Why doesnt autoloot work most of the time anymore?

[Nilann-aegwynn]

@Pyri-shadowsong

i’m almost positive it is. it happens to me out in the world but i never see this problem in dungeons.

I do, quite often even. It happens frequently when I’m farming cloth in one of the follower dungeons or when I’m doing solo delves.

[Ekhana-arugal]

Glad I’m not the only one this is happening to.

[Gorgenheimjr-icecrown]

ITs a bug and also a server load issue. It gets more common the further we get into the game, in terms of years and content available.

[Veidmann-zuljin]

World of Warcraft : The War With Bugs

[Hezzlocks-khazgoroth (Hezzlocks)]

@Radalpho-proudmoore

It has been an on-going bug/issues/feature for quite some time… much like you have to walk away and retarget an NPC to talk to them again…

Basic WoW functionality for years that is no longer working well.

Ugh, so the stupid NPC thing isn’t just me either huh?

Time for WoW 2 and dump this aging patchwork engine

[Cursewords-tichondrius (Cursewords)]

I noticed the loot not working every now and then before … but it definitely has been dialed up in the passed few months. I would say almost every 5th looting, I have to manually loot.

At first I thought maybe my Autoloot was turning off, or maybe being reset to off every mini patch - but nope, it’s on.

I have been wondering about that. Good to know it’s not just me.

[Tiannah-wyrmrest-accord]

@Zerved-tichondrius

I cant be the only one experiencing this

You aren’t. It is just another Bug that Blizzard doesn’t care enough about to fix. For me it has been happening since the launch of TWW but has gotten worse since 11.1.5 was released.

[Ramsay-eldrethalas (Ramsay)]

I thought it was just me and maybe it was an addon messing with it.

Glad to see it’s also happening to you guys too!

[Kaledin-uther]

@Zerved-tichondrius

Then how wasn’t this as much of an issue 20 years ago when we had way more latency and way worse network connections? Thats kind of a bad excuse, but I will look into the addon! thanks!

Game code changed and they changed the way looting was done. Likely a rework that went bad or something they had to change because they found an exploit or vulnerability.

[Lasplaga-hyjal (Lasplaga)]

Auto Looting absolutely is busted and it seems like tab targeting also doesn’t work well for me? Unless there’s been a change I was unaware of…

[Fundurbum-frostmourne]

I gave up with traditional looting and just use the loot-a-rang.

[Degas-feathermoon (Degas)]

I have this happen to me as well. Quite frequently, even.

[Whitewizard-undermine]

We’ve reported it lots of times in bug report section, they know, it is just the way it’s gonna be.

[Hissifit-wyrmrest-accord]

Yep. Same here. Another little thing that will probably stay forever. Kind of like the “You’ve learned a new spell” every time you log in.

[Radalpho-proudmoore (Radalpho)]

It is not. At first I thought I was not clicking correctly then found out it has been an on-going issue for the game for a while now.

[Sumwun-tichondrius]

Better question. Why are we still looting at all?

Think of the magic we can use in this game, still we need to go loot.

Why not play on dialup still?

[Weeniemeenie-saurfang]

@Paladina-kargath

Have a pet that goes out and loots everything for you, that’d be the life!

So a hunter.

[Keymah-moon-guard]

@Zerved-tichondrius

I cant be the only one experiencing this (or maybe I am and there’s some weird/obscure fix for it that Im not privy to?)

It’s not just you and it’s extremely aggravating. The more mobs, the more likely it seems to happen. I can’t recall exactly when it started, but I don’t remember it being a problem in DF.

[Bags-stormrage]

I’ve never had it fail, but I hope they fix it for you.

[Keymah-moon-guard]

The fetch ability has the same bug, as does loot-a-rang.