If anyone ironically asks me for a C.IO score I'll Blacklist them from everything I do.
Don't get me wrong, using an AddOn that puts a score how fast you can do things is cool for competing but if you do it just to invite people you're a tool. Some of the most fun you can have is inviting random people to a dungeon and seeing what type of player they are, hell even not kicking them when they are the worst player on the planet because you cba a 30min re-find time has its own rewards.
The best is bringing a random scrub in, and them actually improving as a player from feedback and watching others play through the dungeon. That's how people get better, by learning, not by being left out.
I hope Blizzard wont allow this addon. I wont be using it and im not going to be grouping with partys that require them.
It better not..
I think there will be a enough resistance from the bulk of the playerbase that it just won't gain much traction (in most cases). I am hoping that the long term player base are in it for the right reasons. It may be hopeful, but it's good to be optimistic every now and then. :wink:
Yea, this and i believe they did a LFG type of addon too.. It is so sad if they actually work, because in a really quick manner things could turn into; LFM RFC NEED DPS!!! LINK YOUR .IO, RETAIL ARMORY PROFILE WITH AotC ACHIEVEMENTS
Best LFG thing ever: /join World If everyone will join a world chat channel, problem solved.
I will NOT be using any addons that are more than cosmetic. No questhelpers, no gatherer, nada.
I "might" be tempted to find a "sell junk" addon that would sell my grays in one click, but that would be it.
The person above who said LFG and GEARSCORE were just fucking toxic had it right.
I trust Blizz that they will do something against such addons!
Personally I think Raider.IO is the "living" reminder why many of us prefer Classic over current WoW.
Not because people in Classic don't try to get the best possible raid/group together; "come to Org for inspection please" :confused:
But because it actually gives people a "legitimate" reason to decline you without interaction.
I've pretty competitive when it comes to gaming, so I like having objective metrics to measure my performance against my friends and guildmates.
If this were all Raider.io did, you would not see so much hate for it, but unfortunately it comes with a rather understandable change in player interaction.
Realmplayers provides metrics for the pserver community, too.
The difference is the player mindset: rarely have I heard of people basing their invites on metrics from Realmplayers.
Actually Raider.io is there because Blizzard provides API to get all the info about mythic runs. I hope Blizzard will never add such API to Classic because it will be matter of days when such an addon (or website) will appear and corrupt the community.
IMHO this is one of the worst things to come out of modern WoW and fosters a completely toxic and elitist mentality. I sincerely hope that it gets broken or people ignore it. Raider.io is so bad I'd rather have Gearscore. It's probably the most toxic thing I've ever seen to ever come out of the game. Personally, if it stays, I plan to use it to filter out people who I don't want to associate with at all.
I thought that was all it did?
Edited my last post, was confusing, I agree. Also:
The Realmplayers addon, back when I used it (2015), only sent data to a webservice, it was completely invisible, simply collecting data and sending it when you logged out. You could then observe and compare metrics on a website.
The seemingly small difference is: Raider.io is easier to access since you can also see a limited amount of data in the game via the addon.
I don't think you will hear anyone complain about easily accessible metrics, since many players like the competition.
The problem is this: players can now legitimize lazy decisions (invite/decline), that's where - imo - complaints are valid.