The latest addition to the list came a few days ago, involving issues with off-hand attacks, item drop rates, the summoning of a Warlock's Infernal. Since then, Blizzard has dutifully added to the list. The following is a list of commonly-reported gameplay in WoW Classic that is not actually a bug, and is working as we expect it to," wrote WoW community manager Randy 'Kaivax' Jordan back in May. "As we’ve discussed before, the nature of WoW Classic sometimes invokes different memories for different players, and this leads to certain misconceptions for some about what is or isn’t working as intended. Those Westfall quests are working as intended.
To tackle this issue, Blizzard created the "Not A Bug" list on the official WoW forums. This divergence has led to players logging bugs during the WoW Classic beta that weren't actually bugs. WoW Classic is running against players' 15-year old memories in this case some of those memories came from later patches and expansions, while others are completely misremembered. The thing is, nostalgia is based on memories, and memories are imperfect. For Classic, Blizzard is trapped, with one foot on each side of huge chasm: attempting to preserve the original working order of WoW, while fixing actual bugs. Engineers ran Classic alongside the original code to make sure that "every blade of grass is exactly like it was". Classic takes WoW back to its launch era, reproducing the original game on top of Blizzard's current server and engine technology. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.ĭespite the runaway success of World of Warcraft Classic, Blizzard Entertainment is finding out that nostalgia can be an uneven foundation. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247.
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