Addons free from now on, per Blizzard: KeyClone okay?

[moog]

I'd hate to have to use the default action bars and unit frames

I'm pretty sure they'd have a lot of cancellations that month... my 5 to start with!

Don't be so melodramatic, it's getting quite old. This is a pretty shitty move by blizzard, but it's not the end of the world... of warcraft.

No melodramatics... if you read my post I'm referring to if they were to stop all addons and force you to use default UI and action bars then I would stop playing.

If this retarded move by Blizzard kills off Carbonite then I will, personally, be very pissed off but it won't stop me playing.

[Vyndree]

The one thing I can agree with this is the part about not obfuscating addon code.

Does anyone remember the old PreformAV addon? The code was littered with subfunctions and variables named IlllIlIlIIlI and function names were like alliance_sucks and the like. Functions would call other functions which would call other functions which would return "is_horde" which really was a variable that returned true if you were alliance. There were so many checks and double-checks for whether or not you were alliance and disabling alliance from using Preform and making it incredibly hard to undo all the ridiculous naming schemes and restrictions so that the addon wouldn't be horde-only. The author would cry foul whenever a "hacked" version of his addon would show up that was usable by alliance -- he'd claim copyright infringement and have it removed from the addon site.

Granted, he's no longer completely insane anymore and the addon works for both factions, but before that he was convinced that horde always lost AV and demanded that his premade-forming addon be only usable by horde.

I, for one, am glad that there's a new rule that code must be readable. For one, it allows those who ARE concerned to check out what the addon is doing, and two, it discourages the douchebaggery above. I'm not quite so happy with the enforcement of freeware -- but at least some of the rules being put into play I can wholeheartedly agree with.

[Catamer]

omg, I'm alliance and I actually tried to use PreformAV and thought it never worked right.... now I know why.
pitty A/V is non-existant now. I used to love a good A/V.

Yeah, I vote for readable addons too.

[BW~Merlin]

I just found out that the author of outfitter has pulled the plug in protest as well. I really really like outfitter and it took my a while to find it as a replacement for wardrobe when it was abandoned.

[zanthor]

I just found out that the author of outfitter has pulled the plug in protest as well. I really really like outfitter and it took my a while to find it as a replacement for wardrobe when it was abandoned.

ItemRack?

I've used both and quite frankly Outfitter was notably better.

My hopes are that the in game solution in 3.1 is sufficient.

[Omer]

Im pretty sure Keyclone isn't a wow addon. Since you don't see it when you click the addon thing, and since it's an indepenedent program apart from wow.

[Talamarr]

After reading up more on the policy change and the reaction from the player base, I'm now on the side of "everyone is overacting"

Yea, it sucks for the addon devs who were making good money from their addons; I mean, who doesn't like a good entrepreneurial story right? And I certainly support their right to make and sell a piece of software (the open source nazis can diaf )

BUT, it IS Blizzards game and their stance is very understandable. Especially the obfuscated code part and the no in-game ads policy for very obvious reasons. There are good arguments on both sides about not allowing a "premium" version for an addon though.

[Bigfish]

"Its free - but if I don't get money, I'm not developing anymore". Its not "free" by any means. Its payware - just not everyone has to pay (if you're donating, you're basically free loading in this guys opinion).

Its really closer to the provision of a public good that sustains itself via donations, and as with all publicly financed public goods, you have the free rider problem. The guy isn't just exagerating when he says Blizzard has decided the time and skills of add-on developers aren't worth anything. Blizzard is well within their rights for doing what they are doing, but at the same time, I can't help but wonder if they are biting the hand that feeds them.

[Leon]

Meh.
I see it as an over reliance on add ons and such these days. the game is still happily playable without needing xyz mods on.
I use 3 - 2 are required by the guilds i used to raid with (Omen and DBM) the other is a map one that i find useful sometimes (Cartographer)

I have in the past had many many more but ultimately i don't see the need for them anymore, the mind boggles at a thing that you pay for to help you workout your quests, i play with people who do use it (no idea what one it was) and have found that my knowledge of the game and/or a quick look at a Info Site is better most times

[Ellay]

I turned off my quest helper addon a long time ago because I kept getting spammed everytime I logged in.