Spitting is probably too mean in WoW Classic. The emote will soon be removed from players – at least when they want to spit on someone.
In the PTR of the upcoming patch of Burning Crusade Classic, players have noticed a small but significant change. There seems to be an adjustment to the emote system. The spit command can no longer be applied to other players.
What has been done to the emote? Apparently, Blizzard has changed the programming for the emote /spit (/spit). The emote is no longer executed in chat when targeting another player. However, the emote works perfectly if no player is targeted. Then, as usual, the message “[PlayerName] spits on the ground.” appears.
Why is the emote being disabled? There is currently no official explanation from Blizzard for this, but players have a plausible suspicion. In Burning Crusade Classic, it has become common on many realms to spit on players with the shop mount. For many players, the shop mount represents the bad, new changes in World of Warcraft that they do not want. Therefore, players using the shop mount are often spat on.
Some have even set up a macro or parts of an addon so that players with the mount are automatically targeted and spat on.
This clearly falls under “harassment” and players with the shop mount feel bad when they are constantly spat on. Blizzard might want to prevent exactly that.
This is how the community reacts: In the World of Warcraft subreddit, people are mostly joking about this change. It seems clear to the players that they will simply agree on another emote, like /slap. Moreover, it is still possible to type the emotes manually, so disabling the emote serves no significant purpose. Accordingly, the reactions are also cynical and sarcastic:
- “Faction and race peace has been achieved in World of Warcraft with this change.”
- “People will just agree on another emote. Where will this lead? Will all emotes be disabled in the end? Huge brains at Blizzard.”
- “You did it, Blizzard. You fixed your toxic corporate culture with this. /s”
Please note that this is still a change from the PTR. This change is not yet present in the live game.
Do you consider this action by Blizzard to be a good idea? Or does it achieve nothing, as players can simply use another emote?
