I recently came back to the game and have been playing/RPing a bit. But I discovered that in Stormwind you can hardly load TRPs. I spoke to several people OOC who all said they’re having the same issue.
Apparently this was a problem that came up a while back and they fixed it but there are rumors there’s some data-batching thing that they want to implement under our noses. Something-something server load, something-something, “they want to get rid of TRP anyway because of fear of scandal due to saucy TRPs.” Can’t confirm that, just what I’m seeing browsing other platforms.
Anyone got any insights on this?
I’ve had this issue as well. It’s most likely because of the current server instability/lag being experienced because of the new content update and new month bringing people back. Stormwind is especially bad since so many people not only roleplay there, but go check out the new trading post, too.
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That’s completely fair but I found numerous old threads and reddit posts and discussions from a year ago, talking about plans to implement something in the back end that basically makes the RP addons impossible. What I’m seeing people talk about in the tech support forums right now and from the discussions I had in-game it seems like it actually happened.
Probably the best and hardest to find description of this I can find is here.
There’s a few more that I’ll throw down, just so people know I’m not tripping out over here:
Very recent (March 2nd 2025) Tech Support post mentioning it’s happening again.
Small Quasi-Master Post Covering the 2024 Situation (eerily, very close to our present time of year) & How it Unfolded
Argent Dawn Thread Covering/Reacting to the 2024 Situation
Call me an alarmist or whatever, but I think it’s odd that we have confirmation from multiple sources this wasn’t necessarily a gaffe; this was intentional and they backed down due to community backlash. Also, same time of year? What are the odds?
Really I’m just curious to see who else has noticed it, if they know anything more, etc… So far I spoke to several people in the Cathedral Square and they all confirmed it wasn’t just a me problem (which was my first idea). Multiple people are experiencing the exact same things right now.
Seems to be taking a while these days.