Blizzard Version of Rotation Assist (Hekili) Coming to WoW in Patch 11.1.7 - WoWCast with Ion Hazzikostas

Posted 2025/04/30 at 12:02 PM by Squishei

Rotation Assist

There will be a rotation assist in the base UI that can:
Light up the next button you should press

OR have a one-button keybind for your rotation at a cast of a slightly longer GCD

Addons in Competitive Content

We all agree that if you want to be the best you can, if you want to participate in competitive content, there are certain addons that are required.

One day, there's a hope that you can customize your UI and quest helpers and more seemless, but when you're going into competitive content there's no sense that you're holding yourself back if you're not using addons.

There's a lot of steps to get there, and the next steps are continue to build up the base UI functionality to shrink the gap.

At the end, they are probably going to have to reign in some of the functionality of addons to real-time in-combat problem solving -- automatic, coordination, communication in ways that are always going to be better.

Complexity of raid encounters are definitely affected by addons. They used to do coordination mechanics more but haven't recently.

The goal is disarmament. Down the line, broader restrictions on what information addons can access to combat events in real time, but they can't do it now on the UI front, but also how they're designing encounters.

Improvements to the Base UI

They want to build their own features of popular things down the line: DBM / Big Wigs, Details, Nameplate Improvements

If there's a mechanic that requires you to do something between 4-7 stacks only, that's not a reasonable ask with this base UI.

If they remove computation addons, they can remove some mechanics and keep the same level of challenge.

Damage Meters

It is the most popular addon in the game.

The majority of players have one installed.

It's an important information to have. They know that in a world where they limit real-time combat tracking, they would need to provide that to players.

They also know that if they do it themselves, they can do it right without issues like phases or range.

Audio and Visual Aids

Audio prompts are super valuable to people and that's something they want to add support for. This was feedback that they heard about the 11.1.5 cooldown manager.

One of the things that they've struggled on is telegraphing the importance of certain mechanics.

One of the things that they want to do is flag high priority interrupts in Mythic+.

A World Without Addons

In a world without addons, encounters could have mechanics that don't require everyone, things are slower, there's more time to react organically.

The goal is to preserve challenge while living in a different world.

Every mechanic will have to be designed in a different way.

Cosmetic Addons

Everything cosmetic should be completely fair game

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Comment by ValerothGood!Comment by KaylordNo, CD manager is useless, take care of that first.Comment by LawllietWait, is this a joke?Comment by AsstarothAwesome adition!Comment by ShiyokaI'd make the argument that if this is needed, then the rotations are too complicated.Comment by Miral007one-button rotation + hold casting + auto-target = legal botting?Comment by LemistioFix and buff outlawComment by ThreadyBots approve of this message!Comment by PhabulousSo addons like WeakAuras are bad because they can trivialize gameplay, but a built-in one button rotation is fine?Comment by BrommusPlease noComment by PixelfoxThis won't be controversial at all.

But it will probably suck like the hopelessly useless CD manager so nobody will turn it on anyway.Comment by ManbearlogandappernosComment by ReeadHey guys, just FYI, April Fools was last month. Tomorrow is May 1st. A little late on this oneComment by LandaiThis is good. The game does a really poor job of explaining the importance of a rotation. Too many players are clueless on how to play their class and too stubborn to look it up.Comment by LesbianWitchAcadYeah I'm sure this will function perfectly and be useful after how perfectly the last Blizzard-Sponsored Add-On worksComment by EddafredIt's nice that they're finally addressing the arms race of addons vs raid mechanics that's plagued mythic raiding for years.
But it's not nearly enough. Addons still give too much of a competitive edge for anyone even a little interested in raiding.Comment by KodokuTenshiI welcome this. It helps new players and people learning new specs/make the game more alt friendly. It's an optional feature. On top of that the one button mode comes with a GCD penalty, so it won't ever be forced upon anyone by raid leaders as mentioned, as it won't be the most optimal way to dps. It's really just a ''learn the spec/class'' kind of tool.Comment by UnknowiiiIt's good that you can't do perfect DPS with this. I'm all for not needing addons to have a simple way to play alts without thinking about it too much in casual content.Comment by selkiesidheNice! This will be helpful for people learning rotations or unsure of what best buttons to press when. 👍

Actually, it'd be nice for me when I switch to specs I am unfamiliar with lol--- like the rare times I gotta Boom, I wanna Boom properly without bringing massive disgrace to the entire druidic populationComment by GrmuI think accessibility is great BUT maybe if procs, rotations, non-descript talents and boss fights are getting so complicated that you NEED an assortment of addons to play for you... Maybe treat the cause of the problem and not just the symptoms?

Unless this is all ahead of a console Xbox Extreme wow edition... Nah not that cash grabby...

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