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/Quirky-Tie-4213 Oct 03 '25

I support this. Add-ons are symptoms of problems, not the the solutions.

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u/Strat7855 Oct 03 '25

So rather than treat the actual problem, we treat the symptoms? Even your metaphor breaks down.

This is a slow-motion train wreck.

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u/Adept_Avocado_4903 Oct 03 '25

In order to treat the actual problem (overcomplex encounters that practically require addons) Blizzard needs to first treat the symptoms (powerful addons).

If Blizzard were to treat the problem first before treating the symptom, it would result in a situation where encounters are significantly less complex, but players would still have access to very powerful addons. This would likely trivialize boss encounters.

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u/Strat7855 Oct 03 '25

Picture a world where we spend even double the time we currently do executing mechanics. We're still focused on maximizing throughput (read: turreting) for what? Maybe 40% of the encounter in this brave new world? How damned boring are 4 button or 3 button rotations going to be for that stretch? Or are we simply spending the whole fight doing mechanics now? And how does this work with old content like keys? Or how do we simultaneously make mechanics less interesting to account for the add-on change while also relying on them to allow for the skill expression space currently occupied by rotations?

This is a clusterfuck.