When WeakAuras ends, I lose more than an addon

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I know Midnight is marking a big change — one meant to simplify the game, limit addon access, and ensure players don’t need tools like WeakAuras to perform. That philosophy makes sense. But for me, WeakAuras was never about performance. It was about perception.

I’ve been playing WoW since vanilla, and over time, my brain just doesn’t process visual chaos the way it used to. Whether it’s ADHD, autism, or aging, I’m not sure. But WeakAuras gave me the ability to make the game readable. Using a 2 pixel 10% alpha vertical and horizontal line I divided my screen into four subtle sections, giving my eyes an anchor so I can keep the awareness needed to navigate and participate in group activity, and I used a faint circle around my cursor to stay oriented during busy fights. It’s not about alerts or DPS — it’s about staying calm and connected in the middle of Azeroth’s storm.

Now that WeakAuras won’t be continued into Midnight, I feel a mix of gratitude and fear. Gratitude to the WeakAuras team for years of joy and creativity. Fear because I’m not sure how to rebuild that sense of focus without it.

If anyone knows of other addons (current or upcoming) that could replicate simple overlay tools — transparent guides, cursor markers, screen segmentation — I’d be so grateful to hear about them. Even if the combat API is gone, maybe we can still preserve tools for accessibility and focus. I’d love to collaborate or brainstorm with anyone thinking along those lines.

Thank you again to everyone who’s ever contributed to WeakAuras. You didn’t just make a tool — you made Azeroth feel like home.

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I might be misunderstanding what you are saying but both those things should still be “doable” eg. the lines sound something like:

/run local function CL() local f = UIParent:CreateLine() f:SetThickness(2) f:SetColorTexture(0, 1, 0, 0.1) return f end local H, V = CL(), CL() H:SetStartPoint("LEFT") H:SetEndPoint("RIGHT") V:SetStartPoint("TOP") V:SetEndPoint("BOTTOM")

(This works in alpha, won’t be effected by the new secrets system)

Presumably would need some customisation options (still not likey to be effected unless your “needs” hit the secret barrier) but that’s the basics.

The circle would be something similar anchoring to the cursor and depend on what you use for a circle texture. There are cursor highlight addons already out there.mi

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Thank you so much for this! I’ll have to try it out when I get access!