Constant Game Data is currently being downoaded ingame

[Rowtan-lightbringer]

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@Tyrskorn

Indeed the investigation into the cause of this is still ongoing and there is no current ETA for a fix.

Just to re-iterate the currently available workaround:

• Uninstall and reinstall WoW
• In the Battle.net app Settings → Game Install/Update → Turn off download future patch data under Automatic Updates, by changing the selection to “Apply latest updates for recently played games”

Additionally, I couldn’t say if any future fix will retroactively heal up existing installations, so if anyone is still holding out on re-installing, now might be a good time to do that or make arrangements for it in case data transfer caps need to be considered.

Fully installed WoW is downloading on background?

It’s not the Shadowlands Prepatch. I just did a fresh install of WoW and when I launched the game it lagged a bit but then stabilized. After loading into Boralus the FPS was constantly stuttering and I noticed that the “Downloading important game data” symbol was lit on top of my screen? Even though I did a full install, and also downloaded the beta and Classic files (prepatch data should be included). I had no addons installed and the installation was 100% fresh, downloaded from Battlenet in a…