"Return to Graveyard" button appears in latest Cataclysm beta build
by Fox Van Allen 
Sep 19th 2010 at 4:30AM
"No problem," you think. "I'll simply run back to my corpse!" And so you try. But ... you can't find it. I mean, it's there somewhere, but you're on the wrong side of a moat, and ... well, you've never been here before. Wait, this doesn't look familiar at all ... I mean, it sorta looks familiar but ... it's different. You think you've seen that tree before but ... no, wait, it looks exactly like all the other trees around here. And ... dammit, your ghost just fell into this deep trench. Crap. You're nowhere near your corpse or the Spirit Healer. How the hell are you going to get out of this?
The answer: The brand new Return to Graveyard button. It's a new feature in the latest beta build, and it does exactly what you think it does.
It's a simple convenience, yes, but these simple conveniences are turning into the best parts about Cataclysm. Being able to track multiple things on your minimap. Being able to fly anywhere. Being told when a new ability is available at your trainer (and what it is). The Return to Graveyard button is just another in a long and growing list of features that make you smack your forehead and think, "We played this game for six damn years without this?"
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
Keveline Sep 21st 2010 9:15AM
Been there, done that, thank you Blizz!
ChaosInc Sep 22nd 2010 3:37PM
Careful. Claiming this to be useless/easymode will get you downrated. Just scroll on up for the proof.
I've never gotten lost when I died, even as a noob. Have I had corpses inaccessible? Sure. I fell off Darnasus and landed on a branch (like many other have done). I walked back, tried to drop down and missed. After the long swim around the island to get back to shore, I learned to double check before releasing that I would be able to get back. Since then, I have never tried to run back to an out-of-reach corpse again.
But it seems a lot of things in WoW these days are eliminating "learning mistakes" from the curve.
Coldhearth Oct 12th 2010 5:43AM
Why don't they just have "ghost footprints" that lead you back to your body after you die?
Die in an instance and can't find the entrance? Just follow your glowing ghost footprints.
I really don't see how this would dumb down the game any. If anything, it would just remove the frustration of waiting for other party members who are "lost". I can't count the number of times I have sat in an instance trying to guide people back into the deadmines (horde players), rfc (alliance players), mara (all players), or any other instance that has a very hard to find entrance portal.
Blizzard, I am available for work immediately.
Jason P Oct 12th 2010 8:25PM
Running an instance with a PUG group from RDF, wiping, everyone releasing.
Realizing that You have never been in this area and not knowing which direction to run, you think "Well at least I can follow the MiniMap icon showing my teammate", only to have him drop group.
Stuck in ghost form for 5 days cause you cant find the path to the Spirit Healer.
Yeah. It's happened to me a few times.
/praise "Return to Graveyard" button
fernando Oct 13th 2010 4:58AM
there is an arrow that points to your corpse when you are dead, so you find it... but I agree, couldn't find my way up the ungoro volcano once, so i went back to the spirit healer for res