04-14-2016, 04:17 PM
Something to keep in mind with paid addons within Minion is that anybody who releases items within our store is contractually obligated to maintain them (within reason), which is something you don't get with free tools.
Further, ACR (and Questing for that matter) are also free tools, that absolutely anybody can write profiles for, they don't have to come in the form of paid addons.
Your post touches on one of the main points of why ACR has come along though, which is that you are wanting top-tier performance, but you want it incredibly simple, which is something that does not normally go hand-in-hand.
Referring back to Legendary Fisher, it was instinctual (to some more than others), but if you compare what it is capable of versus what our current systems can do, it is overwhelmingly inferior.
This is just because you couldn't possibly have squeeze enough options into our older interface to make it user-friendly and completely capable.
Our new GUI systems make it possible for competent developers to bridge that gap with a multitude of dynamic options and being able to write code that is not limited by SkillManager's inherent generic requirements to create ACR profiles that are simultaneously friendly, and not handicapped in any performance.
To further drive home the point, LegendaryFisher (and lots of SkillManager profiles along the way) were not removed/replaced, they were abandoned by their creators.
SkillManager and it's profiles aren't going anywhere, but it isn't going to magically evolve either, and it simply can't reach the same heights that ACR can.
Not that I'm trying to be rude, but simply from my contributions to Minion compared to your own, I don't think you should worry too much about how committed I am.
I can't speak for all community developers, but I do not release things with my name on it with the intention of ever having it be second-best.
Further, ACR (and Questing for that matter) are also free tools, that absolutely anybody can write profiles for, they don't have to come in the form of paid addons.
Your post touches on one of the main points of why ACR has come along though, which is that you are wanting top-tier performance, but you want it incredibly simple, which is something that does not normally go hand-in-hand.
Referring back to Legendary Fisher, it was instinctual (to some more than others), but if you compare what it is capable of versus what our current systems can do, it is overwhelmingly inferior.
This is just because you couldn't possibly have squeeze enough options into our older interface to make it user-friendly and completely capable.
Our new GUI systems make it possible for competent developers to bridge that gap with a multitude of dynamic options and being able to write code that is not limited by SkillManager's inherent generic requirements to create ACR profiles that are simultaneously friendly, and not handicapped in any performance.
To further drive home the point, LegendaryFisher (and lots of SkillManager profiles along the way) were not removed/replaced, they were abandoned by their creators.
SkillManager and it's profiles aren't going anywhere, but it isn't going to magically evolve either, and it simply can't reach the same heights that ACR can.
Not that I'm trying to be rude, but simply from my contributions to Minion compared to your own, I don't think you should worry too much about how committed I am.
I can't speak for all community developers, but I do not release things with my name on it with the intention of ever having it be second-best.