World of Warcraft has officially shared its reasoning for the sweeping addon changes in Midnight, revealing that it hopes to level the playing field so that players with third-party tools no longer have a competitive advantage over those using only the base UI. Blizzard wants to restrict what sort of addons fans can use to help them in combat, while still letting them personalize their World of Warcraft experience.
The Midnight expansion is adding a lot of exciting content to World of Warcraft, including Housing, the Devourer Demon Hunter, and a revamp of Quel’Thalas. However, some of these features come at a high cost; World of Warcraft is making some big changes to its API that will heavily restrict what addons can be used in it. New UI features will replace many third-party tools that will no longer be usable in World of Warcraft, including ElvUI and WeakAuras.
Understandably, this has caused concerns for many addon users and creators. WoW game director Ion Hazzikostas recently spoke with Mystical and Funkeh, creators of Deadly Boss Mods and Bigwigs, respectively, about these changes. While the interview itself was not captured, Mystical’s recap of Hazzikostas’ explanation confirmed that, while some addons...
