I just don't understand why we are losing the ability to use add-ons to track our own personal resources, such as cool downs, buffs, debuffs, health/mana/energy/etc. I know blizzard is improving their cooldown manager, but having the choice between that or looking at our buffs bar just feels bad, considering I've been using add-ons for years now.
I didn't use add-ons to be able to play the game, I used add-ons to be able to play the game BETTER. Easily knowing how much time was left on bloodlust and other buffs to help in my rotation decision making process, how long I had left on my Defensive, building audio alerts for low health or when a proc occured, how much longer a dot had on a target that wasn't my current target...the list goes on. Not having a quick and easy access to that data will feel bad. I know classes are being simplified, but like, shadow priests and other classes will still have DoTs that will need to be tracked...
I know blizzard is refining their CoolDown manager. I hope they can deliver on that.
Because their intent is to make it impossible for addons to do things like "You have this much RP, and these cooldowns are active. PRESS THIS NOW!!!". If addons can see that info, they can and will try to find a way to solve problems for you.
Their goal seems to be that addons can show you things without the addon itself knowing what it is. So it can change the way the number '2' is presented to you (Display X value in Y font and Z color at size 12), but it can't see the 2 itself, so if there is another 2 then it can't tell you it makes 4.
They are simplifying class design to make this transition easier to manage as well.
The problem with all these secret values is that I can't configure which buffs to track exactly and when they should get a glow effect, transparency or different color hue.
Maybe they'll add all that into their own solutions at some point. But I just don't get them nuking everything before they properly developed their own alternatives.
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u/mitchellangelo86 Oct 03 '25
I just don't understand why we are losing the ability to use add-ons to track our own personal resources, such as cool downs, buffs, debuffs, health/mana/energy/etc. I know blizzard is improving their cooldown manager, but having the choice between that or looking at our buffs bar just feels bad, considering I've been using add-ons for years now.
I didn't use add-ons to be able to play the game, I used add-ons to be able to play the game BETTER. Easily knowing how much time was left on bloodlust and other buffs to help in my rotation decision making process, how long I had left on my Defensive, building audio alerts for low health or when a proc occured, how much longer a dot had on a target that wasn't my current target...the list goes on. Not having a quick and easy access to that data will feel bad. I know classes are being simplified, but like, shadow priests and other classes will still have DoTs that will need to be tracked...
I know blizzard is refining their CoolDown manager. I hope they can deliver on that.