This is a reply to Eddie (@Brigwyn) and his opinions on addons in MMO's from the Rift Riders Podcast.  I'm not trying to change his mind, I just want to put my feelings on the subject out there.

     First a little background on me. I raided in vanilla WoW as a Orc Warlock in the guild Dreadstorm. That guild broke up before Burning Crusade and I didn't raid again until Wrath. My first lvl 80 was a Dwarf Hunter, and this is were the story gets pertinent. I was told by my guild leader, after the 4th wipe, that if I didn't get my autotargeting under control I would not be welcome in a group. As a result I leveled a gnome warlock. I currently play a Kelari Cloromancer named Zytamb in Alea Iacta Est on the Deepwood shard. Because of my work schedule the only raiding I get is during invasions.

     My problem is I can tend to fixate and get tunnel vision when I'm under stress. This happens in every aspect of my life. When I was a hunter I fixated on so much on my rotation that I didn't pay attention to the auto switch target issue hunters used to have. I guess that makes my a Huntard. I have been known to fall off a ledge trying to get behind a mob because I forget where I am. In a situation were I need to be sure I'm not standing in the fire my DPS will plunge because I will forget to cast. I use addons to brake me out of this tunnel vision. I use addons to improve my own ability, I have never used any addons to judge another player. Well, that's just my two cents.

    Crossed posted to http://riftriders.net/2012/01/rift-riders-ep-24-er-23-spending-time-with-redhawk/#comment-57