / healing received meter. It's not a mod or bot. This is as FAR as I am willing to let SWtOR go in the mod / add-ons before I unsubscribe. The only reason I use this is so the rest of the guild I run with knows I am pulling my weight. I could find another guild that doesn't use this mod / add-on.. but than I wouldn't be in the top guild on the server I play on.

http://www.swtor.raidranks.com/#!