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On Feb 29, 11:07 pm, gerryq <ger....DeleteThis@indigo.ie> wrote:
> Well, whatever. Most of us don't need coordinate cheats to get
> around. If some idiot can't describe the location of a place in in-
> game terms, it's really better for everyone playing the game if he
> doesn't reply at all.

You do realize that MOST players have a coordinates addon right? It's
a rare oddity that I find someone who doesn't, for the simple reason
that it's not a cheat: it's an incredibly basic function that I'm
surprised Blizzard hasn't implemented themselves yet (though I'm sure
they will eventually - they've already got around to adding scrolling
combat text and even the damage meter for BG's). As such, most
players can communicate locations of items quite simply within 5
characters of information rather than typing a 3 paragraph step by
step on how to get there, only to be whispered 10 minutes later with
"I can't find it".

There's pretty much no way to "cheat" using LUA. Blizzard defines
very strictly what can and can't be done (afterall they CREATED the
WoW subset of the language specifically for user addons). Anything
that can be done within a LUA script addon is not considered cheating,
and if it is, Blizzard patches it out of existence.

Mike

External Since: Jan 08, 2008 Posts: 150

On Mar 1, 4:54 am, "mbga...@gmail.com" <mbga... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 29, 11:07 pm, gerryq <ger... DeleteThis @indigo.ie> wrote:
>
> > Well, whatever. Most of us don't need coordinate cheats to get
> > around. If some idiot can't describe the location of a place in in-
> > game terms, it's really better for everyone playing the game if he
> > doesn't reply at all.
>
> You do realize that MOST players have a coordinates addon right? It's
> a rare oddity that I find someone who doesn't, for the simple reason
> that it's not a cheat: it's an incredibly basic function that I'm
> surprised Blizzard hasn't implemented themselves yet (though I'm sure
> they will eventually - they've already got around to adding scrolling
> combat text and even the damage meter for BG's). As such, most
> players can communicate locations of items quite simply within 5
> characters of information rather than typing a 3 paragraph step by
> step on how to get there, only to be whispered 10 minutes later with
> "I can't find it".

Well, 'cheat' is too strong a word - using them is basically just
cheating yourself. I wouldn't have any objection if they became a
standard part of PvP, but there's no reason to enforce them in the PvE
world which exists precisely because exploring is fun.

I have never bothered installing one, and in my experience many if not
most don't - certainly I tend to hear people giving proper directions,
and I've often heard people saying they don't when somebody responds
with coordinates. (Though obviously it's not difficult to guess the
coordinates anyway, even without an addon.)

- Gerry Quinn