I’m not sure how this has gone this long without being addressed. There is plenty of footage of Shadowmeld dropping combat in PvP in original WotLK, enabling stealth classes to re-stealth. If this isn’t a bug and is an actual change, I am extremely disappointed.
People played Night Elves for 3 years with an almost useless racial waiting for WotLK when it would be useful, and now not only can we not drink —> Shadowmeld, but it doesn’t work how it’s supposed to most of the time (instantly drop combat), and hasn’t been addressed since launch. Please, if this isn’t a bug, let me know so I can go through the five stages of grief and get on with my life. If it is a bug it needs to be fixed ASAP, this is unacceptable. If Human’s racial wasn’t working right you know it would be fixed in a day.