Can I use the Immersive Combat Mode mod?
ArenaNet cannot approve or review or “vet” any third-party programs. Our general policy is that anything that gives advantage is forbidden; anything that imbalances the game in favor of one player over another is strictly disallowed. With that said, we are aware that some utilities help players without impacting others, that is, they do not give anyone an advantage over someone else.
Our development team is not able to review third-party programs to kitten their components or give them any sort of approval. We make our policies clear in our User Agreement, Rules of Conduct, and the Conduct Breaches and Outcomes document, which you can find in the Legal Documentation section of our website: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/ You should know the following:
If you chose to use any third-party program, you do so at your own risk.
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If you choose to use what you believe to be a “benign,” or non-advantage-giving program, be sure to get it from a legitimate source to protect yourself from the possible addition of cheats or key-loggers.
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“Does this program allow someone to play faster, better, longer, or more accurately than someone who doesn’t use it?”
“Does this program allow someone to ‘play’ when he/she is not at the computer?”
“Does this program allow the user to gain undeserved rewards?”
If the answer to any of these questions is “yes”—or even “maybe”—then we strongly recommend that you do not use the program because to do so may place your Guild Wars or Guild Wars 2 account in jeopardy.
In the future, we will be working directly with the community to develop app support for Guild Wars 2, so stay tuned for more info!
See, the answer to those questions when it comes to ICM is a definite “no,” but some people would argue not having to hold down the right mouse button is an advantage. =\
I think their policy is a no. But if it is a really minor mod, they probably wont’ take the time to bother to punish you.
And that policy makes it simple. Unless they say it is ok, pretty much nothing is allowed.
Only thing they said which is ok are music playing macros, and I think a graphic enhancement mod. As for combat mod, i have no idea. They never said anything.
sigh Well, just in case, then, I’ll rebind a few keys and play with that until I find out if people have actually been banned for using this or not.
Really, though, it’s unintuitive. Talk about wrist strain. =\
sigh Well, just in case, then, I’ll rebind a few keys and play with that until I find out if people have actually been banned for using this or not.
Really, though, it’s unintuitive. Talk about wrist strain. =\
Hi there, I logged in just to simply say that I’ve spoken before in-game with a GM, as well as looked up extensively if I was allowed to use Combat mod.
That was about halfway in Season 1 ;P I’ve used it everyday since and simply could not play the game without it. So long as you have the right settings. The idea that combat mod gives an advantage is very false as well, especially the larger amount of players are on screen. Some skills simply won’t work with it! But that said, it is very immersive and super enjoyable to play with, and just makes me appreciate the world through my characters eyes all the more! Could never play without.
So go ahead, turn it on and don’t look back.
Ah, thank you for the reply. That’s incredibly refreshing to hear.
And thanks for everybody else who took the time to write to me. I’ve come to understand the issue a bit better now.