Blizzard's making a huge World of Warcraft change: combat add-ons will be eliminated, with new features coming to replace some of their functions

Vague Patch Notes: Maybe chill out about the metagame in MMORPGs

Today, we’re going to do a thing. But it’s going to be a kind of unusual thing. I want you to find a piece of paper and write down what you think should be the most rewarding activities for player progress in an MMORPG, first, second, and third. There’s not a list you have to […]

World of Warcraft to disable 3rd Party Combat Add-Ons in Future...

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/wow-combat-addons-removal/ World of Warcraft senior game director Ion Hazzikostas dropped a bomb in a Blizzard broadcast today, one that many suspected would someday hit: At an undetermined point in the future, WoW will stop allowing add-ons to read combat events or auras. Currently, WoW's most popular mods, including all damage meters, boss encounter information systems such as Dead…

Blizzard's making a huge World of Warcraft change: combat add-ons will be eliminated, with new features coming to replace some of their functions

All the details on Blizzard's planned changes to World of Warcraft add-ons, which will end support for the MMO's most popular mods.

Real-Time Combat Event Addons Planned to Be Restricted in Future Raid Content in WoW

In today's WoWCast, Ion Hazzikostas has announced that the plan is to create an their own Blizzard version of popular addons before pulling back real-time combat event addons in competitive content.