Snowball griefing era to end with hotfix

Intense discussions have been going on over at the official Blizzard forums today after they released a “hotfix” for the Christmas season special in World of Warcraft, the Snowball. Many people have had fun throwing Snowballs at players on the same faction as they are in, particularly those hardpacked snowballs you can find over at Alterac Valley. (We’ve even gotten hold of some videos of their World of Warcraft festive fun.)

The festive hotfix took place today. Whilst it may spoil the festivities for some, slating Blizzard devs as a bunch of scrooges, it will certainly benefit those who are trying to earn honor points, reducing the amount of times they are reduced to the floor by a well-placed snowball.

Here’s what the hotfix does:

• Regular snowballs will no longer knock down groupmates in a Battleground. This only applies to Battlegrounds. The reason for this is that grouping is forced in the Battlegrounds and players were using the mechanic to cause grief to their teammates.
• “Hardpacked Snowballs” – specific to Alterac Valley – can only be used against enemy targets. Again, the reason for this was due to negative player issues caused between teammates in Alterac Valley.

It will certainly lower the amount of team attacks with snowballs since you can no longer use them. This will come as a massive advantage to most users. For those of you who are sad about this hotfix, we advise a nice hot cup of coco as you think it over and realise that you can still throw snowballs at the enemy team! What’s so bad about that?

Intense discussions have been going on over at the official Blizzard forums today after they released a “hotfix” for the Christmas season special in World of Warcraft, the Snowball. Many people have had fun throwing Snowballs at players on the same faction as they are in, particularly those hardpacked snowballs you can find over at Alterac Valley. (We’ve even gotten hold of some videos of their World of Warcraft festive fun.)

The festive hotfix took place today. Whilst it may spoil the festivities for some, slating Blizzard devs as a bunch of scrooges, it will certainly benefit those who are trying to earn honor points, reducing the amount of times they are reduced to the floor by a well-placed snowball.

Here’s what the hotfix does:

• Regular snowballs will no longer knock down groupmates in a Battleground. This only applies to Battlegrounds. The reason for this is that grouping is forced in the Battlegrounds and players were using the mechanic to cause grief to their teammates.
• “Hardpacked Snowballs” – specific to Alterac Valley – can only be used against enemy targets. Again, the reason for this was due to negative player issues caused between teammates in Alterac Valley.

It will certainly lower the amount of team attacks with snowballs since you can no longer use them. This will come as a massive advantage to most users. For those of you who are sad about this hotfix, we advise a nice hot cup of coco as you think it over and realise that you can still throw snowballs at the enemy team! What’s so bad about that?