Why don't They integrate DBM into WoW interface?

[Mushkins]

I mean, Blizzard have done it with some other addons. Why not Deadly Boss Mods since it's is probably the most popular wow addon and everyone has it or its analogue installed anyway?

[Ealyssa]

Why would they ? What would people gain of it ?

People would most likely still mod it for changing or completely replacing the default "DBM". Bossmods are working great and heavily customisable, no point in wasting time to do something subpar.

And BigWigs is better /s

[Lolsteak]

Why don't they just play the game for you?

[Somnium]

Boss mods are the result of the community looking at fights and parsing what would be the most useful data (and the most useful way of representing it). During progress at the launch of a tier, that work is being done by the big guilds and that particular Boss Mod's devs.

Having that as a part of the default UI means this work is already done when the first mythic guild to reach that point pulls the fight. It would be a stupid change that would remove an entire part of the work for beating the boss.

Meanwhile it would provide no improvement to the average player who would not reach that point before the Boss Mod had been updated with all that info anyway.

So it would be useless at best, dumb and damaging to the game at worst.

[dokilar]

i dont play with any mods, i was never into the hardcore raiding scene but i did my fair share of it from vanilla through cata. never needed it lol

[Segus1992]

i dont play with any mods, i was never into the hardcore raiding scene but i did my fair share of it from vanilla through cata. never needed it lol

Sure you did.

[Kokolums]

It would be interesting if they broke DBM by removing boss quotes the addon watches for. instead, your clue would just be visual like where the boss is standing or if it raises both fists or something.

[dokilar]

Sure you did.

no i really didnt. the only addon i ever used was some kill shot notifier addon that would pop up a notification when someone in your group got a kill shot in a bg. it was an immensely fun drinking game.

outside of that i never used any. unless you're a mythic raider i dont really see the need for them. its not overly hard to move out of the fire. part of the reason i enjoyed swtor was they didnt have any addons.

[Izalla]

I've never used it, and I don't want it. The game already holds my hand enough.

[Terahertz]

It would be interesting if they broke DBM by removing boss quotes the addon watches for. instead, your clue would just be visual like where the boss is standing or if it raises both fists or something.

I hope Blizzard will work towards those kind of boss fights. That's much more dynamic and relies much more on raid and player skill than timed mechanics that basically force you to play with an addon in order to keep track of them.

[Segus1992]

no i really didnt. the only addon i ever used was some kill shot notifier addon that would pop up a notification when someone in your group got a kill shot in a bg. it was an immensely fun drinking game.

outside of that i never used any. unless you're a mythic raider i dont really see the need for them. its not overly hard to move out of the fire. part of the reason i enjoyed swtor was they didnt have any addons.

"I was never into the hardcore raiding scene but I did my fair share of it" - not without addons you didn't. At best you raided on a low level.

[ONCHEhap]

Sure you did.

It's still possible to raid mythic without DBM or any other addons,We're finishing KJ mythic progress atm,and I'm only using details

[Isheria]

They have incorporated it already in some way, every single boss has an energy bar and uses special abilities at specific thresholds so you know when stuff is coming without an addon giving you timers. Obviously the addon makes it simpler and easier to see but you get the idea.

[Segus1992]

It's still possible to raid mythic without DBM or any other addons,We're finishing KJ mythic progress atm,and I'm only using details

Fair enough, guessing in that case that you're getting the information directly from a voice chat then, like a raid leader or someone else who isn't just a leech on the team and has addons telling you what to do. That or you're one of those who takes ages learning a fight.

[ONCHEhap]

Fair enough, guessing in that case that you're getting the information directly from a voice chat then, like a raid leader or someone else who isn't just a leech on the team and has addons telling you what to do. That or you're one of those who takes ages learning a fight.

That or I'm just not catatonic and able to pay attention to what the bosses do,after all,as a raid leader,that's expected of me isn't it?
Who would want a raid leader who is fully dependant on addons to lead their team?

[dokilar]

"I was never into the hardcore raiding scene but I did my fair share of it" - not without addons you didn't. At best you raided on a low level.

you misunderstood the context. i was never into hardcore raiding but did my fair share of raiding in general.

that being said. in wrath our guild did do some heroic raiding but we were the very definition of a casual guild. if we managed to get a boss or two down on heroic, great. if we didnt it didnt bother us.

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Fair enough, guessing in that case that you're getting the information directly from a voice chat then, like a raid leader or someone else who isn't just a leech on the team and has addons telling you what to do. That or you're one of those who takes ages learning a fight.

do you raid with a group of people who dont communicate via a voice chat program? lol

[Segus1992]

That or I'm just not catatonic and able to pay attention to what the bosses do,after all,as a raid leader,that's expected of me isn't it?
Who would want a raid leader who is fully dependant on addons to lead their team?

Makes sense if you're actually doing high level progress (ie before addons have the information), but you don't. I'd rather have a raid leader that can adapt to a fight right away rather than having to spend hours learning it.

[Aggrophobic]

It's still possible to raid mythic without DBM or any other addons,We're finishing KJ mythic progress atm,and I'm only using details

Sure but you would most likely perform better with timers and a few helpful addons.
If you want to hold your team back though, thats your choice.

[Segus1992]

do you raid with a group of people who dont communicate via a voice chat program? lol

My point was that regardless of whether you get the information directly and don't leech off others, or if you get told what to do by people with addons, you're still actually depending on the addons.

[MoanaLisa]

I doubt if they want to support it.

Time they spend updating it is time away from something else. In this case, that's true.