Tyrodan wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 5:14 pm
Since a lot of people whine and lament about NB I wanna chime in and say how much I appreciate the NB-ban.
Some time ago, I was looking for a wh guide and stumbled upon one in the depths of this forum, that also covered the NB-topic with some thorough testing. IIRC the dude reported an increase of about 15% in dmg, when you let NB make the decisions which skill would be used best next, rather than doing it yourself. Imagine that, just using an addon is giving you an extra tactic slot with flanking and a 100% hit rate.
Now people say: but everyone can use it, right?
Thing is: NB makes the game a lot more boring, because it is essentially playing it for you. If you don't want that, you're stuck with being at a 15% dmg disadvantage for wh (assuming you're as good at decision-making as the guy from the guide - could be more though).
It's like saying: "Hey Usain Bolt, we're all gonna use motorbikes for the next tournament. But don't worry, you can use one too!" Kinda defeats the purpose of competing against each other, doesn't it?
Not advocating a return to NB. But you and who ever wrote that WH guide, have zero ideas how NB works, if you think NB chooses abilities.
The player chooses the abilities. The player sets up the rotation that the abilities are used in, and if they are good at coding, they can set up conditions. The same player, thanks to NB, would use three buttons to use nine abilities in rotation. Thanks to the quick GCD, (now replaced) this made NB deadly.
All NB did was give the guy with a 10 dollar keyboard and mouse, the same ability to set up a system where max damage can be done with less thinking, that players with gaming mice and keyboards have. Getting rid of NB did not remove the problem. People still use gaming mice, gaming keyboards, and macros. As well as an NB hack by many others.