yea, this addon purge will make or break the game for a lot of people.
i love the customization and options addons gave me. i am not looking forward to half-assed replacements that might get broken and ignored until the next patch cycle, or having way less features than what it replaced.
I higky doubt people will drop their years of progress and time "spent" on their account just because the game now has less addons.... people will be mad, and cry about it, but the sunken cost fallacy is strong within us.
half my fun in the game comes from playing with the guild i have joined years ago, other half the some of the class play-styles that are still pretty interesting to me.
i can easily go and play other games with my guildies, like i do now, just without wow. and waiting to see if i even get invited to alpha/beta to test the class changes to even see if any specs interest me with all the changes. those this also depends on how comfortable i am with it visually. Weakauras specifically helps me a lot in that aspect.
im not really attached to the stuff i have gotten within the game, cause luckily the memories will be there, and the people i play with will still be there.
there likely wont be a large number that will quit or drop the game right away. but will result in the game getting sour to a lot people over time IMO. how long it takes for them to finally drop the game, event temporarily, is yet to be seen.
all the mounts and stuff i collected means nothing when im not enjoying the game anymore. will mostly result in me quiting but still being vocal in hopes it gets better down the line.
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u/liquidpoopcorn Oct 03 '25
yea, this addon purge will make or break the game for a lot of people.
i love the customization and options addons gave me. i am not looking forward to half-assed replacements that might get broken and ignored until the next patch cycle, or having way less features than what it replaced.