After I logged in for the first time after the pre-patch, I noticed most of the single-target spells are missing the chunky “hit” sound, only the “whoosh” of the weapon swing can be heard. Namely Colossus smash, Rend, Mortal Strike, Overpower, Skullspliter and Execute.
I asked a friend who plays a warrior as well and he reported no issue, so the problem is on my part.
I’ve tried verifying game files, updating all drivers, restarting the game/computer, disabling addons and nothing seems to work.
I also tried a different character, a paladin and all sounds seem to work just fine.
Anyone ever enountered this issue?
Edit: So I actually tried another one of my warriors and the sound for the abilities works just fine, so it appears it’s just the problem of one specific character.
I even reinstalled the game now. Any suggestions how to try to fix this?
It’s a male Kultiran, which might be the reason.
Following your post, I made a new male kultiran warrior and right away, mortal strike (and looks like victory rush too) makes no sound either.
Which is really sad, since it worked until the pre-patch.
Guess I just have to wait for a fix. Thanks for figuring it out, at least.
Having same problem. really hope they fix it soon as i can only get automated responses to tickets and this is ruining Kul Tiran Warrior which i would be loving otherwise.
Yeah this is Kul Tiran only bug since the pre-patch. We have been spam posting about it for some time. I have sent countless bug reports but Blizzard doesnt care. Will not buy expansion until they fix this.
How long will it take to fix the sound effects bug playing only MISS sound effect + no hit markers, dmg numbers, on Kul Tirans? From satisfying WoW combat it suddenly turned to slagfest garbage. Literally unplayable.
Expansion already dropped and this bug is still here for over a month. Is anyone from Blizzard even reading these forums / bug reports? No point in buying the expansion if you play Kul Tiran. Thank you Blizzard.
Same issue, ever since the pre-patch. ATM waiting to get my warrior restored, so I have nothing else to do than post on forums and hope they will fix it soon.
Hi! When will you respond to the serious game breaking Kul Tiran bug? I have made a post about it here and the issue has been here for over a month. Cant play the game like and buying the expansion is not worth it until its fixed:
I understand that this issue has been going on for a while based on other posts, but since nothing’s changed I wanted to bring more attention to it and hope that this is fixed.
TL;DR - Kul Tiran melee characters when using some melee abilities do not trigger ‘impact’ effects (sound + visual ‘hit’) and often have ‘desynced’ damage numbers that float way after the animation is done, leading to a terrible ‘feel’ of gameplay.
I haven’t documented every issue with Kul Tirans as the problem is quite widespread, here is every bugged ability that I could confirm on my characters. I KNOW these are bugged as a simple race swap via toy (Gnomeregan Pride etc.) instantly shows the difference between how the ability is meant to work vs how it does on a KT character. Note: These were tested on female characters but male KT also has similar issues
Death Knight
Death Strike
Festering Strike
Obliterate (2H, sometimes)
Warrior
Mortal Strike
Warbreaker (Ground strike plays but there is no ‘hit’ on the enemy?)
Thunderclap (same as Warbreaker)
Onslaught
Rampage
Whirlwind (2H only)
Raging Blow (this seems consistent with other races however, sometimes only 1 hit registers, usually first)
I could go on but same issues persist in Enhancement shamans, Rogues, Survival Hunters etc. As you can tell by the abilities listed, these are key parts of rotations that are spammed almost non-stop, not just some long-cooldown occasional talents. Playing a Kul Tiran character is absolutely ruined this way and severely affects the enjoyment of playing these classes, attack impacts are super important in the ‘feel’ of a melee character. Charging up a massive Mortal Strike only to ever hear a massive ‘WOOOSH’ every time is genuinely making me consider quitting the game all together.
I will continue to post about this issue until it is fixed and very much hope that Blizzard will look into it.
Blizzard doesnt care about Kul Tirans, sadly… Since we have broken animations since the creation and they were ignoring my countless bug reports, tickets and posts. If they wont fix this I will skip this expansion altogether. Thank you Blizz!
