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Anna Koselke

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"

World of Warcraft: Midnight.

As World of Warcraft developer Blizzard prepares its decades-old MMO for new expansion pack Midnight's arrival on March 2, fans continue to grapple with changes to handy combat add-ons.

For anyone out of the loop regarding add-ons' removal, Blizzard unveiled its plan to remove World of Warcraft combat mods last year, stating that it was to "level the playing field" for the long-running MMO. The team doubled down on this, going on to assure that it was axing add-ons so as "to set ourselves up for being able to build content that will better serve all of our players." Well, this promised process of removal is now underway.

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