Many Requested Features Coming to In-Game Damage Meter in Midnight Beta

Posted 2025/11/24 at 5:31 PM by Squishei

Hello! We have some thoughts for those of you who are testing the damage meters function. This is something we consider to be in heavy ongoing development, and we rolled it out when we did because we didn’t want to do endgame testing without it.

The damage meters in the Beta today are far from their final form.

There’s a lot of custom handling that damage meter addons and sites like WarcraftLogs use to consolidate damage sources from player spells like Whirlwind or Immolation Aura into a single event, and we will have similar handling in place in a few weeks.

Currently, several encounter mechanics and self-damage sources are being picked up by damage meters. These are bugs and are being fixed.

Based on feedback, we’re going to adjust how damage from pets and guardians is sorted, with the goal of those being intermingled in the list from most to least damage dealt, instead of always sorting to the bottom.

There are a lot of display settings already available in options, but we’re iterating on and improving the formatting of your defaults. An example of this-- in a future Beta update, the ‘default damage done’ view will show both total damage and DPS side-by-side.

We’re working on an ‘enemy damage taken’ breakdown, so you can see how much damage each enemy in an encounter took from each player. This is several weeks out. We’re also working on death recap functionality, because it’s important to have a clear understanding of what caused a death.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll implement many updates to damage meters, always considering that cosmetic or readability changes are a lower priority than basic functionality.

And again, we turned on the damage meters in the Beta before implementing all of the above to get early feedback! This feedback is super useful, and we want to prioritize our work based on what’s going to be most important/impactful to players, so thank you very much and keep it coming!

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Comment by SalvestaWComment by overneatheWhat do you mean. I thought what we see day 1 on Beta was what gets released 6 months later.Comment by Hellboy999Some functionality is several weeks out. Is 10 weeks 'several'? Cuz that's probably around the time when the expansion will launch...Comment by the1mvpIt's all in the DETAILS. lolComment by BigoleOMG! Blizzard has absolutely no concern for all those poor content creators.. Now they all gotta make new videos again jesus christ!Comment by EldrichGee, it's almost like beta testing is for testing. Who knew.Comment by aveniredo they know that the expansion is coming out in a few months?Comment by OceanstideSome functionality is several weeks out. Is 10 weeks 'several'? Cuz that's probably around the time when the expansion will launch...Comment by Hilgono"several weeks out"
so not ready for launch LOLComment by NymrohdSome functionality is several weeks out. Is 10 weeks 'several'? Cuz that's probably around the time when the expansion will launch...Comment by RakshasaSome functionality is several weeks out. Is 10 weeks 'several'? Cuz that's probably around the time when the expansion will launch...Comment by DagothUr221How long is a few weeks?

To them, 8-12 probably.Comment by ixnorpI can't wait for the next 3 months of wowhead commenters being
"Blizzard !@#$ing sucks and never listens to us ever &*!@ them!"
followed by
"Oh sure they say they're going to do it but it won't be ready. Idiots."
and then
"They missed 3 small features I really wanted see I told you it would suck!"Comment by dragonriderabensWhat do you mean. I thought what we see day 1 on Beta was what gets released 6 months later.Comment by Too0ld4WoWIt's almost like there's an addon that does all this perfectly already.Comment by ShurqElalleLOL @ 'consolegamer" name in the damage meter displayed in the post. 8Comment by BlipsyChitzyWhat do you mean. I thought what we see day 1 on Beta was what gets released 6 months later.Comment by starrkinMaybe let the details still be used during midnight, and you all can focus on your own damage meter throughout the midnight expansion, then release it for the last titan expansion.Comment by TormFor all of those who are yelling “Beta is for testing”, yes you are certainly right, but it is also for feedback. Would you rather we stay silent and don’t criticise the current state of the game so it launches as is? Or would you rather provide feedback so Blizz knows what’s upsetting the player base?Comment by dragonriderabensSome functionality is several weeks out. Is 10 weeks 'several'? Cuz that's probably around the time when the expansion will launch...

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