Blizzard has literally patched the fun out of World of Warcraft. Many NPCs now remain silent.
When deploying update 7.3.5, not everything went smoothly. Numerous bugs sneaked into the current version of WoW, players are raging in the forums and on Reddit. There are reports of severe frame rate drops, certain aspects of transmogification were lost, and the health points of old raid bosses were initially bugged.
But even more bugs have crept in. One of them was discovered on Reddit by user Keydiam. Apparently, Blizzard has disabled the so-called “Poke-Lines” for many NPCs.
What are Poke-Lines in World of Warcraft?
At Blizzard, it has been a tradition since the early days of the first Warcraft games that players can repeatedly click on characters in the games. After a while, the phrases “Hello” and “What can I do for you?” become increasingly annoyed. The characters even insult the player or tell little jokes or funny anecdotes from the respective game world.
With patch 7.3.5, many NPCs have lost their Poke-Lines. When you click on the NPCs repeatedly, they only repeat their “ordinary” phrases, such as friendly greetings. Even clicking a hundred times does not elicit any insulting or amusing words from them.
However, there are still some exceptions: The guards of Dalaran and certain vendors still react with irritation.
Although there is no statement from Blizzard yet, it will very likely be a bug. Because new phrases were recorded for patch 7.3. To deactivate these comprehensively now would be extremely strange.
Did you even know about these “Poke-Lines”? Or did you never notice them while playing?
