Patch 3.2.2: The clucking draenei (and the levitating tree)
by Mike Schramm 
Sep 24th 2009 at 1:00PM
I've talked here before about just how wacky Blizzard's coding is -- they are obviously great programmers (even with all of the 180,000 bugs), but man, when things go wrong in this game, they go wrong in the weirdest, strangest ways. Take the bug above, spotted in patch 3.2.2 by xella over on Livejournal: the female dreanei /train emote is bugged like crazy, but instead of not playing or playing a random sound like you might expect it to do as a software bug, it instead plays a cacophony of the strangest sounds, including a slice of the original sound and then a female blood elf /chicken noise instead. This will surely be fixed soon (and as a few people in the comments over there say, it's probably a bit of file corruption on Blizzard's part), but what a weird bug.
Fortunately, as granular and strange as Blizzard's bugs are, their fixes are just as minute: tree druids will be happy to see that, since patch 3.2, their treeform now actually moves correctly after Levitate is cast on it. It's a small change, sure, but every little bit helps with immersion. Maybe someday we'll see mounts do it, too.
Filed under: Druid, Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Humor
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
impurezero Sep 24th 2009 1:09PM
Speaking of tiny changes in this patch: Anyone know why the hell the "battle-bot" was renamed to the "warbot?"
BitterCupOJoe Sep 24th 2009 1:17PM
If I had to make a guess on that one, I seem to remember that Battlebots were a trademarked toy line in the 80s or 90s. I would guess Blizzard legal decided to have that changed to avoid any problems.
Scott Sep 24th 2009 1:30PM
What a waste of a bot this is. Once the promo finished, you're no longer able to obtain new 'fuel' to actually have it do what it was originally intended for.
NecDW4 Sep 24th 2009 2:12PM
Which is why smart people stocked up every day and have several stacks of both colors in their bank already.
impurezero Sep 24th 2009 2:37PM
Yeah, I have a couple stacks of those, too. But...does that really make us smart? Those damn things are just gonna be wasting space in our bank until one day we'll realize we haven't seen a warbot fight in months.
Nec...I've got a funny feeling we might be stupid. :(
Amaxe Sep 24th 2009 2:54PM
Actually I chucked my fuel. I just wanted the pet for the achievement. It's one of the pets though which I tell Livestock never to use for its random choice of pets (Baby Blizzard bear is the other)
SomethingNothing Sep 24th 2009 1:13PM
They still haven't fixed the bug that gave the Male Draenei Goatee facial hair option an added mustache.
People should be prepared to be stuck with this one for awhile as well.
Drakkenfyre Sep 24th 2009 1:23PM
Not a bug. They confirmed later it was an intended change. They said you will be stuck with it.
SomethingNothing Sep 24th 2009 1:33PM
Got a link to where they said that by chance?
That's even more disappointing than them just not taking the time to fix it.
SomethingNothing Sep 24th 2009 1:40PM
Nevermind, found it myself.
Blizz Devs: "Oh hey guys, lets fix something that wasn't really broken, and not give them the option to have the old facial hair choice as well!"
Yes, I really want my goat back, but not with that sad excuse of a mustache as well. :(
Mr. Tastix Sep 24th 2009 1:15PM
Oh man I hope that bugs still there! BRB lol.
Creese5704 Sep 24th 2009 11:28PM
lol I said the same thing and logged in to see if did it lol.
Aaron Sep 24th 2009 1:16PM
I don't know why that cracked me up as much as it did and stranger than the humor I found is that I have watched the video 6 or so times now. HAHA!
Kadaa Sep 24th 2009 1:18PM
Haha wow, gonna go check that out right now
Kylenne Sep 24th 2009 1:23PM
You know, I haven't logged on my Draenei girl in almost nine months, but I had to just to check that.
And now I can't stop doing it. Yeah, I'm easily amused.
Andrew R. Sep 24th 2009 1:27PM
They need to make that a new emote and leave it in the game. That was classic!
Chris M Sep 24th 2009 1:47PM
Tree form has been like that for a while now- I know for a fact before the patch it was the case, as I used to love levitating trees (and still do love watching them float)!
RogueJedi86 Sep 24th 2009 1:52PM
That video looks like someone is trying to get Bloodsail rep past Honored(Jazzrik's one of the only sources of Bloodsail rep after Honored).
Xella Sep 24th 2009 4:51PM
That's because I am :) currently at 17939 (85.4%) and counting. Been at it since the beginning of July.
*huff puff*
alpha5099 Sep 24th 2009 3:25PM
Did they ever fix that glitch where any time a Draenei was in certain vehicles, they would endless make the train noise? I remember manning a gun in that crypt in the Dragonblight, and having my shammy go "Chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo" the whole time.