kesamek8537: People said DX11 wasn't possible. People said player housing wasn't possible. People said chrono being playable again wasn't possible.
Most people don't understand what is possible.
ANet could make API 2.0 if they wanted to.
emanate0: nothing kills a game faster then cheaters running around unpunished. i've seen it before
DeanCalaway: I agree, with everything, but as you mentioned, it would cost money and Anet is not about to do that.
MichaelS5400: Always the optimist Nike
ihip.ng.habagat-p7x: The cost for your proposal for API 2.0 is not that great. Developers can, and are usually, hired on a per project basis. Depending on the number working on the API, and their competency level, this endeavor does not take that long. However, the decision to actually act on this perceived problem is another matter. I believe that decisions on third-party programs, among other things, are heavily influenced by internal politics within ANet. The "bureaucracy" that has developed over more than a decade within the company does not help either. Attitude towards third-party programs is just a symptom of this malady.
mormegil231: Anet can absolutely tell the difference between using a bot and just using a DPs meter by monitoring character behavior and you can tell from the false positives.
Like last year they mistakenly banned turtle taxis that their monitor tools misjudged as porting seeing the constant WP movement of two people
Anet policy is pretty typical. They give you guidelines to tell you he obvious benign stuff are fine but also abstract enough to be able to ban any 3rd party program if it ever becomes a problem

Arc DPS , BlishHud and Nexus are unrelated to the cerus bots. Bots are clearly not allowed by the current policies, they exist outside the typical addon environment and they would exist even if addons are were banned and everything was API based and it would be equally tough to detect as it is today.
SubiqT: Best take I've heard on this
r3ndrock: Native dps meter and gear check, ban all third party addons.
elocfreidon: I just want boons and condis organized and prioritized properly. And to be able to interact with the UI with keybinds or even a controller.
MrChester114: Maybe I'm dumb but your solution makes no sense to me at all. What do you mean by API? REST API? If so then how would one build a DPS meter with such an API? Each request takes time and the more users you have the more time it takes. Memory reading is almost instant. That's why DPS meters are so fast in showing you the data. With an API it would be slow as hell and very costly for Anet to proces all the requests. It might not even be possible since thousands of users would send a request every second to get the DPS numbers. This is essentialy DDOS attack on their API lol.
Also even if Anet provided this API (which is stupid imo) or better some SDK for building addons how do you want an addon without DLL incjection? How do you put it in the game without injecting your code into the game code? There is no way around it so it doesn't even solve the false positives you mentioned. Peace out.
roqu1705: Have been using dps meters from the moment they got realesed and i wouldnt say not having real time dps reader would be an issue. Right not what would hurt 100 times more would be getting rid of logs and i am not so sure they can operate without the dps meter. The EoS and legendery cerus is impossible to achive without this tool.

Jul 21 2024

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