WoW on Console. Do's and Don'ts

Do: controller functionality for the following.

  1. Player Housing Only.
  2. Using professions in neighborhood n such.
  3. Single Button thing.

Don’t do anything else, pruning so controllers can delve, prey, pug, raid, low keys from Mythic raid. Don’t do it!
Why:

 * Updates will be delayed eventually perhaps routinely due to cross platform and Microsofts claws. 
 
 * Community will be divided and pitted against each other when it's not the subscribers fault.
 
 * There's addon Andy's sure, but there's people who are actually skilled, at a Grandmaster level. Oversimplifying the game so controllers can play the same content will be equivalent to changing Chess to Checkers.
 
 * Can't be easily undone.

I see the scorched Earth approach incoming on addons while complaints are basically optimistically refuted/ignored. That’s one thing, fine. Though to see them just take it a step further and make it console ready would be extremely, extremely, bad. Especially if they do it regardless of complaints due to the high turnover of consumers console could provide.

I’m not saying they plan to allow Xbox controllers or something but I figured I’d say something while it’s not too late.

EDIT: After some consideration, I’m willing to compromise. But the controller should be for VR headsets… You guys okay with that?

Be for real. People are clearing high end content on controllers and handheld (steam deck) right now.

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i play with a controller and i can do m+ when i want to

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On every class/spec?..or just frost DK and havoc DH?

i play on this character, a mage and a few druids

If that’s the case, then there is no need to gut class and specs, no need to reduce the button counts, outside of catering to players who can’t be arsed to spend 5 minutes learning how their class/spec works.

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That’s cool. More power to ya, but Im not interested in classes being pruned and reworked just so people can play on controller easier… So it’s easier to learn binds for keyboard and controller simultaneously…

Making the game for controllers limits game design.

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Don’t AFK near lava.

WoW already has controller support.

i mean im saying i can do it on a controller right now just fine lol
but yeah it would be easier for me to enjoy a game i also pay for if they made it a bit simpler but i can also do it just fine now

Tired of the ignorance. If you think you can only play on a controller on a console then you’re are woefully ignorant. Purposely even.

Ignorance is a strong word. The game is not designed for cross platform or controllers. Do you agree with this point?

Gonna be hard to enjoy WoW without the roleplaying addons

I’m not aware of any. They are going scorched Earth on combat addons, from showing dots and CD, to displaying health.

I know that, but if it hits consoles, they might drop TRP on its head too since the console folks can’t use it

Timing is off though.

Why would you even think of doing something so major to bring in new players, and then introduce them to WoW mid trilogy?

Seems odd to me.

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I wouldn’t know about that. I’m considering the massive pitfalls of designing WOW around controller use. I hope for both us these concerns proves to be needless speculation.

How is it after 20 years no one but steamdeck users seem to have realized wow has controller support?

It has full support and works well enough to get glad on and ce.

Issue is mythic plus because it uses joy sticks to target and clumped nameplates suck

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They’d be planning this for what comes after The Last Titan I presume.

It’s not full support then… Though I see your point. You can play on controller. What I’m saying is, don’t design the game around controller integration.

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Healer, tank, anything. Go look around plenty of people posting it on reddit with receipts.