Overview

• Midnight’s first alpha has gone live with restrictions that block most combat-related addon data, curtailing tools like WeakAuras and Deadly Boss Mods.
• Ion Hazzikostas describes a system where addons can display surfaced combat elements but cannot compute or react to hidden values in real time.
• Blizzard is rolling out first‑party replacements for popular features, including a group damage meter, cooldown tracking, a buff tracker, and a customizable personal resource bar.
• Hazzikostas says players who use prohibited third‑party tools or modify the client to bypass the limits will face account action, including bans.
• DBM’s creator reports the initial build also blocks addon chat reads and communications inside instances and warns non‑combat utilities may break unless the scope is narrowed, as addon authors join alpha testing and Blizzard prepares a tuning pass for Manaforge Omega before the pre‑patch.