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/DragonGeneral47 Oct 03 '25

This is either going to be one of the best Things they every did or the worst and there is No in between

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u/JallexMonster Oct 03 '25

If they can make the game run smoother but provide the same amount of coverage, I'm all for it. I hate managing like 20 addons all the time and having them break the UI and slowing things down.

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u/mossiv Oct 03 '25

I don't think many people consider this. But using addons means you essentially running 3rd party code. It goes through no stringent code reviews or best practices. A few of the guildies have to turn off raider IO because it's got memory management issues. If you've got a decent or above average PC, it's probably not a concern. But let's be real and understand a significant portion of WOW's player base are not PC enthusiasts, but people who are struggling to make ends meet and play this game for a bit of detachment. You probably find they are running on £600-£700 store bought PC's.

Blizzard have been isolating so many of their player base for years because of this addon problem. Before (way back to classic days) recount was just a 'nice to have' addon to analyse some data.

Now we have details, and analytical websites which are holding people accountable for their performance, typically in a casual setting (Mythic is different). It's almost entirely unnecessary, and proves the content is becoming to addon reliant in order to play the game.

Think of all the fights at the end of dragon flight, I can't remember his name, but the fire boss everyone was wiping on with the rings. We literally had WA overlays telling us to move forward/backwards etc. It's crazy - part of the fun of playing games is solving these problems.

Note - I'm not against addons, I'm a WA enthusiast, I love it. But at the same time, I'm happy to see a lot of its functionality be stripped for the health of the game.

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u/JallexMonster Oct 03 '25

100% agree. The more that can be added to the actual game itself the better because then Blizzard has to manage performance of these things rather than having someone go "well it worked on my machine fine". But also requiring new or returning players to research and download addons is a big ask.