#1 - Aug. 19, 2013, 4:55 p.m.
Features Being Retired or Changed
- Game Guide
- Pets & Mounts Gallery
- You’ll still be able to browse/show off individual character collections, but we’ll leave catalogues of all available pets to fan sites like Warcraft Pets or Wowhead.
- Factions
- This will be replaced with a general overview of what factions are.
- Professions
- Profession pages will remain, but we will be removing the item lists.
- Perks and Rewards sections
- This list will be gone, but you can still check them out in-game.
Guild Profiles
Features Staying
- Character Profiles
- Hunter Pets
- You’ll still be able to look at Hunter pet stables.
- We will be removing the Hunter pet talent information showing how each pet is specced.
One common question we heard after the previous announcement was whether these changes would affect the website API, which is largely how fansites access data about the game and characters for use on their own pages. These changes in no way affect the API—they only affect the information we’re choosing to display on the official site. We’re committed to providing all of the site-builders out there with tools they need to make their WoW resources great, and we plan to keep providing them with the same level of API information and support.
Thanks again for all of your feedback, and for helping us ensure the World of Warcraft website continues to provide you with the information you seek.