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.
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Yeah can’t type right either in TRP. Its possibly getting fixed this patch , I hope
yes, and its detracting from one of my pastimes, reading everyone elses while listening to conversations
Hello! The author of TRP3 actually made an announcement about this and contacted Blizzard for a fix! This is an error between add-on communication that is impacting the Eastern Kingdoms. You should be able to load TRP3s outside the Eastern Kingdoms.
There was an issue early in the expansion where Blizzard was implementing lag between add-ons intentionally. They have since agreed to only do it in instances on roleplay realms. Either they mistakenly left it on for Eastern Kingdoms or they is an unrelated error.
The error with typing is also related! Hopefully they fix it today, if not there are some forums already trying to push this issue in technical!
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i have had the issue of TRPs not loading as well as Currently boxes NOT being able to hit enter to write a new line…
Folks, I don’t think this is a bug. I think we’re straight up being lied to and strung along.
If you follow when we had this controversy last year it seems apparent the source of the problem was a deliberate change on the back-end. They knew what they were doing and they did it anyway.
It’s basically impossible to RP in Stormwind or anywhere in the Eastern Kingdoms right now and if Maintenance Day didn’t fix it, they’re not planning on fixing it. Because it was a targeted decision. It’s Corporate Selfishness in the 2020s at it’s worst: instead of taking the money they definitely have to upgrade their servers, fix their memory issues or having the care for their product to rework the engine or fix the code instead of just making another expansion, they have opted to pass the buck onto consumers of their product and they’re relying on us not making a fuss this time.
Not enough noise is being made about this. If we don’t start saying something, it’s not going to get fixed. They didn’t fix it during the downtime - when they knew it was a problem according to the TRP3 devs - and they had ample space and opportunity to do it. If we don’t say something, it will not be fixed and this could have catastrophic consequences for Alliance Roleplayers.
NOTE: For some reason I cant include links in my posts anymore. Okay; well, if you go look up the 10.2.7/API changes you’ll see the exact issue I’ve described to you all.
Keep thinking it’s a happy little accident I guess.
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I suppose my question, then, would be ‘why’? What would they have to gain from this?
I mean from a strictly business perspective. RP in WoW isn’t some small niche hobby. It’s a huge thing. There are entire realms devoted entirely to RP. Moon Guard is the largest one (I believe), but other realms have a healthy community going.
And this is a community that is paying to play this game. People are paying ongoing subscription costs, buying the expansions, buying the store products, and probably buying tokens.
To directly take away the main thing that lets people use this feels like…I guess a good analogy would be to take away phone or online ordering for a pizza. That is going to cost you money. What would you hope to get to make up for that?
I’m not saying you’re being an alarmist. I’m not trying to dismiss your concerns. But if we do view this from the soulless profit machine stance, what is gained from essentially electing to remove a large swatch of your consumers? I have to imagine I’m not alone in knowing people who literally only play for RP.
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While I do agree it needs to be fixed, its hardly impossible to RP in Stormwind or EK
We RPed before TRP existed. Heck, we RPed before MRP existed. Yes, it’d be nice to be fixed and should be, but those addons were always a tool to help RP, not the sole provider therein.
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I have this pretty regularly, but it is sporadic. One TRP will be fine and the next one I mouse over gives me the wheel of buffer-nope. It doesn’t seem related to the complexity and/or length of the person’s TRP, either.
I am chalking it up to the amount of server lag we’ve been dealing with.
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This was my latest experience. It did not seem as if it was related to the size of the profile either.
As of 1PM EST. The addon author marked this issue as resolved.
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