{"id":1654215,"date":"2026-08-05T11:05:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/n57GHeJzuUyLPNneFzhVuT"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:05:41","slug":"wow-will-let-some-weakaura-style-mods-function-in-its-next-major-patch-as-the-war-on-combat-addons-turns-into-more-of-a-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wow-will-let-some-weakaura-style-mods-function-in-its-next-major-patch-as-the-war-on-combat-addons-turns-into-more-of-a-truce\/","title":{"rendered":"WoW will let some WeakAura-style mods function in its next major patch, as the war on combat AddOns turns into more of a truce"},"content":{"rendered":"
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World of Warcraft<\/a> calling curtains on combat-based UI mods (AddOns)<\/a> has been a bit of a mixed bag\u2014while I’m personally more than fine<\/a> having a class I don’t need constant auditory pings and klaxons to play, there have been some missing functionalities and hiccups along the way.<\/p>\n

One element of this is, at least, somewhat understandable: Blizzard isn’t able to pre-empt every customization desire of its playerbase with nearly the same rapidity that an enthusiastic modding community will, which was one of my fears back when Blizzard first announced it.<\/p>\n

The tuning-down has been twofold: Firstly, Blizzard’s been gradually adding extra utilities to its new base UI offerings\u2014for example, the upcoming Patch 12.1 will let you keep track of potions and trinkets with its cooldown tracker<\/a>. But other changes create a lot more leniency with what mod authors can do.<\/p>\n

As explained here by WoWHead<\/a>, Blizzard’s API\u2014the set of functions the studio purposefully provides to mod authors in the client itself\u2014will be allowing AddOns to “read” buffs and debuffs. This means that WeakAuras\u2014a widespread AddOn that was discontinued after Midnight took the axe to it\u2014is back. Well, in spirit. <\/p>\n

The mod allowed players to create a set of custom alerts that could trigger on a programmable set of “if > then” statements. For instance, my Outlaw Rogue’s “Roll the Bones” ability had a bunch of optimisations that a WeakAura automated for me, making a loud bleep whenever it was time to push the button again.<\/p>\n

It’ll be much diminished from its former glory days, though. Players will only be able to track debuffs on enemies, and buffs on allies\u2014as opposed to the pre-Midnight state of affairs where you could track buffs and debuffs on anybody. This should, in theory, prevent WeakAura-style mods being developed to solve boss encounters.<\/p>\n

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