putting a lot on it just being xbox
the discussion was consolification specifically
being on gamepass? yes that might be helpful to audience size but also I think that would be another in a long list of questionable business decisions by Microsoft with gamepass.
Right when there is mass cancellation of Game Pass by people mad at prices being doubled?
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Just read it, glad I didnāt buy the expansion. This one is a deal breaker for me, and Iāll watch closely hoping they reverse course, but itās looking like my sub is done with midnight. ggs
Blizzard canāt reverse course at this point.
Not only would Ion suffer public embarrassment (which is the most important factor), the devs would have to completely re-code midnightās API, so midnight would never be ready for launch if they changed course at this point.
And thatās not even mentioning the fact that the addon creators have already left, so thereās no guarantee that they come back even if blizzard does revert the changes.
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Same! Itās sad to see the community not rallying together around these developers whoāve supported the game for an eternity.
thereās a second console you know, technically a third
The major addon developers have all be playing with the Alpha as soon as it opened on 1-Oct (right after the deep-dive / Q&A).
The WeakAuras team can see the API changes and had this to say:
These changes obviously do not affect just WeakAuras. While we canāt speak for other addon developers, we know that many combat-related addons, such as nameplates, damage meters and unit frames will face similar challenges and may take the same approach [to simply close shop]. Also these changes donāt just affect combat related addons, but also severely limit for example chat addons.
So while itās early in Alpha and Blizz might change things, their philosophical stance seems to be that changes to the API related to real-time information (both combat and non-combat) is not being reverted; that impacts chat addons (such as screen readers).
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This is shadowlands covenants all over again, only they donāt have a ripcord they can refuse to pull.
The vast majority of WoWās loyal playerbase views this game as a hobby. Our ability to customize our experience is a fundamental driver of enjoyment. Take that away and we have an uninspiring story (as of late, anyways), mediocre graphics, and an actively hostile dev team.
This might be the first expansion I straight up donāt even play. I disliked shadowlands but I still played it, at least a bit. Midnight is looking more and more like just another RPG, and if Iām going to play an RPG there are dozens of better options.
Iāve played this game since 2005.
because theyāre the ones choosing not to adapt, no skin off my back, others will fill the void, as it was when weakauras took over what we had from powerauras
Dont tell a guy at blizzard you dont like something in your house because they gonna burn the whole house.
You can still customize
sure
even more of those people are already playing FF14 though
WoW would need like 2-3 years more of solid good turnaround press with housing and transmog to be absolute fire and for FF14 to stumble harder than it has to have any hope of that being much of a pickup for them.
good news, ff is stumbling and will more, the slated combat rework is being doomed worse than this
When blizzard first said they were thinking of breaking weak auras and OmniCD, I never took it seriously because I knew the game would be dead without them lol.
But here we are
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Yes Blizzard burn the addons burn them all no more beeps and boops telling people what to do 
Yeah I felt pretty confident that theyād do some pruning of the most excessive stuff and was fine with that. After they put in their own rotation helper, I didnāt expect addonpocalypse.
I build my own weakaura packs. They arenāt anything special, but theyāre publicly available on wago. I position my reminders and rotational information on my interface in a manner different than the majority of off-the-shelf options. I adjust every aspects of these reminders to suit me.
I do not see anything to suggest that blizzard will offer a level of customization that is remotely close to what I currently have.
This is hands down the worst decision Blizzard has ever made, and thatās saying something. Iām so irritated by this Iām not only participating on the forums, but Iām doing so on my main character, nothing to hide. This decision is awful, and I donāt see any hope unless they reverse course.
The fact theyāre even willing to consider this is enough to make me think maybe I just need a different hobby, one without such a hostile authority.
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you can blame the wa devs for that
Someone will fill the gap
I for one am excited to see where the game goes from here
Hello Kitty Island adventure
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