DPS Meter Megathread

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• Noaani Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two

  October 3

  nanfoodle wrote: »

  Noaani wrote: »

  Dygz wrote: »

  I mean... it's always been said - No Add-ons.
  2nd party or 3rd party or 4th party - No Add-ons.
  
  I bet we have quotes about that here before Page 10.

  
  This is not where the line is, nor has it ever been.
  
  You will not be able to find Intrepid saying that add-ons are the line.
  
  This is because combat trackers are not add-ons.
  
  The only line that has been drawn is no third party applications that give an unfair advantage.
  
  The letter of that would include Discord, it would include web browsers if you use it to look for information on thr game such as builds, look at a wiki, or ask a question on these forums or Reddit.
  
  Right now, it is purely at Intrepuds discretion, yet they are banning people that are specifically not crossing the only line they have drawn.
  
  Whether YOU like it or not, if Intrepid state third party applications of some particular form are against their ToS, that means second party applications are specifically not against the ToS that Intrepid have had us all agree to.
  
  Just for reference, there are several thousands of people that have downloaded an ACT mod to run with Ashes. Combat tracking is just as common in Ashes alpha as it is in WoW today.
  
  So far, no one using ACT has reported that Intrepid is in any way aware that they are running it, because there is literally no way for them to detect it.

  
  Including the 3rd party app that lets you scan crafting nods to cherry pick node that have rare crafting mats.

  
  That is not a combat tracker, is doing things a combat tracker can not do, and has no real place in a discussion on combat trackers.

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• Aszkalon Member, Alpha Two

  October 3

  StevenSharif wrote: »

  DPS Meter Megathread

  
  My Damage is longer than yours.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Topic completed.

  
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• Otr Member, Alpha Two

  5:19AM

  Noaani wrote: »

  mainedutch wrote: »

  Noaani wrote: »

  mainedutch wrote: »

  no addons = no addons. i'd like to keep it that way.
  
  that being said, I wouldn't care much about an in-house dps meter. i just don't want that to become a runaway train. "we have this, so why don't we do 'xyz'".

  
  I agree.
  
  From my perspective though, the best way for Intrepid to prevent it from running away is for them to keep it all in house.
  
  If they don't have a built in combat tracker, a third party one (or second party, in my case) *will* be made. The data to fill that tracker *will* be obtained. If Intrepid leave it so that this is what happens, they have lost control.

  
  I mean, any unpermitted software being used in game would likely be a bannable offense. I don't think people are willing to take that risk in a game with such expeditious progression like Ashes. But who knows really.

  
  For sure.
  
  The trick is to use something they can't or won't prevent people from using.
  
  OBS is a good example of that. If the only software I am using in relation to the game is OBS, I can use data from that to feed my combat tracker.
  
  If Intrepid make using OBS and other similar software a bannable offense, there will be no videos or streaming of the game at all. Ever.
  
  This is what I used to do, and was able to parse livestream demonstrations of the game. It is no longer where I get my data, but it should show you how pointless it is to try and ban people.

  
  Youtubers and streamers destroy the fun in such games.

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