World of Warcraft Dragonflight brought back many old, popular features. But one is now being discontinued – and probably for good.
World of Warcraft is, after almost 19 years, probably one of the MMORPGs with the most features ever. However, not every single one has been well received or even used by the community. One of them is now being “quietly and discreetly” removed from the game – the Twitter integration.
What kind of feature is this? The Twitter integration allowed players since Patch 6.1 in the expansion “Warlords of Draenor” to link their WoW account with Twitter. This allowed them to tweet directly from World of Warcraft, often with a screenshot.
Back then, “selfies” were already a big trend, and there was a playful attempt to jump on that bandwagon, encouraging the heroes of Azeroth to share their adventures on Twitter, preferably with funny or entertaining images.
However, the feature never really took off, and many probably don’t even know it existed – just like the first version of voice chat in WoW back then.
Why is Blizzard shutting down the feature? Even though Blizzard does not specify concrete reasons, there are probably two main circumstances that speak for it:
- The feature has been quite unpopular since its introduction. While it was initially used by some, it has been effectively forgotten over the months and years.
- Twitter now wants money for using its API, which means Blizzard would need to pay regularly for the feature.
A feature that costs money regularly and is not used by the players offers little benefit. Therefore, the feature is “buried” more or less quietly.
The infamous Patch 6.1 gets even worse: Overall, Patch 6.1 during the times of Warlords of Draenor was under no good star. For many, it was known as the “Twitter Patch” or the “Selfie Patch” because it introduced the selfie camera as a toy.
That one of these features is now being removed retrospectively causes a bit of schadenfreude. Some complain that they can no longer make fun of the Twitter integration. Others, however, see the removal of the function as the perfect reason, as User Dreadsurge in the official WoW forum stated:
And with that, literally the only thing that Patch 6.1 added to the game is no longer existent. This solidifies Patch 6.1 as the worst patch in the history of World of Warcraft.
(I know this was done because of the change to the Twitter API, but I won’t miss any opportunity to make fun of Patch 6.1.)
Did you ever use the Twitter integration? Or did you not even know until now that this was possible in WoW?
Elsewhere, there was something new: The most tedious reputation faction now farms twice as fast!
