Friend thinks he doesn't need addons.
Okay guys my friend has been playing for about a month and is lvl 70. He thinks he doesn't need any addons apart from Boss mods and Omen3. Could you guys state reasons why he should use addons and configure his UI, because he thinks he is right and doesn't listen to anything I say. Cheers.
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Some of the players in the top guilds use the stock UI except for their boss mods, etc.
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Addons aren't a "must have"...
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In my 6 years of playing WoW, I played an entire year not using any addons at all. I did perfectly fine just using the default UI. That was until I decided to start writing my own code. Even now, the only addons I run, I wrote myself.
Even though a lot of addons are useful, none of them are needed. A decent player that knows what they're doing can play perfectly with nothing more than the default UI. The bottom line, if he's comfortable playing the way he is now, leave him alone. It honestly isn't any of your business trying to change someone else's playstyle. |
But there a +'s to using addons. Name a few?
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Meters All Over Teh Screen
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Personally I think UI's are just fun to concoct...
I played an arcane mage for a few months in ICC and I didn't use any addons (since the rotation was easy), when I switched to fire I found it hard to keep track of the DoTs on my targets so I got an addon for that... For tanking there's not really any addons that really help out, its really easy to tank without any addons. For healing I think it would be very difficult without addons, IMO you should at least need a clique like addon to heal properly. As you play the game more, the blizzard UI kind of gets boring, so I guess a lot of people (me included) like to redesign their entire UI. It's also nice to have a unique UI to record for gameplay videos :) |
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Healers might want a custom unitframe or clickcasting, the same can now (but not in the past) be done with the stock UI, even though it looks like mud in sandbags with letters floating in them. Clickhealing can be done with macro's, and for some classes(priest or paladin) players might even prefer clicking. |
Once you go PlateBuffs in arenas you can't go back! :< I updated it since it's a bit outdated, and it rocks. ^^
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TL : DR Unless blizzard bans addon, site like our here will always survive. PS. Unless you bought your friend his copies of the game and pay for his account, then let him be. Now if he is causing you issues in raid then you can suggest that he use them but in the end it is up to him. |
id love to see what would happen if blizzard decided to not allow mods anymore.
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I'd stop playing. I mean look at all the ui out there ... most come with player/target centered at the bottom ... and still default position is out of the normal players sight. I'm a clicker ... without clique I would suck playing big time (even more). And much more but I guess you see what I mean ;) |
Blizzard devs boast they don't use addons in their raids.
Take that what you will... Personally, I think it means devs don't really play their own games. And from devs I know at various companies, it seems fairly true. But your mileage may vary. Personally, I think the existence of addons is one of the reasons for WoW's success. -Crissa Quote:
Fifteen years ago It was WASD+mouse that was the addon which gave players of PC games an advantage over the default UI. And some people still do that. Obviously, from your target position, you like a Diablo or Wolfenstein type display. It's all a matter of choice. And I like that. |
How about you just let your friend play the way he wants and have fun? He's only level 70, who cares?
If he starts raiding and is really subpar for his gear level, then is perhaps the time to suggest looking at addons. Also, phrasing it in a tactful way is helpful. Suggest that <addon> will help him to manage his energy/rage/runes, or an addon like grid will show more information to a healer than the default UI. Certainly don't suggest that he is "bad for not using addons," that will get you nowhere. Quote:
Some of you aren't taking into consideration that some addons have nothing at all to do with combat or meters, but only changing the appearance of the default UI so that it is pleasant to look at. This is important to many people. |
He doesn't need any addons. Not a single one, at all, ever.
Addons are intended to customize the appearance of your UI or add/enhance utility if wanted. Threat is part of the default unitframes. Bossmods aren't needed at all either. I'm raiding since vanilla without one and doing just fine, in fact watching videos with boss mods are almost irritating to me, because of all that spam. :p If he does his job and is a decent player, let him be. |
Mods are a pretty polarizing issue, with strong opinions on both sides. I didn't think it was possible to be so pro/anti mods until a friend of mine called my use of them a "crutch" and said I'd be better off with none. :rolleyes:
Play and let play, IMO. |
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