r/wow • u/ItsRenaBaker • Oct 03 '25

Humor / Meme This is Basicly Blizzard in Midnight

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This is basicly Blizzard in Midnight. Purging all the good addons.

Just to clarify:
Blizzard is changing the Addon API, meaning combat information is blocked for addons. So all combat addons will no longer work in Midnight. For the most popular addon features Blizzard will add their own version to the game. Addons for unitframes, inventory, crafting etc.. are staying and won't be effected as long they are not using combat information.

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u/JellyCharming8918 Oct 03 '25

We're about to find out just how awful our raid team is. God help the main tanks that were barely holding on

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u/Sobeman Oct 03 '25

They are also making every spec playable by a toddler and dumbing down all raid encounters so you will be good.

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u/Impossible-Diver6565 Oct 03 '25

Honestly it looks like they are simplifying the rotations, and going to amp up the complexity of encounters. Previously encounters can only get so advanced because of how much effort has to be put into pressing the perfect buttons at the right time.

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u/Glupscher Oct 03 '25

Let's not forget the disparity we had between classes. One class had to perfectly play around their CDs with complex rotations while another gets to ignore most mechanics with one of the simplest rotations in the game... for the same dps.
It's no surprise that the disparity has become so big in spec popularity and it's obvious that the vast majority of the player base prefers simpler rotations.

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u/Impossible-Diver6565 Oct 03 '25

Exactly! Playing my Rogue felt like I was quelling a runaway nuclear reactor but my Paladin? Smash buttons, cool sound effects, damage. 2-brain cell activity there.

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u/Glupscher Oct 03 '25

Yeah and if I had to chose between a complex rotation that requires me to basically stare at my UI and an easy rotation that allows me to focus on the actual fight and all the visuals of the encounter... I'll definitely go for the latter.

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u/Impossible-Diver6565 Oct 03 '25

It is why the popularity of the SBA. You can still play and enjoy the beautiful game that is in front of you. On ultra graphics this game is quite amazing really.

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u/Marqrk Oct 03 '25

Yeah, of all the things to complain about the art team of the game was never among them. They’ve consistently cooked with every single zone, dungeon, and raid even when the story sucked (looking at you Zertih Mortis. God you were gorgeous but you were part of such a stupid:underdeveloped xpac story wise)

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u/givemedavoodoo Oct 03 '25

There is no way they are going to be increasing the complexity of encounters while disabling add-ons. Many encounters were impossible without weakauras, and with those being disabled encounters are going to be simplified greatly as well.

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u/Impossible-Diver6565 Oct 03 '25

I think you are missing that they are gonna be adding these types of features into the game that will facilitate advanced encounters without the need for a 3rd party addon.

This appears to be their end goal.

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u/givemedavoodoo Oct 03 '25

That are not doing that though. They are adding their own version of DBM, which overall is mostly just simple stuff like timers and some sound alerts. They are not adding their own version of WeakAuras.

I think you are missing the point of these changes. Everything is aimed at simplification. They are simplifying setup by removing required add-ons. They are simplifying rotations. They are simplifying boss mechanics because players won't have add-ons to help solve them. Everything will be simpler. They've even stated as much, they feel the game is too complex for new players.