| Originally Posted by Aelathir |
| I hate to use slippery slope arguements, but in this case, I really think that it applies. What started as "I just want to be able to Alt-Tab the game" has turned into (for a lot of folks, but by no means all) "I just want to see my teammates TP" and "I just want to have something else count my shadows/help me find the sweet spot" or "I just want to have something to help with the boredom of magic skilling", etc. |
I know, I hate to use it too because it just sounds like a line from a 50 anti-pot movie... But if you look at how windower has developed over time, it's really... interesting.
From a benign and simple thing, it has developed a whole range of functions that really change the way you can play the game. While that's bad in itself, it has pushed back the line on what people accept as cheats or not, and it keeps getting pushed back further and further. It pains me to see people complain after an update because this or that plug-in has stopped working. If you look at some of the tools that are promoted on the windower site, you see that things are moving further and further away from the standard FFXI client.