Nostalgia can be a beautiful thing. It can also be hazy and not entirely accurate.
It seems for some World of Warcraft Classic players, nostalgia is a bit of both.
Classic, which offers a not-entirely vanilla World of Warcraft experience but close enough, is currently in closed beta, and players are enjoying casting spells and riding mounts like it’s 2005.
But, as Blizzard notes in a post on Battle.net, “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.”
As a result – and perhaps to preempt a massive pile of bug reports from landing on its desk – Blizzard has published a not-a-bug list – aka, a list of commonly-reported gameplay in WoW Classic that is not actually a bug, and is working as Blizzard expects it to.
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The list works as a trip down memory lane for anyone who played World of Warcraft back in the day, and is equal parts hilarious as it is sobering.
My personal favourites include “Tauren’s hitboxes and their melee reach is slightly larger than other races” – those bloody taurens were the bane of my Night Elf’s life! – “Feared players and NPCs run fast” – I always seemed to end up being feared into an angry pack of mobs – and, “Standing on top of other players while facing away allows spells and attacks to be used.”