Will Blizzards New Addon Policy Kill QuestHelper and Carbonite?
Blizzard recently dropped a bombshell on Addon developers with a sudden change in their addon policy. In short, developers are no longer allow to create ‘premium’ paid versions of their addons and they may not solicit donations in-game (although they are still allowed to do so on their web sites). Here is the full text of the new policy: “All add-ons must be distributed free of charge. Developers may not create “premium” versions of add-ons with additional for-pay features, charge money to download an add-on, charge for services related to the add-on, or otherwise require some form of monetary compensation to download or access an add-on.” This is big news for those of us who like to use the two big Quest assistant addons – Carbonite and Questhelper. Both of these mods break the new policy in their current form. So what does this mean for those of us who use these mods to help us level faster and see more of the game? For users of QuestHelper, the news is not good. The developer of thi
