I’ve updated the original post in this thread with:
“Melee leeway” is working as intended.
After careful study and testing, we’ve found that for players with low latency, the state of melee leeway is how they would have experienced the game in 2006.
There are more people with low latency now than there were in 2006, so we expect for some it might feel different, but it is working as expected.
I was hoping for a little more detail on the leeway mechanic, since there’s so much conflicting information out there. For example…does it apply when fighting npcs or just against players?
Whilst I understand that this is accurate, in those days it was expected for most people to suffer from high latency whilst gaming.
In todays society we expect the opposite, and that latency will be considerably lower due to the increased technology and accessibility over the years.
Wouldn’t it be more reasonable to assume a slightly less aggressive leeway mechanic that takes into account that most people have good connections now; whilst not being as authentic, would better replicate the experience that players encountered in the game?
Honestly at this stage it feels like it will overwhelming push players towards melee classes such as Warrior which are already expected to be a strong majority of the player base.
Not sure if im allowed to post a link, but a recent reddit post has proved that melee leeway was hardcoded into the actual client of vanilla wow as of 1.10 onwards.
Leeway was in the game in 1.12 because everyone’s computer and internet sucked and it was needed to let melee players actually connect damage with people.
in 2019 this is no longer an issue and it just an abusable mechanic for melee.
I notice that you are only complaining about melee leeway, when spell leeway is also in the game for the exact same reason and you havent said a word about it… a transparent bias which is beyond transparent.
No changes, original vanilla wow mechanics should not be changed; and leeway is as original as it comes and has been in since vanilla.
Please reread what i wrote, i didnt mention batching at all, as good as possible is as authentic to the original as possible… please dont try to impose your desire for changes, to what every has been asking for for years.