Blizzard clarifies on the Gatherer Addon
While using mods or addons for World of Warcraft is always a welcome way to make gameplay easier, there will always be risk that some of these mods violate Blizzard‘s Terms and Conditions (as was the case with WoWGlider). This was the topic of an inquiry made by Orinakarr over at the WoW Europe Forums, regarding the Gatherer mod.
For the guys haven’t heard of it, Gatherer is a tracking tool for herbalists, miners and treasure hunters. Quoting the wowui site, here’s a full explanation of what it does:
The Addon does not track like a tracking ability does, rather it ‘remembers’ where you have found various items in the past. It does this whenever you gather (perform herbalism, mining or opening) on an item, and records the specific map location in it’s history. From then on, whenever the item comes into range of being one of the closest 1-25 (configurable) items to your present location, it will pop up on you minimap.
Getting back to the subject matter, Orinakarr wasn’t sure of this mod would give players an unfair advantage during the game – as this counts for a clear violation of Blizz’s conditions. Spokesman Aeus dropped by a little later to explain that the addon was clean:
Gatherer just sees where you are when a skill is triggered and adds an icon to the map. As far as I know it consists only of the “standard” Addon files like .lua, .toc and .xml. No executable files are involved. So knock yourself out.
So there you have it. We hope guys also using this addon will breathe a little easier, knowing they don’t risk getting banned for using it in gathering resources.
While using mods or addons for World of Warcraft is always a welcome way to make gameplay easier, there will always be risk that some of these mods violate Blizzard‘s Terms and Conditions (as was the case with WoWGlider). This was the topic of an inquiry made by Orinakarr over at the WoW Europe Forums, regarding the Gatherer mod.
For the guys haven’t heard of it, Gatherer is a tracking tool for herbalists, miners and treasure hunters. Quoting the wowui site, here’s a full explanation of what it does:
The Addon does not track like a tracking ability does, rather it ‘remembers’ where you have found various items in the past. It does this whenever you gather (perform herbalism, mining or opening) on an item, and records the specific map location in it’s history. From then on, whenever the item comes into range of being one of the closest 1-25 (configurable) items to your present location, it will pop up on you minimap.
Getting back to the subject matter, Orinakarr wasn’t sure of this mod would give players an unfair advantage during the game – as this counts for a clear violation of Blizz’s conditions. Spokesman Aeus dropped by a little later to explain that the addon was clean:
Gatherer just sees where you are when a skill is triggered and adds an icon to the map. As far as I know it consists only of the “standard” Addon files like .lua, .toc and .xml. No executable files are involved. So knock yourself out.
So there you have it. We hope guys also using this addon will breathe a little easier, knowing they don’t risk getting banned for using it in gathering resources.
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