Floating Shield Bug From Retail Engine

Support Bug Report
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Floating Shields / Incorrect Shield Attachment Offsets Persist Into WoW: Forever

Floating shields appear to have been introduced in Retail around Patch 11.2.7, persisted through subsequent The War Within updates and into Midnight, and now appear to be carrying over into World of Warcraft: Forever.

The issue is not specific to Orcs or a single shield model.

Current behavior:

  • In Retail, shields visibly float several inches away from the character’s back when sheathed.

  • In the WoW: Forever character creator, shields can also appear incorrectly offset from the arm while equipped. This is clearly visible on the Human Warrior model, where the shield appears roughly 1–2 inches away from the forearm rather than being properly attached.

  • The arm-offset issue does not appear the same way in Retail, but the long-standing sheathed/back offset remains there.

This suggests there may be an underlying shield attachment-point or positioning issue introduced around Patch 11.2.7 that has now carried from the current Retail client into Forever.

For players who care about character appearance and transmog, this is extremely noticeable. A shield is a major part of the silhouette of Protection Warriors, Protection/Holy Paladins, and shield-using Shamans. Having it visibly hover away from the character model breaks otherwise cohesive armor sets and can make shield-bearing characters significantly less appealing to play.

Given that Forever is intended to be a long-term version of WoW and includes transmog from the beginning, please investigate and correct shield attachment offsets before launch rather than allowing this visual bug to become permanent in another version of the game.

Reproduction examples:

  1. Open the WoW: Forever character creator.

  2. Select a Human Warrior with a shield.

  3. View the character from the side and inspect the distance between the shield and forearm.

  4. In Retail/Midnight, equip a shield, sheath it, and view the character from the side.

  5. Observe the visible gap between the shield and the character’s back.

This appears to have persisted since Patch 11.2.7 in Retail. Please do not let it become a permanent WoW: Forever issue as well.

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