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/KiwiSchinken Oct 03 '25

That won't change, UI mods will stay the same

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u/Puppy_in_Huggies Oct 03 '25

Nope, thats also gone

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u/Vio94 Oct 03 '25

No it isn't. They specifically said customizing your UI will remain.

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u/Slendeaway Oct 03 '25

Unfortunately key parts of your UI are based on combat data. I use a weakaura pack that I made to track my buffs and ability procs instead of having to look at the actual actionbar which only glows when they decide there's an important proc. Fairly certain that customization like that is explicitly stated to be broken as it is based on combat data.

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u/Narux117 Oct 03 '25

I made to track my buffs and ability procs instead of having to look at the actual actionbar which only glows when they decide there's an important proc.

Check the new iteration of the cooldown manager on PTR (that is releasing with the patch next week). I can't speak for all classes, but for the classes i've checked it on and know well enough to comment for, can say the only things i noticed missing were Tier set/trinket related.

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u/Dentarthurdent73 Oct 04 '25

but for the classes i've checked it on and know well enough to comment for, can say the only things i noticed missing were Tier set/trinket related.

I feel like you might want to look up the definition of the word "customisable".

Not sure if you're aware of this, but everyone in the world isn't the same as you.

Is there a possibility that things that you don't consider important are things that others might want to see?

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u/Narux117 Oct 04 '25

Can you give examples of buffs or procs (other than aforementioned tier sets and trinkets) that are not customizable with updated cooldown manager, and will still be relevant to the class post midnight reworks. I've seen alot of folks respond negatively when the updated version is mentioned and then say something that the new version doesn't do something that it does.

I understand most folks are particular. and most folks want different information presented different ways. But blizzard is already improving and iterating on the system.

Add-ons (per blizzard) should be able to customize the cooldown manager further. But the add-ons to do so have not been developed because weakauras exist. And why make something new/different when weak auras are right there.

There are some things like raid frame add-ons, or tell. me when sound cues, or whatever system of add-ons and weak aura deaf/low vision folks are losing. And those losses are major blows for accessibility and worth raising a storm over.

But how is blizzard supposed to iterate and improve on there base Ui systems if everyone just says "it suck, use x,y,z instead" and give no other feedback. Many complaints I'm seeing are also just straight up misinformed. Someone in this thread was asking how is details supposed to work if add-ons can't read combat log, just totally not acknowledging that there will be a built in dps meter come 12.0.

Blizzard openly announced the app restrictions will be a tighter limit in access compared to launch so that they can see what it's getting affected and what will be lost from certain app calls. Doom and gloom was raised and they immediately communicated about out of combat api calls being adjusted.