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'My Orc Was Grunting During the Intro and I Had No Idea Why' — WoW Forever Beta Player Dies to a Near Perfect Griefing Tactic That I'm Sure Blizzard Will Patch Out - IGN
Publisher description: World of Warcraft Forever’s beta marches on, and all evidence points to it being a massive success. But it’s worth remembering this is a beta, and a beta is for reporting issues. Enter one of the best WoW griefing tactics I’ve ever seen.
NewsAPI | Sep 28, 2026 | Wesley Yin-Poole
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But it’s worth remembering this is a beta, and a beta is for players testing the game's boundaries and developer Blizzard reacting when those boundaries are broken. Enter one of the best World of Warcraft griefing tactics I’ve seen in Forever so far. Player jamesja12 took to the WoW Forever subreddit to post a screenshot of their death. But this was a screenshot of their character after they had died during the intro cinematic, because one cheeky player had placed a campfire exactly where new players spawn.
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