I have just returned to WoW “Retail”! But I have a real issue with the new one button rotation. I feel like the one button rotation is a deeply flawed design choice that undermines the very essence of what makes the game engaging and rewarding. (I understand I don’t have to use it) But by reducing complex class mechanics to a single button press, Devs are stripping away the depth, skill expression, and mastery that have defined WoW’s combat system for decades. I once prided myself on perfecting intricate rotations and adapting in real time, but now I’m left with a mindless, homogenized experience that feels more like a mobile game than a flagship MMORPG. This change discourages thoughtful play and diminishes class identity, leaving a longtime fan like myself feeling alienated and bored. Ultimately, it’s a lazy design solution that prioritizes accessibility at the expense of fun, and it’s slowly killing the soul of the game.
How? You can perform much better by not using that tool. If you want skill expression, just don’t drag it to your bar.
I’ve heard something like 75% of heroic players are better off using the 1 button rotation.
I think the GCD nerf really only makes up for the huge upside that using only one button gives. Because it allows you to focus way more on mechanics.
I highly suspect you’re an alt of one of the other handful of whiners about this.
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It’s for accessibility, aka people who physically can’t handle 20+ keybinds. Should they be locked out of playing?
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It’s for casuals, aka people who don’t do end game content anyway. Why do you care what casuals are up to? It shouldn’t affect an “elite” player like yourself, right?
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It’s a sub-optimal rotation with a GCD penalty. Any player that’s actually decent can do better than someone using OBR. It’s not suitable for PVP or real endgame high Mythic tier content. Therefore, it shouldn’t affect an “elite” player like you anyway.
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It’s very likely a springboard for WoW going mobile/to consoles after Microsoft bought them out.
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Button bloat is a real issue. Blizzard realizes this and is trying to slap a band aid on it.
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You are not forced to use it. It’s optional. If you’re doing better using OBR then git gud if you don’t want to use it.
The OBH doesn’t play the game quite as effectively as a human can, doesn’t use cooldowns effectively, doesn’t always maintain dots/buffs/debuffs, doesn’t use defensives, and doesn’t use utility or mobility.
It’s just a button for people who need help reaching a minimum performance level, and if it means more people who otherwise struggle with both doing damage and doing mechanics can get through content and have fun, I am happy with its existence.
It’s for accessibility
Idk why people keep lying and saying this. Ian specefically said “it’s for people who don’t want to engage with/learn their rotations.”
Handicapped people could already see all the dungeons, the raid, the entire story, all the zones…what exactly were they missing out on? Mythic+?
Yes? Some of they may have wanted to do Mythic. Secondly, Ion (not Ian) stated this:
“We want to make sure this is for accessibility purposes,” Hazzikostas said. "That it’s there for people who maybe, honestly, aren’t interested in the gameplay of mastering their spec. They want to explore Azeroth and experience the story, and mechanics get in the way of that sometimes. This should be for them. "
So, exactly like I said: for people with physical issues and casuals.
It’s not suitable for actual end game content. So an “elite” player like you shouldn’t feel threatened of a sub-optimal rotation helper with GCD delay that results in 20% or more DPS loss at high tier game play, right?
Imo if removing your rotation from your thought process increases your survival significantly in raids, maybe you’ve been spending WAY too much time attached to your rotation and not nearly enough time learning the mechanics of a raid.
So, exactly like I said: for people with physical issues and casuals.
Huuuh?? He didn’t mention handicaps at all! He talks about “people who aren’t interested in mastering their spec.” Aka, me! I’m not interested in mastering my spec, therefore the one button rotation was specifically designed to bring back players like me!
It’s not suitable for actual end game content.
So which is it? Is it to help people do high end content or is it “not good enough to do high end content”? You can’t have it both ways.
I just returned to WoW, came to the forums and didn’t bother looking at any of the 17 billion threads on this subject and decided my voice was far too important to ignore. I’m the star of my own story.
Sorry but it’s not an “if” it just does that.
There are a lot of WoW players who think they are better than the 1 button rotation andies…they’re in for a rude awakening.
Good? If they get pushed to the bottom of the meters then they’ll eventually be forced to use the button to bring up the floor. Hopefully gone are the days of the pugs being below the healers (it wasn’t last week we still had some pugs below healers).
You can simply not use it, it’s quite easy to outperform.
On m sprocket my alt 670 ret paladin does like 2.8m DPS, or 2.1m with one button rotation n
Accessibility. That’s the key word. I know this may be hard for you to grasp, but there are people who play this game that have physical limitations. This button helps them. There are posts about it on these forums you could read.
Secondly, again: It’s not suitable for top level mythics. There’s a substantial DPS loss. It might squeak by, sure, but a real elite player is going to wipe the floor with anyone using OBR. And, as others have pointed out, it doesn’t include buffs/debuffs, heals, shields, stances, etc. Simply a sub-optimal rotation with a GCD penalty.
It really does seem like you’re upset maybe because you’re getting out-DPS’ed by someone using a sub-optimal rotation helper. Like maybe you weren’t -quite- as good as you had been thinking.
The good news is you can git gud and completely ignore OBR since it won’t/shouldn’t have any impact on your game experience at all unless you want it to :).
Did you hear that at the made up numbers store?
At best you are going to green parse with the 1 button rotation…which means that realistically, the only people that are going to be better off is the bottom 25% grey parse players
Yes, it’s Bulemy.
Accessibility.
Yes…accessibility for players like me who don’t like the complex rotations/bloated talent trees.
That’s the kind of accessibility he is talking about. Lowering the learning curve.
Secondly, again: It’s not suitable for top level mythics
Okay well all the other content in the game is dirt easy…so again I ask. Which content specifically does this provide access to? Answer: none.
Worse, it’s a quote from Bellular.
No, it’s from the WoWhead guys and their testing.
Yea sorry but I’m going to trust the numbers that have actual testing behind them on WoWhead, rather than your random numbers pulled straight from your butt.