So are addons coming or not?

While the Addon it's self can not, they can be used to open up the system for Bot programs. Make it harder to detect the source with the other noise. Again, that is what I have been told at least... I know for certain that alot are used for viruses. One of my old friends got his acount hacked becuase of a virus in a mod he got from Curse *shrug*

What I find amusing about anti-addon people is their complete and total lack of understanding on the subject.

You do realize the game has 100% complete control over what addons to allow and which to stop?

Its pretty clear the Devs at this point don't want to allow DPS addons where we can see everyone's performance. Guess what, if they allowed addons they could still disallow DPS addons.

There are so many other uses for them that have zero impact on the game play of others.

GTN, Crafting, Threat Meters, UI Interface, and so on.

Don't come on here and oppose something you don't even understand.

Is this like the elitism you face when you show up at your softball game wearing a suit and dress shoes and your "elitist" team doesn't want to let you play because you are not properly equipped and would be a liability to them?

If you want a casual and non-competitive environment you need to find a group of like minded individuals who don't care about personal performance

However, If you want to play with a competitive group who actually cares about performance you'd better be prepared to utilize all the tools available to help AND your team win.

Not true. WoW and RIFT's addons run though an interepter (sp?) in the game, similar to how Java or Flash work in your browser. Whereas Warden was capable of detecting interferance from external sources and thousands got banned due to that.

Viruses in addons is impossible. It's not the virus carrying the addon but rather the container. Zip and rar files can easily carry a virus and Curse and WoWInterface are always on alert for them. Users also downloaded Questhelper from illegitimate sources... and those contained viruses. Curse's ads have on occasion contained viruses too, though Curse was quick to remove offending ads.

In my opinion, Addons are one of the reasons why WoW was so successful. Just one of many reasons. If you didn't like the interface, you could change it. My interface in WoW was so completely different from the original, you'd think I was playing a WoW clone instead of WoW. (I think it was ElvUI if you're curious) And that doesn't even begin to get into the new features.

SWTOR's bag interface sucks. It's complete rubbish. It serves it's purpose but little more than that. If addons came to SWTOR, the first thing I'd do is port over ArkInventory's management system.

How can you say you don't want something you have never even seen? What a silly statement.

I don't ever remember getting things handed to me in WoW, I just remember it being a lot more accessible then this game.

Whoever created Threat Meters should be fired. All these dumb-downed add-ons takes away any challenge and skill. PvE is getting to the point in most MMOs (thanks to Panda-Land/WoW) where a child can excel in.

its been quite clear for months that a large portion of the player base do not want or require third party programmes in the game . i would say its a large enough portion of the player base to stop it ever happening . if you want mods , go play a game that allows them . simple solution imho .

Really? because most people I know do want them.

I agree with every point you have made.

The main opposition I have seen here is just "I don't want it, so you don't get it either" type of mentality.

Making a game more accessible and customization will attract a larger player base.