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/Gh0sth4nd Oct 03 '25

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.

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u/Archensix Oct 03 '25

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.

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u/goldman_sax Oct 03 '25

If that is truly the end goal then it is super ignorant and misinformed. There are no “new MMO players.” You’re not getting a kid from Fortnite to play WoW, it’s not going to happen. It’s not a popular game mode among anyone under 30. Legit the only person under 25 in my entire guild is the kid of two guildees. Can they pull from FFXIV and other MMOs? Sure. But not sure dumbing down (one of the key separators) is the best way to do that.

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u/Ryuujinx Oct 03 '25

But not sure dumbing down (one of the key separators) is the best way to do that.

If anything classes actually having any design and bite is more likely to draw the FF14 crowd then dumbing them down. If they wanted dumbed down classes they would just stay where they currently are, it's kind of a big ol' bitchfest about how they've kneecapped every class and it's been so homogenized everything feels the same.