and anet stated were it was ok to do this? i read the thread about macro music but this is helping him in combat he/they useing said program dont need to hold down a button everyone else have to if they want same function.
So an advantage
Please review this post from the Music Macro thread:
This post has become extremely combative and rude. I am going to lock it now (and ask a moderator to review with an eye on the possibility of doing a little clean-up because a few people here are well across the line.)
You will find our official position in this thread, and in no way does that stated position run counter to previously posted statements about the use of third-party programs. I invite you to read the official statement here. Note that all statements, whether about generic third-party programs or macros, are based on the prohibition against something that gives a player a gameplay advantage. A music macro does not give a gameplay advantage in the same way a speed hack or a bot program would do, and that is why there is no prohibition against the use of a music-making macro.
This posts links to THIS post:
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.
We cannot offer support if the third-party program impacts Guild Wars or Guild Wars 2 and, for instance, makes the game unplayable.
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.
The best way for a player to kitten whether a specific third-party program could have any impact on another player or a PvP opponent is to ask:
“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!
This does NOT state that all third party programs are against the rules.
This states that ONLY programs that give you a gameplay advantage over players that do not use the program are against the rules.
You have stated that the only advantage this program might give is allowing a player to re-bind the effect of right clicking. That is possible through MANY other means other than this program. I’m pretty sure some operating systems are even capable of that.
If we are to say that the ability to right click with a different key is a significant enough advantage over a player without Combat Mode, then what about all of the third party programs that allow you to view WvW maps? What about world boss timers? What about voice chat overlays like the Teamspeak overlay that allows for better and more refined team communications?
I would argue that the ability to see what boss is about to spawn when and where is a MUCH larger advantage in the game, and yet ArenaNet allows those programs/Websites/Tools with no issue. They have even implemented a tool for boss timing in the Guild Wars 2 Wiki.
Not all third party programs are bad hacks that should been seen in the same light as speed hacks or flight mods.
Combat Mode simply allows you to use a different control scheme that does not give you an advantage over any other player in the game. If we were to state that Combat Mode does something that allows one player to gain more advantage than a player using the default key bindings, then we would have to state that allowing different keybinds at all gives one player a significant advantage over another since they are allowed to set their keys to what is most comfortable for them.
Do you see a more comfortable control scheme as an advantage?
