It 100% is just a bug, I can tell because the sound effect is still normal and lasts 3-4 seconds.
Hope they fix it though
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I’ve reported divine storm animation bug thousands of times but its not fixed yet even in the real prepatch right now it still has half animation , storm suddenly disappears in the first second instead of spinning around your character with golden lightning effects you can clearly see how it was in the original wotlk in this link:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mTsJxqXvHK0
I’ve even created a ticket in-game explaining the issue but still no answer
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We have To raise awareness. Spam writing Tickets and submit Bug Reports Spam Forum Posts. We go til the bitter end with this
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Great effort fellow soldier
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We will get the divine Storm we Love and DERSERVE even if IT IS the LAST Thing we ever do
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I played a ret Pally in original wrath for the whole expansion, and when i logged in to try wotlk classic on my Ret i saw immediately how much was missing in that animation… so sad about it
It was a fookin spectacle in the OG Wrath. This classic version is pitiful compared to the original divine lightning STORM that left a little aftermath of crackling sparks after the hammers were spinning around, and a little trail of holy energy
Good lord please Blizzard find a way to turn it to its original glory, this spell made me wanna come back to Classic because it used to be so satisfying to press, it was my favorite spell of all time up until today, even knowing retail spells.
But this… as an avid Ret Paladin player who enjoys the light disco, this changed divine storm is like pressing a button to induce depression
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Lmao they just changed something to divine storm with new update tonight, now when you move and use divine storm ur character will spin which is good but nothing changed at all about lightning effect / aftereffects which is the important point everyone is complaining about. My god whoever is in charge of spell animations for wrath classic is such a clown.
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The ‘spin while walking’ thing got fixed for warrior’s “Whirlwind” also. Seems more like a general bug fix, probably not for Divine Storm specifically.
Side note, I found an old slowmo video on my phone with divine storm animation detailed. might post this here
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Sure m8, I have my own vids. from 2008/9 too. It just seems like blizzard is stubborn and thinks they are more aware about what players want for some reason if not incompetent that they actually have no idea how it looked xD. Sad honestly.
Anyways report it in game as a bug, I have no better idea what to do you just cant get your feedback to dev guys maybe CS team at best if not some automated $hit.
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Just look at the amount of detail in this slow motion capture of Divine Storm
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Nndh67RmrrQ
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BFtG6EEwBK8
Man the people who made original Wotlk was so good…
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Yo guys I’m back with some news ! as I said I opened a ticket explaining the bug to a GM , it took 3 days to get an automated answer trynna convince me I can fix the divine storm bug myself in the classic wrath forum (LOL) , and I insisted on that the automated answer is not helping at all so I reopened the ticket and explained more , I also linked this thread . It took 10 days to get an answer from a GM this time .
Only thing they said was “Devs have their on schedule , I’m afraid if this will be fixed soon”
Yeah that is what I got after waiting 13 days for an answer
Here’s the link of screenshots of the ticket : https://imgur.com/a/erZXD63
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If you want this fixed please make a ticket like I did and try to explain and inform them of the animation bug , we need more help …
We might have hope if any GM states a solution in this thread maybe
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Ty for the update xret
Yea appreciate that.
I doubt they will fix divine storm animation, back in 2008 when I leveled my pally and got divine storm I found it the best and awesome skill I used, … It felt like I was lightborne using divine storm that time. I miss the original devs of wow they are all gone now.
btw concentration was becoming bugged when tbc prepatch came out, that bug exists now for 1-2 years… when u cast it u dont see the holy ground on the floor, only a few yellow particles thats it 
Only a few hours left before launch and it still has not been fixed.
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What’s really funny is that they restored the old desecration animation with the ghoul arms that was a genuine performance problem back in the day.
But this? Nah, screw divine storm, lets keep this as it is.
The skeleton crew they’re doing for classic is pathetic.
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People have To Spam write tickets
not the biggest prio in their backlog but i hope they fix it one day
I think they are ignoring it on purpose. There has been enough Attention about it
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