<BUG> Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector

WoW Classic WoW Classic Bug Report
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Hi there,

I’ve been meaning to make this post for a while, but the Gyrofreeze is not preforming as it did in original Vanilla.

It does in fact correctly reflect Frost Spells such as Frost Bolt etc, however, when it comes to Hunters Freeze Traps - it is merely making you immune to being frozen instead of freezing the Hunter.

In Vanilla, when you use the Gyro against a Hunter whom drops a Frost Trap (The one that freezes you), it’s meant to reflect it back at the caster.

This is the same for Mages that cast Frost Nova, it is not impacting the Mages at all.

I am happy to provide Video evidence of this working in original Vanilla.

Has anyone else noticed this?

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https://classic.wowhead.com/item=18634/gyrofreeze-ice-reflector#comments

By 1437 on 2006/10/10 (Patch 1.12.1)
Apparently this no longer reflects hunter traps…what a shame…

By Eldarrow on 2006/04/29 (Patch 1.9.4)
Subject: "hm"is this nerfed or something at 1.10? when i duel huntrs i only resist there trap, i dont trap them

Derimus on 2006/06/11 (Patch 1.10.2)Subject: “RE: hm”
…not only that (no, it won’t trap the hunter), it also doesn’t work against frost nova. Possibly a random element has been added in, or it’s bugged, but I couldn’t get this to work against FN in about 8 goes - you simply get frozen as usual.

Srrobin on 2006/11/23 (Patch 1.12.1)Subject: “I’ve heard it works against Hunter traps !!”
not any more, tried a bunch of times, although it wont freeze you, it will not put them in their own trap anymore

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Yeah I read those on the WoWhead comments as well.

But, I remember it working in Vanilla - can’t remember it being tweaked though. Maybe it was? Accidentally or intentionally?

Here’s a video of it working from Vanilla and timestamped: https://youtu.be/VX7RuUcd-3Q?t=505

This was in 2006, unsure of month as it was originally on Warcraft Movies

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So you memory trumps reference client and comments from back then claiming you wrong?

Don’t think so give up while you’re ahead.

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Errr did you respond to the wrong thread? @Bynx

Unsure what you’re talking about

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Honestly their reference client go die.

Its just a meme at this point and then they translate it into their abomination that is classic.

Frost reflector (as any reflector) does not work on aoes (like nova). But it should reflect freezing trap.

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The paladin that replied to you is linking to comments made during patch 1.10 about frost nova and comments made during patch 1.12.1 about hunter traps.

Blizzard nerfed ice reflector to not apply to frost nova at 1.10 and nerfed it to not reflect hunter traps in 1.12.1.

Since classic is a reflection of 1.12.1 mechanics, ice reflector is working as intended.

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Thanks mate, but does it specifically state that? Because it makes you immune to the trap instead, therefore implying that it does work against traps - just has a different mechanic

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no it doesnt specifically say that - but it is true to 1.12.1.

I think they should just allow it to reflect the trap like it was for most of vanillas life, but ya know - no changes cause of idiocy and stubbornness.

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Totally agree, thanks for the input :slight_smile: