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Harvey Randall

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

Anduin Wrynn smiles, almost nostalgically, at something off-screen in World of Warcraft: The War Within.

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 Weakauras enabled to help soothe the ache of WoW's sometimes-janky class design.

In case you're unaware, WoW's been of a mind to fix its UI mod (addon) problem for a long time. Specifically, combat addons—the idea being, a player shouldn't have a raw competitive advantage because they had a bunch of third-party plugins installed. Blizzard announced its plans to cull combat addons last year, and that day has finally come. (Addons that don't impact combat are fine, although they do need updating.)

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