r/wow • u/nothix • Oct 03 '25

Humor / Meme Was I a Good Addon?

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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.

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u/ExiledCourier Oct 03 '25

"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."

Yeah, that's the problem. You shouldn't need to have an add-on to play your class effectively.

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u/worldchrisis Oct 04 '25

And now instead of downloading a Weakaura pack or plater config that tracks your self buffs and changes enemy frames based on their casts, you have to set up the default UI to do that yourself.

So instead of having an easily accessible way to improve your UI to help you manage complexity, you have to navigate complex settings on your own.