Build the Nest Once

See which version Hootus is on at a glance

There is now a little version tag in the navbar and the site footer, so you can tell at a glance what is live, and it links straight to this changelog. Hootus learned a /version command too, so anyone can ask him in Discord which version he is flying.

Keep the classic planner if you love it

The new raid planner is the default, but the original v1 planner is not going anywhere. Leads can flip "Classic (v1) planner" under Settings, Features and their planner links keep opening the familiar lineup tool. Turn it off whenever you are ready to move over.

A public gallery of raid templates

Mark a template public and other guilds can find it and copy it straight into their own library, no exporting and re-importing JSON. A new gallery on the templates page shows what other flocks are sharing for your expansion.

Manage templates without leaving Discord

New /raid template list and /raid template delete commands, plus a Save as template button right on a freshly created raid. Build a run you like, save it on the spot, and it is ready for next week, all from Discord.

Edit a template in place

Rename a template, fix its description, change its raid kind, or flip it public, all from the template page. No more deleting and rebuilding just to change a name.

Save a raid setup as a template

Got a raid configuration you keep reaching for? Save it as a template once, size, difficulty, group make-up, run type, notes and all, and it is waiting for you next time instead of making you click through the same choices again.

Start a raid from a template, on the web or in Discord

The web raid builder now opens with your templates right at the top: pick one and the details are filled in, so you just set the time and go. And /raid create in Discord learned the same trick, a new template option that pre-fills the run and skips straight past the size and difficulty prompts.

Every group shows tank, healer, and DPS lanes on mobile

On a phone the planner groups used to be one flat pile, with no Healer slot in Group 4 to drag into. Now every group lays out Tank, Healer and DPS lanes on mobile just like desktop, and the tap panel still does the same job.

Tap a player to manage them on mobile

Sorting the raid from your phone no longer means dragging people between groups just to change a role. Tap any player in the planner and a quick panel slides up to switch their role, move them to a group, or send them to the bench, all with big thumb-friendly buttons. Dragging still works if you like it, but a tap gets it done while you are on the go.

Swapping no longer nags you to swap again

The "want to bring an alt instead?" menu is a first-signup nudge, so it now only shows when you first join a raid. Change your character or role after that and Hootus just makes the swap and stays quiet, instead of immediately asking if you would like to swap all over again.

One confirmation per signup, not two

Signing up used to ping you twice, a note in the channel and the same thing in your DMs. Now the DM card is the confirmation and the in-channel message keeps quiet unless it has something to add, and if your DMs are shut the channel note still tells you it worked.

Signup DMs got prettier, and swaps stopped shouting

Your first signup for a raid now arrives as a tidy card in your class colour, with the role, character, start time and a tap to the thread. Swap character or role afterwards and Hootus just whispers a one-liner instead of firing the whole confirmation again.

The redesigned site is the standard now

All the rebuilt pages moved off their /new/ test address onto clean, permanent links. Anything you had bookmarked still works, it just lands on the tidy URL now. Nothing to relearn, the owl just settled into its proper perch.

Creating a raid on the web is a quick pop-up now

No more bouncing off to a separate page. The "New raid" button opens a pop-up right where you are, wearing the same artwork and polish as the group finder, so each raid shows its own picture while you pick it.

Less to fiddle with when scheduling a raid

When a raid only has one size and difficulty (every TBC raid), the wizard skips that step and takes you straight to picking a time and channel. Raids default to a single run, and the parallel-instances option moved into advanced where it belongs, so you only see it when you go looking.

Fewer taps to post a raid in Discord

Setting up a raid in Discord used to walk you through one screen for size and difficulty and then a second just to pick single-or-playlist. Those are one screen now, so the usual run is a tap or two shorter before you reach the details.

The web raid builder got a fresh coat

It now wears the same polish as the group finder: a proper calendar-and-clock picker instead of bare boxes, a smooth tuck-away for the advanced bits, and a heads-up toast when something needs your eye. It also picks up the last few things only Discord used to know, flex size, minimum signups, run length, and a public signup link.

Raid lineup images always post in the full desktop layout

Posting the lineup from a phone used to bake in the cramped mobile view, with squished groups and names cut down to "Shiv...". The image now always renders in the wide desktop layout with readable names, and the preview scrolls sideways so you can still see the whole card.

Swap your character or role without withdrawing first

Signed up as a healer but want to bring a tank alt instead? Hootus used to make you withdraw and sign up all over again, which bumped you out of the raid thread and back in. Now just hit the role you want and Hootus quietly switches you over, same perch, no leaving and rejoining.

Old raid voice channels actually clear out now

When a run wrapped, the odd raid voice channel could hang around because the bot stopped tracking it a beat too early. Now it is only forgotten once it is truly gone, and a regular sweep tidies up any empty raid rooms left from finished runs.