World of Warcraft at Ten Ton Hammer

Of the many innovations in World of Warcraft, a highly customizable UI paired with almost limitless numbers of user created addons has been among the most popular and hotly debated. Many players consider the use of combat and encounter addons to be akin to cheating, while most raiding guilds and groups have strict requirements of mandatory addon usage. Join Medawky this week as he delves into some popular UI mods and tries to seperate the cream from the crap.

Raiding is nothing new to MMO gaming, it has existed in some form or another since the advent of the genre. But what was once a niche crowd inside of a niche market is now almost the accepted norm. Many WoW addons have been created to assist end game players in making the content more manageable, but was this ever the developer’s intent? Did they envision a behind the scenes data analyzer warning and flashing at players when something bad was about to happen? All that many of these mods are short is some form of GPS and auto pilot and they could play the game for you.

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