WoW commendation NPCs not going anywhere

In the lighter side of news, inquiries to whether commendation NPCs (whose purpose you’d probably have pondered at one time or another) should be removed from the World of Warcraft realms or not were responded to with a resounding no. New Blizzard community manager Bornakk claimed that despite their imposing annoyance to certain players for varied reasons, there were no plans to remove such NPCs from the game:

We made sure that these NPCs were properly trained not to bite anybody passing by or talking to them. No reports have come in to say that they have broken this (so far), so we are fine leaving them in the game for the time being to help anybody they can.

Bornakk’s response was followed with a good share of reasons why the NPCs should be removed, such as apparent confusion with newcomers as to the NPCs’ actual purpose as well as a decaying provision of commendations to turn in. Players of the original World of Warcraft content, denizens in Azeroth, may continue to find a use with commendation NPCs, however.

But there are a few players in Outlands that have yet to turn in their collection of commendations, so the concern over the NPCs having no use is arguable. In the end, it does play down to cautious approaches for the unforeseen. After all, it’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

In the lighter side of news, inquiries to whether commendation NPCs (whose purpose you’d probably have pondered at one time or another) should be removed from the World of Warcraft realms or not were responded to with a resounding no. New Blizzard community manager Bornakk claimed that despite their imposing annoyance to certain players for varied reasons, there were no plans to remove such NPCs from the game:

We made sure that these NPCs were properly trained not to bite anybody passing by or talking to them. No reports have come in to say that they have broken this (so far), so we are fine leaving them in the game for the time being to help anybody they can.

Bornakk’s response was followed with a good share of reasons why the NPCs should be removed, such as apparent confusion with newcomers as to the NPCs’ actual purpose as well as a decaying provision of commendations to turn in. Players of the original World of Warcraft content, denizens in Azeroth, may continue to find a use with commendation NPCs, however.

But there are a few players in Outlands that have yet to turn in their collection of commendations, so the concern over the NPCs having no use is arguable. In the end, it does play down to cautious approaches for the unforeseen. After all, it’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.