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Originally Posted by tamedbeast
Hyper Elk healing logic is written into the individual rotation itself and is customizable at the user level based on what the developer decides is an adjustable variable.
GGL is something like this as well, but there are some heal engine options that are just a lot more variable and complex that is open to the end users.
Overall this doesn't really matter unless you're a developer or you have an extreme understanding of the inner workings of healing and other server-sided complexities.
99 out of 100 users wouldn't know how to use such options GGL offers in their heal engine, so it doesn't really matter.
As for healing and pixel bots, Hyper Elk is the most recommended, not because I think it has the best healing rotations (GGL has better Paid Healing Rotas), but because overall, as a program, it's just a better user experience and constant development not only rotation side (included at no extra cost), it also has core constantly updated with new feature and updates.
If GGL had more active development on QOL features for users, I would likely lean more into using GGL, but as it stands now, it's great, but there is just too much footwork setting it up, and for the average users, it's just not worth it. This might change in the future as there is supposed to be updated before Dragon Flight, which makes it easier to use; when they come out, I will re-evaluate those new changes and update my review according to those changes.
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Okay, i understand what you're saying. Thank you very much for your explanation. I did some of my own research after writing my post and have come to the following simplified conclusion;
HyperElk:
- Good for PvE
- Cheap monthly subscrition cost IF only for PvE
- Monthly subscription includes rotations for all classes/specs, for Classic AND Retail
- Quite expensive for PvP as rotations are extra paid monthly cost (roughly $20 per SPEC, per version of WoW, per month)
GGLoader:
- Good for PvE AND PvP
- Cheap monthly subscription BUT insane entry-price-point ($75 per class)
- Monthly subscription and $75 entry-price cost does NOT include the top tier rotation specs for some reason, that is an extra $90 a month per spec
- Extremely expensive for PvE and PvP as all decent or above rotations are paid (up to $90 per spec, per version of WoW, per month)
So, overall, with HyperElk i can get all specs for all classes, for both Retail and WoW, for $25 a month, although this does not include PvP. But for PvP specs it's an additional $20 per month, per spec - but that's reasonable and very well priced considering everything included in the $25 monthly subscription.
Whilst with GGLoader it's $75 per class, doesn't even include a rotation for neither PvE nor PvP that is any better than HyperElk (thus not worth costing $50 more for no justifiable reason, especially when HyperElk is $50 cheaper for ALL classes+specs), an additional $12 a month as a subscription, and an additional $50-$90 for community rotations, per SPEC, per version of WoW, per month. Free rotations are garbage from what I've been told, barely ever updated since they dont get monthly financial incentive to keep them up to date, and any rotation that is any good ends up being charged for by the creator. Also those additional community rotations can be abandonned at ANY time, for ANY reason.
So to maintain HyperElk, realistically, would cost $45 a month ($25 for the monthly subscription for all PvE specs, and $20 extra a month for 1x PvP spec for your main). To maintain GGLoader it's $177 for the first month, then $102 MINIMUM every month after ($75 entry price class + $12 monthly subscription + $90 for only 1 good spec, and an extra $90 for every spec you want after) - want to have a Disc Priest PvE spec that is really good? Another $90 to your monthly cost.
GGLoader just costs waaaaaay too much even at the bare minimum of only purchasing 1 spec, for 1 aspect of the game (PvE/PvP), for 1 version of WoW (retail/classic), and has nothing to justify the cost. The cost they have, i assumed was because they had top-tier 99% dev-made and dev-maintained specs. But you pay those ridiculous entry price costs and don't even get a spec, and then need to pay more money to get community specs? Nah, that's just way too much for nothing of genuine value.
I would rather pay $25 a month for all PvE specs that are all 90%+ parse and an extra $20 a month for 1 good PvP spec, than $75 entry + $12 per month subscription + $90 PER MONTH FOR 1 SPEC.
Both have amazingly polite and informative devs / assistants / customer support i must say, having spoken to both, but I have to say GGLoader is far too steep in having such a high entry-cost at $75, then expecting its users to pay up to $90 for specs. For $75 i expect to buy a top tier Gladiator-worthy rotation for the entire class, i thought that was the point of having such a crazy entry-cost. HyperElk has far too much on offer for such a low price to even consider GGLoader. Even if I were to buy 6x $20 PvP specs for 3 different classes from HyperElk, it would still come out cheaper than GGLoader with just 1 spec.
Lastly, i find that GGLoader has over-complicated their purchase page, with too many options; one of which was to pay $99 for a private build. I've used many suppliers in the past for hacks for many different games, from many different providers, and many inherently offer private builds as part of their base monthly cost (as well as other features such as HWID spoofers for example). The fact they want to charge an additional $99 to auto-generate you a unique build is kind of scummy to me considering it isn't that hard to do; as mentioned many providers for hacks for games I've used in the past do this naturally and inherently to help avoid EAC/BE build detections and have never charged a premium for such a feature. Seeing that option was a bit of a nail-in-the-coffin moment for me.
It felt like they're just choosing to charge insane amounts of money for things that should not cost money, for the sake of charging the money with no genuine added value. If they don't provide decent specs there shouldn't be a $75 class-fee ontop of their monthly subscription. If they charge $75 for a class rotation i shouldn't have to spend $90 on top of that to buy a decent one from the community creators. They shouldn't charge a penny for unique builds, this should be the default ESPECIALLY when charging $75 already. Etc.
Thanks again for your insight though, it has helped me reach the conclusion above and encouraged me to do my own detailed research.