Remove Infectious Whirl

[Simplyred-hydraxis]

@Moused-cairne

you should of seen the complaints about the Mohawk Grenade

I think I might have one on an old alt still.

[Arandi-moon-guard (Arandi)]

Okay, this is seriously annoying… people repeatedly disrupting populated areas.

/sigh

[Zreicia-illidan]

So what exactly is this from?

[Arandi-moon-guard (Arandi)]

I think someone said it’s from part of the secrets event.

…I could be mistaken.

[Zreicia-illidan]

I’ve done every single part of the secrets event and haven’t seen anything like that. Hmmm.

Yeah someone also said Dreamsurges, but I have done all that as well so kind of confused. And even WoWhead doesn’t show what the spell comes from.

[Pyromor-shandris (Pyromor)]

I could use that if I find it but for the purpose people use it now. What’s it called?

[Chilibean-azuresong]

it’s okay, i’m laughing with y’all.

[Shadybolt-thrall]

@Taekwonduwu-moon-guard

If you think disrupting other players gameplay is fun, (against the rules btw)

If folks use it in such a way where it disrupts ordinary gameplay, like in a BG, then yes
But the solution to it is to disable its use in BGs, raids, and dungeons - everywhere else is… a whole lot more complicated to make a case for “zone disruption”

But overall yes, if used to grief then yes it is possible to be reported
In most situations, even with toys that are more notorious for griefing, overall people can’t be reported for it due to the issues of trying to prove it happening for that reason

[Irakaius-moon-guard]

Already being heavily used to troll on RP servers. Nauseating and infuriating.

[Shadybolt-thrall]

@Amortian-bloodsail-buccaneers

[…] minding my own business isn’t allowed it seems

Overall, in MMOs … unless you seek out more seclusive or outright exclusive locations (such as the aforementioned dungeons you mentioned) … no
“Minding your own business” is not something which has been a “protected” activity in any MMO ever

[Galacticpal-faerlina]

Blizz please do something about this item. It’s being used to sabotage roleplayers out of their play areas and there’s nothing but having to ‘install a weak aura’ to mitigate it. This is a trash experience.

[Dakuleyn-moon-guard]

I can’t say what I want to without an instant ban but congrats on this one blizz, indoor rp is simply not gonna happen while this is a thing. It was bad enough having that toy making the rooms eye bleedingly bright now this? Thanks I actively don’t want to enjoy the world you’ve made.

edit: Tried another area nope trolls are hitting anywhere that people are standing I’m done I actually don’t want to play wow, bad enough it throws sparklies everywhere not even a cool down on how often you can become infected again it seems.

[Anadisong-moon-guard]

Well the weak aura works, makes it so your character doesn’t spin so you can keep doing what you were doing.

We shouldn’t need a weak aura to stop something like this when we have the silencers… That don’t work on it…

[Kachiry-stormrage]

Fae Harp also works against it, used just now

[Brewa-hyjal]

Remember when Blizzard bought that not-related-to-MMOs-at-all studio many months ago and said they’d be cranking out WoW content?

This entire secrets of azeroth thing just screams “they made this”.

[Turàndotte-stormrage]

@Kachiry-stormrage

Fae Harp also works against it,

I’ll have to see if I have any of these things which supposedly stop it. I might just install the weakaura.

I think the thing which gets me is not what it does as much as it seems to have no cooldown at all. I was chain effected by it for several minutes in Vald tonight. Thankfully I had logged in to run a dungeon with friends and they were able to summon me out of the city. I shouldn’t need to be summoned out of the city…

TL;DR: This toy needs a decent cooldown of at minimum 15min, better 30min. It’s too disruptive.

[Greenguy-zangarmarsh]

@Kalaen-black-dragonflight

@Kalaen-black-dragonflight

diversity hire devs big brain feature

@Shadybolt-thrall

“diversity hiring” as a concept does have a history of being anti-racism so … it largely still is whenever someone uses diversity as a negative trait for hiring

hiring people due to their looks/plumbing they were born with instead of due to their merits and talents is a negative thing. That’s how we end up with infectious whirl after x many years of diversity hiring at blizzard.

Wait, so do you think they’re just hiring people based purely on “diversity” while ignoring the rest of their resume or are you just inferring that “diverse” people couldn’t possibly have any training in coding/graphics design/whatever?

[Xenowon-moon-guard]

I didn’t say it was wrong, but hyperfixating on it as the sole reason is, in fact, moronic. Far more at play.

[Diamondx-proudmoore]

People used to to disrupt the Arcane Forge event today it would make you drop the arcane orb and prevent participation. Seeing as it’s a one off event with a FOS achievement, that is pretty messed up. Toy or effect from the Mysteries is irrelevant, it should not be exploited to ruin an event.

[Daedrathis-wyrmrest-accord]

This Infectious Whirl is a nuisance, you cant turn in or pick up quests, whomever came up with this idea is an idiot who havent played, people who implemented and didnt flag are idiots too, sorry but it should be obvious that such toy that indiscriminately causes unwanted movement to other players is never a good idea.
Toys are to be fun, these are being used on pvp, and annoying ppl rping, annoying ppl in actually playing the game. There is not just one incompetent with a crappy idea, there are a string of them who didnt prevent derpy from making people want to log off till the issue is resolved.
It was a rookie mistake or flat out sabotage.

Piccolo - everybody hated and some hate it still, neural silencer and addons made to avoid it
Train set - everybody hated and some hate it still, robot and grue made to deal with it, addons made to avoid it
Shapeshifting stuff in general - Most ppl dislike it, some items deal with it, addons made to negate it.
So how in the nine hells ANYONE thinks that this crappy thing is gonna go?

You know this “player agency” you guys keep babbling about? Yea that sort of toy go against it.