Originally Posted by
Karbuncle
I think i caught Starcade syndrome.
I hate people who bot/use clipper/etc. Like, Vehemently. I won't refuse to associate with them or make angry blog posts or freak out at them... But i hate it, and i hate that today in FFXI probably 80% of the population uses Claim Bots and Clipper.
I Don't mind the stuff like windower, but i also find myself disturbed i almost agree with starcades first couple paragraphs (not the psychotic Illuminati conspiracy bullshit), if you don't use windower, you can be ridiculed... and not using Clipper/Claim bots puts you at a significant disadvantage.
Few days ago, I saw people wiped to Fafnir, and when i got done laughing so hard i almost peed, I noticed a few people entered Dragon's aery from the back door and Clipper'd up the ledge to take the Fafnir (they preceded to mass wipe to it as well for a good 5 minutes until the rest of their LS managed to flee-hack to them). All in all a funny event, But it did make me realize that nobody seems to give a damn about these things, because such blatant third party tool usage and... Nothing is done about it.
Its not that i'm on the starcade level yet, But i can almost see why he's gone crazy about FFXI. I myself feel like everyone around me is using Clipper/Fleetools or Claim bots, and it gets me upset.
I'm not starcade-level though... yet, But i at least mildly understand why he's so angry all the time. I can still "live and let live" in FFXI, Its just difficult to swallow.