wow Shadow Priests in Voidform Will No Longer Speak in Shath'YHar by Default

[Staff 1,488]

Shadow Priests in Voidform will no longer speak in the language of the Old Gods by default. The change is a huge improvement for those relying on /say and speech bubbles for communication in the game.

In an effort to improve communication between players who rely on speech bubbles, Shadow Priests will soon no longer speak Shath'Yar by default while in Voidform. Players who would still like to opt in and speak Shath'Yar will be able to do so through a glyph.

(Source)

Deaf players often rely on /say to communicate in emergency situations in raids. In fact, for Undaunted’s raid team, it’s mandatory for all of our raiders to have speech bubbles enabled.

The problem is this: We have three Shadow Priests and they occasionally have to type something in /say, only to have it be Void gibberish that nobody can read.

This is a great callout. After discussing with the team, we’d like to look into changing this in a future patch. Our current thought is that priests in Voidform would no longer speak in Shath’Yar by default, but we’d also add a glyph so that players who like the flavor can still opt in to it.

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback!

[Q 200]

Well, at least they aren't just outright removing it.

[Prophet001 598]

OK this is an example of the tail wagging the dog.

How about make a glyph to turn it off instead of making one to turn it on.

[darkgreenwax 412]

Accessibility should always come first, every gamer deserves a good experience.

 

With that said, I am admittedly laughing at the unfortunate circumstances where a critical moment in a raid occurs, and the critical information you hear is Oou thyzz lal ak'uq qwaz Zuq shkul ma sk'tek...

[Prophet001 598]

40 minutes ago, TyZone said:

Accessibility should always come first, every gamer deserves a good experience.

 

With that said, I am admittedly laughing at the unfortunate circumstances where a critical moment in a raid occurs, and the critical information you hear is Oou thyzz lal ak'uq qwaz Zuq shkul ma sk'tek...

There's millions of players playing this game and 20 that have to deal with this on their (2? 3? shadow priests).

It makes no sense to remove this from everyone for this reason.

Edited June 17, 2022 by Prophet001

[SpilledStars 71]

As long as the audio continues to have the spooky whispers I'm sure the hearing-abled aren't going to care so much

o wait

except the ones who want their mandatory face-melting shadowpriest to be able to say useful things to the raid.  We'll be happier too.

[darkgreenwax 412]

2 hours ago, Prophet001 said:

There's millions of players playing this game and 20 that have to deal with this on their (2? 3? shadow priests).

It makes no sense to remove this from everyone for this reason.

You're entitled to your opinion, but I respectfully disagree. The percentage affected shouldn't matter - helping them should.

 

As an example, many businesses have wheelchair ramps that impact their aesthetic, and the ramps are used by probably 0.3% of the population. But the wheelchair users still deserve the same access that those of us with working legs do.

 

This potential change allows those who need this utility to access it by default. Surely those of us that are able-bodied can take a minute to apply a glyph?

 

Just my two cents.

[Azukyo 1]

23 hours ago, Staff said:

Shadow Priests in Voidform will no longer speak in the language of the Old Gods by default. The change is a huge improvement for those relying on /say and speech bubbles for communication in the game.

In an effort to improve communication between players who rely on speech bubbles, Shadow Priests will soon no longer speak Shath'Yar by default while in Voidform. Players who would still like to opt in and speak Shath'Yar will be able to do so through a glyph.

(Source)

Deaf players often rely on /say to communicate in emergency situations in raids. In fact, for Undaunted’s raid team, it’s mandatory for all of our raiders to have speech bubbles enabled.

The problem is this: We have three Shadow Priests and they occasionally have to type something in /say, only to have it be Void gibberish that nobody can read.

This is a great callout. After discussing with the team, we’d like to look into changing this in a future patch. Our current thought is that priests in Voidform would no longer speak in Shath’Yar by default, but we’d also add a glyph so that players who like the flavor can still opt in to it.

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback!

Was exiting to see a topping with shadow priest. Thougt maybe a little buff in pve to get a bit at the level of warlock/hunter. But we still do half of te damage overall in mythic dungeons(same for some other dps specs) its sad this season is so unballanced.....

[lolblizzard 38]

balancing a game around miniorities.. what is this world of cripplecraft?

[Prophet001 598]

On 6/17/2022 at 9:46 PM, TyZone said:

This potential change allows those who need this utility to access it by default. Surely those of us that are able-bodied can take a minute to apply a glyph?

This implies deaf people killing heroic jailer aren't able-bodied enough to apply a glyph on the 1 shadow priest they have. This whole thing is logically inconsistent.

[darkgreenwax 412]

1 hour ago, Prophet001 said:

This implies deaf people killing heroic jailer aren't able-bodied enough to apply a glyph on the 1 shadow priest they have. This whole thing is logically inconsistent.

We get it, you don't like being mildly inconvenienced for the sake of a small group of people who'd benefit. 🙄

 

On 6/19/2022 at 5:48 AM, lolblizzard said:

balancing a game around miniorities.. what is this world of cripplecraft?

You should go away. Gross.

[Prophet001 598]

4 minutes ago, TyZone said:

We get it, you don't like being mildly inconvenienced for the sake of a small group of people who'd benefit. 🙄

No that's not it. This literally accomplishes nothing for no one.

This is basically a really elaborate "look I'm helping I'm helping aren't I a good person?" exercise.

That's all this is. That's the only thing that makes sense. There is nothing in anything that's been discussed or brought up that makes me think this is of actual benefit and that having it removed by default makes more sense than having the option to remove it.