WoW's combat UI mods break with this week's pre-patch, marking an enormous change for the 20-year-old MMO

It's finally time.
GameSpot

WoW Mods Are Changing Forever Today

World of Warcraft: Midnight's expansion pre-patch is out later today on January 20, and once it's live, many of the game's ...

Not having combat UI mods in WoW hurts way less than I expected, and while I think Blizzard still has some work to do, I'm mostly just happy for the peace and quiet

World of Warcraft: Midnight 's pre-patch is now live, meaning players are currently shivering in a cold room from the mother of all modding comedowns. I'm one of 'em, given I've always had stacks of ...

World of Warcraft's 'Addonpocalypse' is here as Blizzard wages war on mods

Along with player housing, Blizzard has spent a while trailing another big change coming to World of Warcraft — but this was ...

Blizzard isn't "walking back" plans to remove World of Warcraft combat and UI mods: "Our goal was never to stamp out the addon ecosystem"

"This was always the intent" ...

Blizzard let its UI mods 'go farther than we should have', says game director Ion Hazzikostas, but 'the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second-best time …

Speaking to PCG contributor Heather Newman, director Ion Hazzikostas admits that it could've been done sooner, but the longer ...
PCGamesN

World of Warcraft mod WeakAuras "isn't compatible" with Blizzard's new direction

World of Warcraft Midnight is bringing the hammer down on combat mods, and it's having serious ramifications for some of its most popular and beloved addons. Among them is WeakAuras, a tool used to ...
Ars Technica

MMO game design - mods & UI's

The only add-on I would truly miss is bartender. I love how it customizes itself based on spec, and the fact that it opens up so many other bars. I remember that prior to bartender I would manually ...