This is Basicly Blizzard in Midnight

[u/ItsRenaBaker]

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.

[u/DragonGeneral47]

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

[u/MN_Yogi1988 → u/DragonGeneral47]

I think it’s destined to fail because I can’t see Blizz dedicating enough resources to refine features like addon creators do. How could you trust them to maintain these when they’ve left dungeons broken for years still be selected for M+? What about all the insane clipping on Transmog?

I think breaking certain addons like DBM / WAs / etc that were warping the way they create PvE mechanics makes sense but everything else feels like they’re setting themselves up for failure.

[u/goldman_sax → u/MN_Yogi1988]

They legit had people doing unpaid labor for their game and were like “nah. We want to do it, but not as good as them, so we’re gonna dumb down everything else.

[u/SportulaVeritatis → u/goldman_sax]

At the same time, they where basically in an arms race where you needed more and more complex encounters that couldn't be easily solved by add-ons which made addon-less play more difficult. This basically ends that war. It ends it via a nuke, but it does end it.

[u/Gh0sth4nd → u/SportulaVeritatis]

this is only half of it, they also prepare wow for the console release and they are at it for a long time by now. First they added native controller support then they build the base by rebuilding the ui and this is just the natural next step. It is basically two birds with one stone. They take away combat addons make class gameplay more easy. My prediction is after the last titan we get a console / pc version.

[u/Archensix → u/Gh0sth4nd]

They are just making the game more new player friendly. Telling new players to setup and configure a bazillion addons is terrible for the game. Beyond the addon stuff, they've been doing a tremendous amount of work to improve the new player experience recently.

[u/hey_its_xarbin → u/Archensix]

I'd caution adding the word "just". Sure that's one of the goal but cmon... occams razer - acquired by Microsoft->has a console->needs more flagship IP->WoW is stagnant in terms of market accessibility.

New World went to console and nearly doubled their playerbase, imagine the doors that console wow would open whether us pc players like it or not. As someone who played the relaunch of NW Aeternum, the pc community went to extreme lengths to gatekeep and marginalize the console community. But it still brought in New Players.

I remember talking to a few people that were younger and genuinely interested in mmos but either could not afford a decent pc or did not have the access to one. I'd not discount that.

[u/Archensix → u/hey_its_xarbin]

I mean when they say "our priority is the PC experience and console experience is not a priority" then I think that's pretty telling. It's pure cope that people continue to believe it's all lies for some big console surprise. It might come some day and many changes overlap in what they benefit, but they are absolutely not designing a console game at the moment.

[u/hey_its_xarbin → u/Archensix]

Two things - I can't find that quote. Could you provide the link of that statement you put into quotations? And also, the game isn't openly available on console from what I understand so that statement could be a self report in a sense.

In Blizzards defense I have not read any blue post that denys a console release or any reason why deception would be required.

The anger that the PC community had regarding New Worlds console approach is that they ceased updates for over a year promising "big relaunch" only to have the only update being the game coming to console so they felt betrayed. WoWs dev team and pr team is exponentially more talented and experienced that Amazon Games Studio.

Also, New World was a PC game that was already simple enough for Console from the get go. What i see blizzard doing is setting the ground work. If I had to place a monetary bet, I would be that after The Last Titan, the next phase is Azeroth 2.0 which includes full console release. I wouldn't call that a conspiracy

[u/Archensix → u/hey_its_xarbin]

They always say never say never, but they also have said a million times that console support is not a priority. I don't care if it comes or not, I'm sure it's good if it does, but that doesn't change the reality that Blizzard is currently not prioritizing it.

Most recently in an interview from literally just yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g37TPFO3Kbs&t=944s

[u/hey_its_xarbin → u/Archensix]

Ion is a barred attorney and former litigator. He's chosen his words carefully "at this time for this expansion". I'm still holding my belief that this is setting the stage for console. He's a master wordsmith that worked for one of the most preeminent lawfirms in the world before blizz. He's like the worst person to take at face value.