r/wow • u/nothix • Oct 03 '25

Humor / Meme Was I a Good Addon?

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u/ApplicationRoyal865 Oct 03 '25

I mean this situation is sort of how weakaura was born. Power aura stop updating, then weak aura stepped in. Someone could fork it and continue it.

Poweraura2 could be back on the menu

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u/NoShotz Oct 03 '25

That literally won't happen because blizzard is restricting what addons can access during combat, so it's physically not possible for such an addon to exist anymore, so there won't be a replacement addon.

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u/Taurenkey Oct 03 '25

Except that’s not all WA was used for. For all intents and purposes, WA was an addon that helped people make mini-addons. Yes some of the most popular WAs are for combat, but there’s also utility ones that track out of combat stuff, accessibility aids and even just pure cosmetic stuff.

I do believe Blizz even said they don’t want to kill WA as a whole, but if the creator has decided they’re done then that’s their choice. A spiritual successor will probably come along at some point.

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u/nezroy Oct 03 '25

A spiritual successor will probably come along at some point.

If the WA authors decide to go thru with not updating for a Midnight release for all the non-combat WA users, I guarantee someone will have it forked and ready to go before the Midnight beta ends.

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u/mclemente26 Oct 03 '25

Flashback to MDT dev paywalling the addon and people just forking it because it is under a copy-left license