If you fail in World of Warcraft, it will be displayed to all characters in the future – a curse and a blessing at the same time.
The battles in World of Warcraft are often visually hard to read. Even in small groups, there are so many effects that it can overwhelm newcomers, as well as some veterans, to clearly see what is actually happening. While you can reduce these effects, you still won’t have all the information.
A new detail in Patch 12.1 Curse of Ula’tek helps you recognize when your group makes a mistake – but you yourself will also be revealed when you fail.
What will be changed? In Patch 12.1, there is a new indicator displayed over enemies. Whenever a group member uses any form of interruption – for instance, counter-spell or kick – a symbol will appear over the affected enemy if that interruption failed to interrupt any ability. The symbol is the same icon that is shown for a successful interruption – but shorter, grayer, and with a duller sound.
This way, it can be immediately recognized by both the executing character and the group or raid that an interruption was wasted.
Why is it important to know? Especially in higher-level dungeons of the “Mythic+” category, a single interruption can make the difference between successfully completing a dungeon or failing miserably. On levels “+15” and higher, spells from enemies that are not interrupted can often wipe out single characters or even the entire group.
Therefore, a clear, visual cue is essential to recognize when you – or a teammate – have missed an interruption.
Interrupts generally have a pretty high cooldown, in some cases up to 30 seconds. You need to time it just right.
What effects does this have? The actual effects are likely to be minimal in most cases. Previously, it was already possible to read the number of interruptions through interface addons. At the end of a dungeon, it is thus easy to see who interrupted how many times and who has preferred to leave that burden to the team. For the current gameplay, this should be a meaningful innovation, so you immediately know: A kick just went to waste, and the rest needs to be particularly careful in the next moments.
What do you think of this innovation? Is it useful to see the failed kicks of the group so clearly in the future? Or does it lead to more toxic behavior within the group? However, there was another change in Patch 12.1 that came quite late: A boss had to be changed before release because one class was hopeless.
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