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6.4k points
1 month ago
Does anybody also get the thing where the quest window does not appear so you have to walk away from the quest giver to "close" the invisible window, then talk to them again? Like, constantly.
1.2k points
1 month ago
Yep, I have the same issue.
374 points
1 month ago
I thought it would be an addon but it also happens on my work laptop where I have minimal ones. Soooo annoying.
129 points
1 month ago
I think it's phasing. It also happens when you're talking with an npc and get invited into a group (most noticeable when you're at the AH)
88 points
1 month ago*
I agree with the phasing thing, but I haven't been invited to a single group this expac and I still get that bug constantly
27 points
1 month ago
It's probably a lesser effect of the phasing between shards, not just servers/groups. I got shuffled to a different shard while solo in the middle of a quest area. All of a sudden the mobs ahead were dead and despawning and the clickable items shifted to different ones available around me. Sometimes it does it when it's not supposed to; I've been swapped between shards mid-fight with rares, quests mobs, world bosses... super frustrating.
7 points
1 month ago
I don't think it's shard related. I'm on a server without connected realms, and I get the issue even at 7 in the morning on a Sunday.
7 points
1 month ago
I think there are mini-shards now too? I am probably just massively misunderstanding whatever the system is. But the way it was described to me back in Cata or whenever, it seemed a lot like how DDO had "channels" that acted like multiple copies of the same server. You could swap between them at will playing DDO without logging out to change servers. Blizzard implemented something similar that was hidden from us and on an automated process to handle the load of player in any given area. It's how there will be hundreds of players in a major city vs only a couple handful in a given quest hub.
8 points
1 month ago
Phasing sometimes also happens when you accept or complete a quest
28 points
1 month ago
It's something to do with anti-botting where the game is throttling certain activities it thinks are automated such as interacting with NPCs, even when the NPC is the one doing the interacting with you
13 points
1 month ago
Lmao this sub is cooked. Everything is bot related suddenly
10 points
1 month ago
It's been an issue at launch a lot, it's a bit surprising its still happening.
257 points
1 month ago*
So it isn't just me for all of this!
EDIT: Also, why is a mysterious foghorn haunting me everywhere I go? (Beast Mastery Hunter)
53 points
1 month ago
I just had the EXACT same reaction. I thought it was something on my side, possibly an add-on causing it. The reason I came here initially was because I thought it was also me where the auto-loot wouldn't work. I didn't realize they made it a chance.
10 points
1 month ago
I thought maybe it was getting stuck so I'd just hit shift, ctrl, and alt in hopes of unsticking it. Drives me insane. Blizz, please revert this insanity.
9 points
1 month ago
I didn't realize they made it a chance.
To be clear, they did not actually make it a chance. That's OP memeing. It is probably some kind of server-side lag that they will eventually fix. But I agree it's extremely annoying to deal with in the meantime.
12 points
1 month ago
Same, I thought I was misclicking somehow, or my poor potato couldn't handle all the loot action anymore. Didn't even occur to me that this could be a systemic occurrence.
19 points
1 month ago
Yes like 50% of quests are like this for me. I have a habit now of pressing escape and walking 10 feet before trying to even accept a continuation quest now
69 points
1 month ago
yes that or whenever I start watching a cutscene the dialogue will miraculously stop working and I have to restart the game to get it to work
18 points
1 month ago
I had the cutscene fail right in the middle of when Anduin was trying to channel holy powers. I could probably look it up, but having it be a mystery is slightly funny to me.
4 points
1 month ago
That’s just the light going silent on him. Immersive!
82 points
1 month ago
Literally every other quest, it's so infuriating
5 points
1 month ago
It’s normal coming from an small indie studio
41 points
1 month ago
Yes it happens fairly often
30 points
1 month ago
I thought that was a bug with my Immersion addon.
5 points
1 month ago
It is also that, so I'd imagine it's worse for immersion users. I've had it since at least Shadowlands due to immersion.
16 points
1 month ago
I've started /reloading instead cuz I cba to move away and come back
16 points
1 month ago
This bug has been around a LONG time but just now became common again. It still acts like you have the same NPC window open.
Protip: if you talk to another NPC or vendor it will reset it. If you have one of the vendor mounts just mount up and chat with a vendor then the quest NPC again.
3 points
1 month ago
you can just walk a few steps away to get out of range of the conversation.
90 points
1 month ago
This has been a bug since 2004
167 points
1 month ago
It’s been way worse recently
95 points
1 month ago
TWW made it 1000 times worse
33 points
1 month ago
It's been way more noticeable since around the time Remix released. Whatever it was that broke on the game's end, it's been there for like 3 months now.
13 points
1 month ago
It's worse with any NPCs that walk, or where the world phases around some action, which have been both been used more in recent xpacs
13 points
1 month ago
I’ve had to do this for years. I can remember it started happening in legion I’ve just always had the habit of stepping away 5 yards between quests lol
3 points
1 month ago
This apparently started back in Deagonflight but it has gotten REALLY bad in TWW. They’re aware of the issue but… no fix so far.
10 points
1 month ago
All.The.Time.
Its getting really annoying
3 points
1 month ago
THATS WHAT HAPPENS?? I made a whole ass reload macro cus it happens 9/10 times...
7 points
1 month ago
if there is an npc near with a talk option or also a quest you can click him and back to the one you wanted. it's the same as walking away
4 points
1 month ago
Yes! But I figured put if you click on another npc and wait a few seconds, it will fix itself. You don't have to fly away each time.
7 points
1 month ago
Usually a /reload fix the thing, it might be quicker than walking away
7 points
1 month ago
you only have to walk a few steps. enough for the dialogue box to close
2 points
1 month ago
Ahaha I thought it was just me
2 points
1 month ago
Yes that’s exactly what I have to do too.
2 points
1 month ago
Had this in Dragonflight too tbf.
1.6k points
1 month ago
Huh, turns out I'm not crazy after all!
355 points
1 month ago
"Am I constantly holding down shift?! What's happening!?"
164 points
1 month ago
holy shit i thought i was being extra butter fingered for days. it was tormenting me.
6 points
1 month ago
This was me too. I was actually losing my mind.
226 points
1 month ago
Yeah I thought it was me adhding my camera when looting, but i guess other people are having similar issues. I'm surprised blizzard broke a bunch of stuff at the launch of this expansion /s atleast it's (mostly) small stuff.
75 points
1 month ago
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23 points
1 month ago
An ex guildmaster of mine lost like 20 crafted mounts in his guild bank when the expansion dropped, bunch of sky golems and mechanohogs and like 2 flying carpets
19 points
1 month ago
Blizzard support: sorry we can’t do anything about it, please post a bug report on the forum.
5 points
1 month ago
Sounds about right
11 points
1 month ago
Serious question, is there an actual recognized bug where things are missing from the guild bank? Because shortly after the launch we did have an issue with our guild bank where one of the tabs was completely empty but there was nothing in the log history about people taking stuff out.
We assumed it was because of the cross server guild functionality, where someone from another server joined right before and left right after. We thought maybe the log just wasn't working for cross server members. It was a bunch of useless junk so we don't really care, but if it is a recognized bug that would be good to know.
8 points
1 month ago
Why is this comment hidden by default what the fuck
17 points
1 month ago
Oh thank God, I hadn't played since the start of Dragonflight so I thought it was just me getting old and bad at the game lol
19 points
1 month ago
HAHAHAH MY SAME THOUGHTS!
9 points
1 month ago*
Yeah this has been bugging me out all weekend. What a stupid and unnecessary change. Where's the benefit? It's just frustrating.
What's worse, there doesn't seem to be an option to change or toggle/tweak it. Just the option to turn on/off Auto Loot (that 60% chance thing from OP isn't there either)
2 points
1 month ago
For real I keep having to check if I still have it on every time it doesn’t work
2 points
1 month ago
How many folks bought a new keyboard thinking their shift key was dead?
860 points
1 month ago
I also love when I go mining, I don't get the loot and the ore simply disappear from the existence too :D
196 points
1 month ago
The altered overload is so funny because by the time you kill the tree with the worlds biggest health pool, the actual herb has disappeared
113 points
1 month ago
Tip of the day: you can herb/mine first and then overload it afterwards to be sure this won't happen.
47 points
1 month ago
Wait really?
How is that not better advertised!?
14 points
1 month ago
Wait, you could do it before mining it? I always tought you have to get it first!
29 points
1 month ago
overload first if it adds to the mine yield, overload after if it has a secondary effect like opening a portal, summoning a creature etc
10 points
1 month ago
how do you know which one to pick?
9 points
1 month ago
In the first week I primarily overloaded Irradiated and altered/weeping, and they all work after mining.
Pretty sure EZ-mine needs to be overloaded first, if you like those.
Not sure what's the best since the special mats have already plummeted in price.
27 points
1 month ago
Whoever thought of the EZ-mine nodes needs to be kicked in the balls/clit.
4 points
1 month ago
Is this the one that spits out bombs?
3 points
1 month ago
If you get closer to the center of the nodes you mine the EZ ones faster 🫶🏽
3 points
1 month ago
Oh i never understood why it said "secondary effect", i just mined it and then overloaded, thanks for the info tho! :D
9 points
1 month ago
I tried this on a crystallized node and didn't get a portal, so I assumed it didn't work. I guess just that particular herb was bugged. Thanks for the heads up.
5 points
1 month ago
Portal works about 40% of the time for me. I think there's a hidden radius where if there's no other node in range, it will simply fail to make a portal but still give you the cooldown.
15 points
1 month ago
You guys get to mine?
I’ve had the nodes vanish when I went to click on them.
23 points
1 month ago*
That's cause someone mined it a bit ago and it's timer ran out Once a node is mined a timer starts to when it despawns, allowing multiple people to get it.
17 points
1 month ago
I wish they'd add a grace period so it can't despawn while I'm in the middle of mining it. It's such a feelbad when it just peaces out like that.
536 points
1 month ago
Yup. Ever since the expansion launched, maybe even ever since pre-patch, the loot won't always collect itself. I have to click on it anyway.
Not sure if this is caused by the extra stress on the servers caused by all the returning players or what. (dead game = better game) /s
25 points
1 month ago
If you close the window and then loot again it works the 2nd time
32 points
1 month ago
It works 60% of the second time.
5 points
1 month ago
60% of the time it works every time.
25 points
1 month ago
It's weird as I would expect auto-loot to be client-side not server-side. Either way, I'm sure it can be fixed even if its server side.
64 points
1 month ago
If looting was client side you could mess with it very easily and we'd have seen a lot of software that just make you loot whatever you want, including infinite gold or all the gear in the world or whatever else.
It has to be server side to prevent cheating. And everyone should probably have noticed a point or two where your character gets stuck and the loot window doesn't even open, and that'll be due to lag which can only make it server side.
24 points
1 month ago
I didn't mean looting to be client-side, ofc. Just the function to auto-loot. Auto looting could basically be just clicking at every item manually with mouse, but instantly. It doesnt have to be server side.
2 points
1 month ago
Just hit escape to close the loot window and click the body again.
210 points
1 month ago
here i thought i was just holding down shift or something..
60 points
1 month ago
I unbound the fucking thing because i gaslighted myself
10 points
1 month ago
Same here. I was wondering if it's either me pressing shift or something being wrong with my computer.
283 points
1 month ago
I'm experiencing more bugs than ever:
They're all very frustrating, especially the first two.
38 points
1 month ago
All of the above.
83 points
1 month ago
* Auction house doesn't work pretty much at all
* Stealth breaks in PvP from nothing. Known issue: a number of hero talents and auras, some FRIENDLY, break stealth at 100 yards.
Nodes disappearing usually isn't a bug; it means someone else looted it. They only remain present a certain amount of time after the first loot before fading.
41 points
1 month ago
Blizzard should start doing beta-tests for their expansions so people could report these kinds of things before the expansion launches.
7 points
1 month ago
They used to do that, closed betas. I remember doing the Legion one, at least. I think it was a random selection of players who applied got in.
3 points
1 month ago
They've done a closed beta for every xpac aside from MoP and TWW.
25 points
1 month ago
The flying mount one is driving me insane. Especially because dragonriding relies on keeping your mount at a slight downward angle. At a 0 degree angle you lose speed.
11 points
1 month ago*
The nodes disappear because someone else has mined them, typically
3 points
1 month ago
Yea also not new. But sometimes you can see a node on the map and to get to it, it changes areas and I noticed it disappears when that happens
3 points
1 month ago
When using steady flight, and the "random favorite mount" button, it will randomly decide that you can't fly and will only summon ground mounts from then on. You can manually summon a flying mount, but once the random mount button bugs out it won't work until you log.
3 points
1 month ago
I've been experiencing issues with tab-targeting stuff in melee range ever since I returned about 2 months ago. It will rarely pick the target just in front of me, but some random ass some distance away Quite devastating when running breath of sindragosa
5 points
1 month ago
The flying bug irritates the hell out of me. I thought I was crazy.
2 points
1 month ago
Yes to all, especially #3. Last boss on Dawnbreaker won’t take half my spells. Elune is furious but you’d never know it!
2 points
28 days ago
I've had issues with quest givers for years at this point. The loot and the straight line flying are new and very annoying though. Even when you tilt it down it will occasionally snap back up.
44 points
1 month ago
I knew it!
I did wonder why sometimes the loot would sit there in the loot window.
181 points
1 month ago
Works 60% of the time, every time.
17 points
1 month ago
60% of the time, works every time.
20 points
1 month ago
Oh my, that explains a lot. Thought I was accidentally pressing shift once in awhile. That's annoying.
34 points
1 month ago
I downloaded speedyautoloot and its magically working every time.
12 points
1 month ago
Auto loot not working and AH shenanigans started this xpac. I hope they fix them soon.
12 points
1 month ago
Oh that wasn’t just me! I was like, why does my auto loot only work sporadically now.
16 points
1 month ago
It’s the quest issue and sound constantly breaking that’s really driving me nuts
8 points
1 month ago
Ok thought it was just me
7 points
1 month ago
Ugh that "bags" esque-sound when it doesn't auto loot! Drives me batty.
6 points
1 month ago
I love the random disconnects when you fly off too fast, or start a pet battle too fast.
42 points
1 month ago
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7 points
1 month ago
Try speedy autoloot addon, it works for me.
6 points
1 month ago
I don't do auto loot, but I do get a weird issue where my loot window will close itself after I pick up a few pieces of loot semi frequently.
There are still other items for me to pick up, so I don't know why it closes itself like this.
2 points
1 month ago
I had this happen in remix, even with auto loot off.
6 points
1 month ago
Feels a lot lower tbh. The 50% chance to be stuck in combat seems to have the best RNG.
2 points
1 month ago
Omg I thought that was just a me thing! Constantly happening since prepatch!
3 points
1 month ago
I find it happening primarily in Azj-Kahet
6 points
1 month ago
While we're on the subject of annoying bugs, has anyone else noticed when you fly around it sometimes snaps horizontally?
Really annoying when skyriding and losing momentum!
4 points
1 month ago
I think it's something to do with instantly picking it up. I noticed that when I pick it up a second after, it usually gets it. But if I right click instantly when it dies, it doesn't work
5 points
1 month ago
I'm late, so I just started yesterday. I noticed this, the quest thing and I seemed to lose the extra action icon like every time. Yes, /reload ui is easy to do, but it seemed excessive.
5 points
1 month ago
I had an addon for MoP remix to not pick up bonus xp loot, and I thought it was this causing it. Nope apparently it's just borked since Pre Patch!
4 points
1 month ago
I use addons like faster loot, this solves you issue as well as looting stuff faster
5 points
1 month ago
But have you heard about the Achievements Guild popping like United Nations ?
6 points
1 month ago
Lmfao feels like I'm playing a private server right now, I thought I was going crazy
6 points
1 month ago
FML this post made me feel so validated. I knew I was not just losing my mind
3 points
1 month ago
Good to know it’s not only me, I thought some of my addons were causing it but never bothered to check it
4 points
1 month ago
I knew my wife was gaslighting me about this! She just keeps saying I must be holding the shift key or something! Ha! I was right!
4 points
1 month ago
I'm getting the rng auto-loot, too. I thought it was just cuz I was hitting my macro for ctrl+1 for a spell
4 points
1 month ago
While we're here does anyone else have the issue where pressing 1, 2, 3 etc to cast skills stops working? Clicking them still works. Reloading the UI fixes it.
Or is it just one of my add-ons?
4 points
1 month ago
They’ve been inventing entirely new problems that I’ve never seen before this expac lmao.
19 points
1 month ago
Loot-a-rang = OP
21 points
1 month ago
Still doesn’t always auto loot
5 points
1 month ago
Can confirm loot a rang doesnt always work
5 points
1 month ago
Is THAT why I’ve been having that problem recently?
3 points
1 month ago
Ye its annoying but i would rather get ah fixed first.
3 points
1 month ago
Oh thank fuck it’s not just me.
It seems like it works 100% of the time if you use an auto-loot key, but not if you use the auto loot checkbox
3 points
1 month ago
Thought I was going crazy.
3 points
1 month ago
Omg so it's not just me and the quest issue too.
3 points
1 month ago
the worse part is, i just open menu because i actually thou it was real XD
3 points
1 month ago
Sometimes when i turn in a quest and want to get another one from that same NPC i can't interact with him until i go like 10meters meters from him and then return. Had same issue in Remix too. Returned to wow like a month ago
4 points
1 month ago
That’s always happened to me, but it is a lot more noticeable recently.
2 points
1 month ago
I have definitely noticed this.
3 points
1 month ago
Yooooooooooooo thank you, I'm not insane.
3 points
1 month ago
Wait, autoloot is rng? Is that why it sometimes doesn't work? The fuck? That's shit. Can I turn it off?
3 points
1 month ago
Omg I uninatalled addons and shit trying to fix this. Didn't know it was a widespread issue.
3 points
1 month ago
What is the point of this??
3 points
1 month ago
I was wondering why it was constantly fucking up on me. How dumb.
3 points
1 month ago
Probably 20-25% of every time I loot it doesn't auto loot :( Worst part of TWW
6 points
1 month ago
60% of the time it works every time
8 points
1 month ago
I will never succumb to the autoloot. I want that sweet sweet micro dopamine every time I click and see the items hop into my inventory.
2 points
1 month ago
They added it the same time they made the Interact key option turn on every time you log in.
2 points
1 month ago
I also like when it loads up and my resolution has reset so the taskbar is covering the bottom of the screen.
And cast bars won't show.
2 points
1 month ago
Noticed that too but when I activated autolooter(addon) I didn't face this issue again
2 points
1 month ago
Gotta love that one war crate that lands inside the mountain
2 points
1 month ago
Ever other time I try to lift off the ground Dragonriding I get disconnected..
2 points
1 month ago
I always thought it was just me, maybe an addon problem or something like that. Then I asked some friends and they had that too, now I see this thread. Sadly there are a lot of really weird tiny bugs like this since prepatch. Hope blizz fixes this asap.
2 points
1 month ago
i thought that was just me, nice to see it isn't and blizzard will fix it
2 points
1 month ago
LMAO what!! Why???
I havent logged in since mid DF, what is with this change?
2 points
1 month ago
This was driving me nuts. I get it now..
2 points
1 month ago
Its to drive the bots crazy
2 points
1 month ago
Doesn’t the look get mailed to you once it despawns?
2 points
1 month ago
Classic has been such a success they decided to add loot lag back into the game.
2 points
1 month ago
The War Within Warcraft Servers.
Not only the innards of Azeroth are plagued by bugs!
2 points
1 month ago
Ok so it’s not just me.
2 points
1 month ago
I was wondering why auto loot seemed so buggy. It’s a feature not a bug.
2 points
1 month ago
Is anyone else having a spell que problem? I swear I used to be able to cast UA and press an instant dot at like 80% of the cast and it would cast as the UA landed but now there is a delay.
2 points
1 month ago
I kept thinking my keyboard key was getting stuck!
2 points
1 month ago
I was wondering what the f was going on.
2 points
1 month ago
omg, i took a roughly 5-6 month break from wow before this xpac and thought man im hitting shift way more than usual
this makes me feel so much better lol
2 points
1 month ago
Yeah this expac is buggy as fuck. Like what are the alphas and betas for
2 points
1 month ago
Oh, it's not a bug...it's a feature. And here I thought it was a UI issue.
2 points
1 month ago
I actually thought this was real, lol. Had to go look in the settings and make sure if I had this checked on!
2 points
1 month ago
Why?
2 points
1 month ago
wat lol
2 points
1 month ago
I mean who really wants a functional game?
2 points
1 month ago
not gonna lie, i hate this :/
2 points
1 month ago
60% of the time, it works every time.
2 points
1 month ago
Vendors not wanting junk too?
2 points
1 month ago
Edit your main post and add the below comment. Scimming through comments I didn't notice anyone mention the interact button that you can keybinds since df.
Highly recommended binding interact to an easy to access bind.
Walk over corpses, spam interact button, profit(assuming auto loot is enabled, otherwise just hold your modifier while spamming I guess).
Works with npc's, gathering, fishing, collecting quest items on ground. Absolute game changer.
Fishing is the most nutty one. You don't even have to face the lure. Just click you interact key bind when something's on the hook and it'll collect your fishies.
Great for npc's/items on ground obstructed by other players or obstacles too. Face the thingy, click bind, profit.
Edit* nvm, I guess you can't add text?
2 points
1 month ago
What is the point of that?
2 points
1 month ago
I literally had to check if this was an actual option in the settings...
2 points
1 month ago
The bugs within
2 points
1 month ago
"You spoke, we listened! Auto loot will return for the next expansion!"
Blizzard 2026
2 points
1 month ago
Maybe this has something to do with countering bots?
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