You know what the worst part of Blizzards new stance on addon’s are? Hint, it’s not about gameplay or tracking bosses, or even the QoL that addons bring.
It’s the community engagement that the developers provide.
Not just for the functionality, but because it shows how much people care and enjoy the games and want to give back.
You have all of these new RPG games trying to get off the ground and they would BEG for someone to develop a Details!, WeakAuras or even TomTom/Domino’s for them. Players actually caring about the game and wanting to make it better, right?
Addon’s in WoW have been and always will be a way that players can contribute/pour into the game and try to beta test features that may or may not be important to them. (HealBot/Clique/Grid/Tidy Plates Etc).
But, alas! Once again we can’t see the forest for the trees in front of us and have to mash that “ADDON BAD BUTTON” over and over and now you have completely screwed yourselves into a corner with Midnight.
The expantion is launching with terrible versions of the addons you are attempting to ban/replace and in one or two patches you will let them all come back….but guess what? Maybe those addon authors don’t want to do that work again just to get crapped on over and over.
Congrats Blizz, you played yourself… Again… So disappointing.