“We’re going to be guided by our community”
Bullshit. Hopefully they get a clue because I have trouble imagining 5 years of the game continuing in the state that it’s going to be in. Anybody with accessibility needs that aren’t met by Blizzard will be unable to properly play the upcoming expansion, for starters.
How so? It’s just combat mods getting the axe, not visual aid and info mods?
I trust deaf users reporting that their needs are not being met, but I do not currently play and know the nuance myself. I’ll remove the claim if I’m wrong upon further research.
Edit: Upon further research, it seems like there is a lot of reliance on WeakAuras in the deaf community (visual cues for sound-only events that may relate specifically to combat, raid communication), and many rely on rotation helpers for understandable reasons (like neurological conditions or physical disabilities that require more focus to be put into movement). It seems like colorblind or visually-impaired users will also suffer due to the lack of ability to color-code or highlight specific buffs and debuffs.
Nameplates seem to be one of the areas where users can no longer modify with addons, I’m unsure if this also affects unit frames in some part.
it is visual aids getting the axe. I’m hard of hearing myself, I can only hear out of my right ear and even then it’s not great so when I played WoW I really needed the visual queues via DBM or WeakAuras to be able to effectively participate in Raids, even pug Raids.
All that being said I don’t play anymore. the game just became mediocre story followed by the typical grind fest for gear. it’s of no interest to me anymore.
Combat is 90% of the game, if those visual aid and info mods don’t work in it then they might as well not exist.
As long as enough people play and buy subscription each month, it will still be available. Look at Runescape, its also still kicking. I wonder if Runescape or WoW will die first. Imagine the last servers getting shutdown…
I’ve never compared those two games, but damn they’re both ancient eh?
EVE Online is a year older than WoW and it’s still going also, I still play it.
WoW honestly probably makes more money from cosmetics than subscriptions at this point.
Would be curious to see what would happen if they made it free to play
5 year plans never go well.
