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Originally Posted by loramin
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Something you can already do with a simple kitchen timer.
If a program "hit a macro" then it would be a cheat program, and using it would be a bannable offense. And if the program isn't hitting the macro, aren't you basically just talking about playing a cleric (and looking at a log app vs. looking at your party's health)?
You can already get all of that except the "live" part with log parsers that have existed since 2000. Well, and maybe the agro list part, since that's not as simple as you make it sound (agro != just the damage done).
Look, log parsers have existed since just after the dawn of Everquest itself. They have always been legit, no matter who's running the server (SOE or Rogean). Yes we have faster internet now, and yes that allows for slightly more advanced uses of the log, but that doesn't change the fact that log parsers are/forever will be legit.
If you want to "fix" something like this app your only options are going back in time or somehow forcing every P99 player to use dial-up. Good luck.
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I am not saying it's easy to do any of these or that they are likely just that they are possible.
Kitchen timers are tough to use for every mob. Even people who time phs and room pops are disciplines player who make good group members. Automating this does detract something imo.
Can they stop you from using programmable keyboards? Hitting a number of the keyboard is all the software would have to do. Does not have to interface with client at all, not sure if this is allowed or detectable if not, but I hope it's not allowed.
I think map feature doesn't cross the line for most people, but more and more features are possible. Are we sure anything that just uses log info is acceptable?
I doubt any of this would make me quit or that I wouldn't even use it, but at some point some of the classic intent could be lost by the classic technicality that logs were available.