Addon support

The Devs have already stated that they WONT be available as it takes the focus away from the game in regards to people actually having to PLAY THE GAME to win other than relying on third party mods to give them the edge (paraphrasing but thats the gist of it).

Why do we need addons? Unlike Blizzard, Bioware is doing the work themselves as they have to. Blizzard chose the more lazy design of "put it out bare bones and let someone else do the work". This has lead to hacks on peoples computer, addons making the game crash, unfair advantages for the people that used them over the people that didn't (forcing everyone to download third party software) etc.

I'd much rather Bioware keep doing what they're doing. We wanted a a better cool down system, UI customization tool, GTN options, and combat logs.... well, we got them. And we didn't have to worry about our accounts being hacked by 3rd party software at all.

i honestly believe that the depth and availability of Addons in WoW has contributed to it's success.

They allow people to play how they want to without giving themselves an unfair advantage and even give older players something fresh when they start to get bored.

I'm in full support of Addons.

Exactly! WoW never requires any add-on since it workds well as shipped. However, I play with at least 9 add-ons at all times. I like them because they make my experience changeable as I wish. Add-ons will not break a game, only make it more versatile.

I'm not sure where everyone has seen them say that they won't allow addons, as I've seen the exact opposite. /shrug

^this they even said at the guild summit they want to make more and more things themselves.. which is a bad idea for them to make.. allowing add-ons/macro would allow bioware to make there game better in other places and stop having them spend there resources on a UI that a third party player can do a much better job on .

Also a parser that takes more time to use in the long run then a damage meter that only takes a second to update every major patch they put out..
Eventually bioware will let these come into the game, they just feel with them people will get pointed out for not being good, but when in reality its easy to spot who is bad, ( if you back peddle to move out of something your bad, if you cant research any fight or your class your bad, if you think add-ons/macros make a game worse.. your bad), all top players pve and pvp use them because it helps them min/max there dps and heals on a character, among various other things add-ons allow you to do..

This.

Blizz's business model operates on the idea that they can release an expansion worthy of 6 out of 10 stars by itself, where the PvE storylines can be completed in less than a week. (Think Cata.) They don't set the bar very high for themselves because the mod community will come in and fix everything that is broken with the game.

The mod community will release tools to take the all the guesswork out of end game for everyone but the true progression guilds. They'll simplify the game by complicating the interface. They will do everything that Blizz is too lazy to do themselves. Blizz could be polishing content after it's been released while keeping new & dynamic content flowing for all levels of characters while the modding community dictates the game's fight mechanics. But they aren't.

Pull addons out of WoW and the game crumbles.

Nice to see Pandaville is expanding to include a legacyesque system, as well beefing up pets with combat abilities. Gee ... how original. Next thing you know, every class will have gearable combat-capable companions who can farm and do background missions.

Are there any yellow posts on this recently, if so can someone link them, i want to know biowares stance on them as of late

I'm pretty much the opposite. No addon support is a good thing, in my opinion.