With the recent headache of the curse client for addons being moved to Overwolf, a know bloatware program that frequently memory leaks, uses predatory monetization, and sells user data to 3rd parties, and with Blizzard endorsing a lot of addons to make the gameplay experience of wow more fleshed out, i.e DBM, bartender, moveanything, TMW etc
Wouldn’t it really be like, a huge favor for the community if Blizzard could just step in and give us an officially supported addon platform? It wouldn’t just get rid of all these completely cancerous predatory businesses but also encourage a lot of people who currently play addonless to install addons that are so commonplace they are almost mandatory at this point.
I think Blizzard is wary of interfering with aspects of their game that are soley community-driven. However, this something I would love to see.
It could work similarly to Steam’s workshop system. That is, you “subscribe” to a mod, and the client automatically installs and keeps that mod up to date. I think Blizzard can pull that off with the infrastructure they have, just so long as they keep it as community-driven as possible and don’t interfere unless the mod obviously breaks TOS.
A workshop like system would be great, to get direct feedback from the users on forums, exchange ideas between creators, have direct communication with programmers at Blizzard even?
It’s the least they can do! The game is too reliant on addons as it is. Things like the UI really need work. I’m a minimalist when it comes to addons but there’s certain ones you simply need without feeling like you’ve got your hands tied behind your back. I think we deserve better.
