It is Time to Ban WoW Addons

[Mythosaur-frostwolf]

when blizzard tries to intergrade add-ons into the game they tend to break for a week to month

[Annastasi-proudmoore]

additionally, when blizz tries to integrate addons into the game, we lose a ton of functionality.

bringing addons in the game is bad for everyone except the technologically inept.

[Gabitha-nagrand (Gabitha)]

I have introduced a lot of new people to WoW over the past 5 years, they are having a blast playing it. None that have choose to use Add-on have not had any issues in doing so. So your assumption that somehow add-on ruin the game for new comers or are too difficult for them to understand is wrong. Also the game still has it charm to new people who play it for the 1st time with people who actually engage with them.

[Phractures-mankrik]

Rwf has absolutely nothing to do with you or 99.9% of the rest of the population. Why does their ability to code addons matter to you whatsoever? Play the game, enjoy the addons and quit complaining over nonsense that will not stop.

[Beki-dalaran]

@Akston-area-52

@Beki-dalaran

It should be integrated in the game itself.

It is ridiculous that players need to rely on 3rd party for basic accessibility options/settings.

But why do you hate customization

Let me be clear, I don’t hate customization. I perfer wow to be a “standardized” game with basic functions integrated.

It gives players a lot of convenience when played on multiple devices and different locations.

E.g. You visit your friend’s house and want to play some games together:

Playing Starcraft: Log in - Play (the game has no addon, everything is saved and sync with your battle.net account)

Playing WoW: Log in - download 20 addons - set 20 addons - too bothersome - give up

Playing WoW on a new device is a traumatic experience, because of addon management.

Removing addons and integrating into the game itself is a QoL improvement.

[Akston-area-52]

@Beki-dalaran

Let me be clear, I don’t hate customization. I perfer wow to be a “standardized” game with basic functions integrated.

But you are advocating for customization to be removed.

@Beki-dalaran

E.g. You visit your friend’s house and want to play some games together:

Playing Starcraft: Log in - Play (the game has no addon, everything is saved and sync with your battle.net account)

Playing WoW: Log in - download 20 addons - set 20 addons - too bothersome - give up

Playing WoW on a new device is a traumatic experience, because of addon management.

Oh yeah. The ol WoW Lan parties where you dont use your own PC that totally happen and are a real thing.

@Beki-dalaran

Removing addons and integrating into the game itself is a QoL improvement.

You ruining my experience is not a QoL improvement.

[Encephalon-wyrmrest-accord]

@Beki-dalaran

Playing WoW on a new device is a traumatic experience, because of addon management.

That seems like an incredible exaggeration - and if someone actually does experience genuine trauma from… setting up addons on a new computer, then uh. Something else is going on there, entirely unrelated to addons, and in desperate need of some medical attention.

We really shouldn’t be calling minor annoyances “traumatic”. It’ll lose meaning the same way the word “toxic” has.

[Malaro-shadow-council]

Or…and hear me out on this…

You could just go play a MMO that specifically does not allow addons.

There are plenty of them out there.

I don’t care about weakauras and dbm or whatever. They can ban those and I would not miss a beat.

I use consoleport, it is an absolutely wonderful QOL addition to the game’s built-in controller support, and the day I can’t use it is the day I stop playing WoW.

Your suggestion to purposely ruin my gameplay experience because you watched a streamer complain about weakauras is silly and I’m glad Blizzard does not listen to people like you.

[Beki-dalaran]

@Akston-area-52

Oh yeah. The ol WoW Lan parties where you dont use your own PC that totally happen and are a real thing.

??? LOL

I am not talking about LAN parties or offline tournaments, but visiting friends/families.

Is it so unimaginable for you to play games at friends’ and families’ place during the stay???

And who the hell always brings his pc when visiting friends and families??? Ridiculous

[Akston-area-52]

@Beki-dalaran

??? LOL

I am not talking about LAN parties or offline tournaments, but visiting friends/families.

Is it so unimaginable for you to play games at friends’ and families’ place during the stay???

And who the hell always brings his pc when visiting friends and families??? Ridiculous

Its fairly unimaginable to go to someone elses house when you visit them to plat WoW on their PC.

While I am sure this did occasionally happen, its such a rare circumstance it isnt worth taking serious.

If I plan on playing computer games at a family or friends house, I bring my laptop. Bringing your PC with you when you plan on playing video games is not any more ridiculous than your suggestion. Its quite a bit more sane.

[Malaro-shadow-council]

Anyone who is playing WoW seriously enough to install addons in the first place is NOT playing WoW on a fresh installation on someone else’s computer when they visit friends and family.

Full stop.

What an incredibly stupid and unrealistic hypothetical.

It’s clear now that the OP is just trolling and deserves no further attention.

[Akston-area-52]

@Durt-anetheron

They get off on the fact that people are frustrated. They get excited to post in this kind of thread to check that box as being “on the inside”, one of the cool kids… It’s pretty funny. They love that people find playing “their” game frustrating or difficult and (read the comments) in their opinion you shouldn’t, you aren’t accepted, your opinion isn’t wanted and neither are you or anyone like you

I didnt see a single person express this. (read the comments).

But great job, New Forum Alt.

[Kentaurus-turalyon (Kentaurus)]

The line between trolling and ignorance or insanity grows ever more blurry with each passing day in this crazy world of ours, so it’s hard to say anymore. I don’t think they are trolling, but I do think that they are being ignorant.

[Merpish-sargeras]

This is the most delusional “‘mad because I feel left behind” post I’ve ever read.

[Malaro-shadow-council]

@Akston-area-52

If I plan on playing computer games at a family or friends house, I bring my laptop.

This is specifically the reason that I bought a gaming laptop instead of a desktop.

[Akston-area-52]

@Malaro-shadow-council

This is specifically the reason that I bought a gaming laptop instead of a desktop.

I dunno man. “hey can i borrow your computer for an evening and download like 100gb” seems like a pretty rational thing to do tbh

[Armatas-area-52]

All those other games that don’t need addons survive 5 years or less with half the user base of wow.

[Armentos-moon-guard]

I just wish there was an easier way to change ui without having to learn how to do it myself.

Like having different options to choose from for a mythic plus ui, or pvp ui set up.

[Kalaen-black-dragonflight (Kalaen)]

@Beki-dalaran

It is Time to Ban WoW Addons

oh shoot, is it that time again?

[Jujubiju-staghelm (Jujubiju)]

@Niña-senjin

I never used Addons and still refuse to , for me I feel like if you have to use addons you have no real skills or challenges in the game . People just like to put everything into easy mode because god forbid if anything is challenging . If you try to take that easy lazy way of life away from them they get defensive and mean. So no wonder why so many people look like an episode of toddlers in tiaras right now

um, I don’t use addons specifically for that reason. There’s no way to input a custom UI without addons- even with the UI changes.

My World of Warcraft DH UI just about complete

Something I was working on a while back. My own artwork with kgpanels and WA. The video quality is crappy.