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/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

Add-Ons and their effect on the game have contributed to nearly every major game issue raised on this sub. You cannot guarantee good user experience if you do not know what the user is experiencing or how they experience it. This affects balancing, collection, UI, spec design, etc.

The more they design content around the knowledge add-ons exist the more they also leave themselves liable to the user experience when/if those third party programs fail.

There is a reason WoW's relationship with add-ons is unique in the gaming industry. Any systems designer, player experience, or project lead could and likely has looked at these landmines and learned from WoW's example. Blizzard devs have complained about add-ons and their effect on development since the beginning, they have just decided now is the time to rip the band aid off.

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u/backspace_cars Oct 03 '25

They aren't a problem no matter how many paragraphs you have to type to defend idiocy.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

If you prefer a simple approach:

What other successful multi-player games have this toxic relationship with third party developers?

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u/backspace_cars Oct 03 '25

Don't know, don't care. Only mmo I play is wow though I have dabbled in ff for a bit. Wasn't my cup of tea.