The latest WoW patch has numerous bugs. Blizzard should really be ashamed of this update.
Since yesterday, the major Patch 8.0 has been active in World of Warcraft and brought many changes. After all, the patch already includes all the major innovations of the upcoming expansion Battle for Azeroth. However, one cannot really speak of a “smooth update” for Patch 8.0. There are numerous bugs and issues. Even initial hotfixes solve only a small part of them.
There are still countless issues that players are raising in the official forums and on Reddit. We want to briefly present some of the most prominent bugs and inconsistencies.
The scaling after the stat squeeze. In many areas of the game, the stats of opponents or items are still incorrect. Sometimes, despite a harder difficulty (like in Mythic+), items have worse stats. During leveling, some opponents are far too strong, and even normal opponents can sometimes lead to boss fights.
Missing textures and graphic issues. Numerous models in the game have been updated and improved – but some have gone wrong. Some creatures simply have no texture at all (they are just white) or have a strange, distorted appearance. One bug even causes worse graphics than before the patch. For instance, objects in the distance are rendered much later even at the highest graphics settings.
Bugs and strange decisions. In addition, many players are disappointed that the “Legacy Loot” feature does not count for dungeons and raids from the previous expansion yet, but only one expansion later. So, for example, those currently playing in “Warlords of Draenor” still have Personal Loot and thus on average less loot when completing old raids.
The community feature. The highly anticipated community feature simply does not work at all and has caused numerous problems. In Europe, it was temporarily completely disabled. There is no date yet for the reactivation of the feature.
Patch 8.0 unfortunately reinforces the impression we had some time ago with class design. Blizzard has decided that a handful of specializations will be boring and suboptimal at the launch of Battle for Azeroth – time is simply too short.
A patch not worthy of WoW
In summary, Patch 8.0 has brought a lot of issues that Blizzard needs to address urgently.
This will probably be the first release of a WoW expansion where Blizzard’s timing becomes a downfall. Sadly, with Battle for Azeroth and the pre-patch, one feels for the first time in a long time that Blizzard is deviating from “It’s done when it’s done”. Whether this is due to the increased content hunger of the community or internal pressure from Blizzard is not so easy to say.
On Reddit, players agree: The overall quality of Patch 8.0 is far below the level that players otherwise expect from Blizzard.
What is your impression of Patch 8.0? Is everything running smoothly for you? Or are you struggling with bugs? Is it acceptable for so much to go wrong after a patch?
