Blizzard removes, adds back, and now re-removes WoW Classic Cataclysm line where Garrosh calls Sylvanas a "b***h," despite MMO lead swearing it was "not coming back"

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WoW Classic's Cataclysm servers are bringing back heaps of what you remember from the 14-year-old expansion, but not everything. An infamous line where Garrosh calls Sylvanas a "b**ꦺ*h" h🌜as been cut despite making a return just one month ago.

Back in the original expansion, the Silverpine Forest questline featured a back-and-forth between Sylvanas and Garrosh that resulted in the latter resorting to profanities before storming off, warning the Banshee Queen that we all have to meet our makers someday and that she may do so sooner rather than later. The line lands well with some as World of Warcraft seldom includes swearing, thou🍬gh others find the derogatory language needless. 

after the edit.

"I make no apologies for removing the word," he says in reply to one fan. "Everyone, of course, is entitled to th💜eir own opinion. But we felt it was time for it to go, and it's not coming back."

And yet, come back it did—for a short stint. While WoW Classic's Cataclysm servers aren't due to go live until May 20, players have been able to try parts of it on the Catacly💦sm beta. Last month, players found the line restored, only for an update to remove it again this mo🃏nth.

As to why the line returned and vanished in the space of a month, you'll need to wait for Blizzard to speak on that. Mind you, since the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Activision Blizzard lawsuit of 2021 brought to light numerous claims of a "frat boy" culture at the Warcraft studio, various in-game changes have been made to games like World of Warcraft and Overwatch. The latter has seen , while the latter saw a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:prominent character renamed. Given the nature of Sy🌜lvanas and Garrosh's verbal spat, you can see why Blizzard might reckon the line is best left in the past.

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Iain Harris
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